The 23 last February reached the milestone of the 4.000 hours of flight in the Operational Theater for the Italian AM-X under the TFA Kuwait and was celebrated with a sober ceremony, in the presence of the commander of the Italian National Contingent Command Air (NCC Air), the staff of the Air Kuwait Task Force (TFA-K) and a representative of the Coalition's foreign staff.
Thanksgiving Commander
The commander of the IT NCC Air and the TFA-K thanked the staff of the Black Cats, complimenting the result achieved, and stressed the importance of teamwork carried out by the entire Italian contingent.
The commander also praised his own staff; a cohesive group, at the forefront and capable of carrying out numerous tasks in a difficult environmental and operational context, but at the same time aware of operating for a just cause.
The "Black Cats" Task Group
The AM-X, coming from the 51 ° Stormo of Istrana (TV), constitute an excellence of the Italian contribution to the national "Prima Parthica" and international "Inherent Resolve" operation aimed at combating Daesh.
The "Black Cats" Task Group, made up mainly of staff of the 51 ° Stormo of Istrana and of the 3 ° RMV of Treviso, works in full synergy with all the components of the TFA-K, and in particular with the I2MEC (Integrated Italian Multisensor) Exploitation Cell) that, together with other PED (Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination) units in Italy, carries out the activity of analyzing the images taken by the pilots with the system RecceLite, and provides the ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) products needed by the Coalition.
The AM-X aircraft of the "Black Cats" Task Group
The AM-X of the Task Group Black Cats they are a versatile and reliable asset.
Thanks to the sophisticated aerotactic reconnaissance system RecceLite they have made it possible to acquire a significant quantity of very high resolution images of the points of interest to the Coalition.
The tactics, techniques and procedures used in flight by the pilots of the Black Cats they have been perfected over the years, making it possible to shoot more and more points of interest. This makes the AM-X the most efficient aerotactic reconnaissance aircraft in terms of time spent in the area of operations and points of interest recovered, thanks to its maneuverability and versatility of use of the system RecceLite.
The activity of the IT NCC / Task Force Air Kuwait
The IT NCC / Task Force Air Kuwait has since October 2014 operations of intelligence, surveillance, aerial reconnaissance, support for electronic warfare and in-flight refueling. It uses aircraft Predator, AM-X and Tanker (Boeing KC767) located on three bases and according to a complex device, but perfectly integrated and synergistic with the multiple components of the International Coalition.
