Portuguese Air Force Academy

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Portuguese Air Force Academy

Academia da Força Aérea
Motto	E não menos por armas que por letras
Motto in English	"No less by arts exalt than arms and wars" (from The Lusiads, Canto III, 13, v. 8)
Type	Air force academy
Established	1 February 1978
Commander of the AFA	Major-general pilot-aviator Paulo José Reis Mateus
Academic staff	46
Students	184
Address	Granja do Marquês, 2715-021 PÊRO PINHEIRO , Sintra , District of Lisbon , Portugal
Campus	Sintra Air Base
Website	www.emfa.pt/afa

The Portuguese Air Force Academy (AFA, Academia da Força Aérea in Portuguese) is a Portuguese military higher education institution whose aim is to provide all its students with the training and the experience that will enable them to graduate having gained the knowledge and the character qualities that are essential for leadership, and the motivation to become Portuguese Air Force officers. It comprises both university and polytechnical academic programmes.