Overview

• Scheduled for 11:00–14:00, the parade follows the Prado–Recoletos route from the Glorieta de Carlos V to Plaza de Colón, with live coverage from the Defense Ministry and RTVE and an estimated crowd of 80,000.
• The Defense Ministry lists 3,847 personnel, 162 vehicles, 74 aircraft, 229 horses and six dogs, with a special emphasis on the UME’s 20th anniversary featuring two battalions on foot.
• The opening parachute flag jump will be performed by sargento primero Óscar Marsal Hernández and sargento primero José Carlos González Herrera, carrying a 24‑square‑meter, 15‑kilogram national flag.
• The aerial finale debuts the Formation Mirlo of Pilatus PC‑21 trainers, which will replace the Patrulla Águila and, for the first time, paint a tricolor smoke trail in the sky.
• A GESOP poll finds 62.7% of Spaniards favor updating the celebration, and five regions—Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Castilla y León and Extremadura—shift the public holiday to Monday.