{"id":2357,"date":"2015-05-23T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/journee-education-nationale-armee-de-lair-2\/"},"modified":"2015-06-03T12:22:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T11:22:27","slug":"national-education-french-air-force-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/national-education-french-air-force-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Education – French Air Force Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Saturday, 23 May 2015, nearly 2,000 visitors took part in a seminar at the Air Force Academy on Air Base 701 in Salon-de-Provence in the presence of the French Air Force\u2019s Chief of Staff, General Denis Mercier, and Bernard Beignier, Chief Education Officer of Aix-Marseille Academy and Chancellor of the Universities, along with institutional bodies and civil and military authorities<\/p>\n

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This day also saw the awarding of the laureates of the 2015 Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Prize for Youth with the participation of the Air Force Academy\u2019s mentoring partners (the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation, ACS\u00e9, Fondation de France – Fondation Charles Mercier, Lions Club Salon-de-Provence, Fondation des Apprentis d\u2019Auteuil, flying clubs, Rotary International):<\/p>\n

– The first prize, \u201cYouth Taking Flight\u201d, was awarded to 3 students by General Denis Mercier, Bernard Beignier, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Pichon, member of the patronage committee of the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation, and Mathilde Lerosier of the Fondation de France. This prize offers the preparation for a basic pilot\u2019s licence.<\/p>\n

– \u201cThe Big Jump\u201d prize of a parachute jump in tandem was offered to 10 laureates.<\/p>\n

– The prizes that followed allowed the winning students to carry out a \u201cdiscovery\u201d flight in a microlight or in a flying club plane.<\/p>\n

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Photographs\u00a0<\/strong>: <\/strong>\u00a9SIRPA AIR<\/h4>\n

1- From left to right, standing: H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Pichon, General Francis Pollet, commanding the Officer Training Schools of the French Air Force and Air Base 701, Mathilde Lerosier, General Denis Mercier, Lieutenant Colonel Christian Meucci, flight instructor and reserve officer, Agathe Blandin, 2012 laureate, Major Dominique Lagache, flight instructor and reserve officer, Ma\u00e9va Bernard, 2012 laureate, Victor Imbert, 2015 laureate, Bernard Beignier, Chief Education Officer of the Aix-Marseille Academy and Chancellor of the Universities.<\/h4>\n

From left to right, kneeling: Victorien Fritz, 2014 laureate, Camille Rene, 2015 laureate, Nicolas Tigranoff, 2014 laureate, Elie Bleusse, 2015 laureate.<\/h4>\n

2- General Denis Mercier speaks to the 2015 laureates of the Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Prize.<\/h4>\n

3- Lerosier and H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Pichon present the Saint-Exup\u00e9ry \u201cYouth Taking Flight\u201d prize to Camille Rene.<\/h4>\n

4- A parachute jump in tandem was offered to ten laureates of the Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Prize.<\/h4>\n

5- Lieutenant-Colonel Herv\u00e9 de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry, Officer of the French Air Force in charge of Youth and Equal Opportunity, gives a speech.<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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For further information:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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