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Emblem of the Office of the JEMA
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Nominator | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The King |
Formation | 1939 |
Deputy | Second Chief of Staff of the Air Force |
Website | (in Spanish) Website of the Spanish Air Force Staff |
The Chief of Staff of the Air Force of Spain (Spanish: Jefe de Estado Mayor del Ejército del Aire, JEMA) is the chief of staff of the Spanish Air Force. Its jurisdiction extends over the entire air branch of the armed forces and it is subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Staff. The position is currently held by Air General Javier Salto Martínez-Avial.
The functions of the Chief of Staff of the Spanish Air Force are collected in the Title I of the Royal Decree 872/2014, of October 10, about the basic organization of the Armed Forces: