AM: change in command of UCLA

(To air Force)
28/09/19

On Friday 27 September, in the Sala della Madonna di Loreto of Palazzo Aeronautica, in the presence of the Chief of Defense Staff, General Enzo Vecciarelli, and of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General of the Air Squad Alberto Rosso, the handover ceremony between the Air Force General Settimo Caputo and the Air Division General Silvano Frigerio.

Numerous authorities, guests, family members and all the military personnel of the General Office of Administrative Responsibility - Aeronautica Militare (UCRA - AM) participated in the event.

General Caputo, in the farewell greeting, after having addressed a heartfelt thanks to the URA staff, whose professionalism and dedication he mentioned and appreciated, retraced his experience in the Armed Force: “[...] in these 45 years, just under half of the history of the Air Force, I have witnessed an incredible evolution. I have seen planes enter and exit our flight lines, doctrinal visions and the use of air power change under the pressing technological development. Above all, I can say that I was lucky enough to experience the epochal change that took place with the reorganization of the Armed Forces, now reaching for that operational effectiveness that only a truly inter-force instrument can ensure. [...] I leave an Armed Force in full capacity, reduced in number compared to the past but well equipped in all its components, ready and capable, engaged in constant operational activity in support of the country. An Armed Force rooted in solid values, appreciated and respected internationally. An Armed Force with professionally trained personnel, animated by very strong passion and deep attachment to traditions ".

General Frigerio, after expressing his heartfelt thanks to the Chief of Staff AM for the trust placed in him by conferring the prestigious post, expressed the awareness of inheriting "[...] an efficient and well-organized General Office to conduct very specific activities such as financial supervision and the management of funds for the functioning of the Armed Force, as well as for procurement activities [...] in order to ensure management of resources rational and coherent, in harmony with the nature of an Aeronautics 4.0 and for the achievement of the objectives established by the Chief of Staff ".

The Chief of Staff, General Rosso, concluded the alternation ceremony by thanking General Caputo for his long service as a "man of the Air Force", then greeting the arrival of General Frigerio in the new position of head of the UKRA - AM, a body that he defined as "strategic and absolutely vital for the needs of the Armed Force."