From 1 March 2018, the JSF assets of the 32nd Wing of Amendola (FG) are officially part of the National Air Defense device as they are fully operationally included in the Airspace Surveillance Service (SSSA), a fundamental institutional task of the AM.
The achievement of this important objective is part of the broader development of the innumerable operational capabilities of the F-35 weapon system. The validation of this capability was obtained through an intense and complex training of the crews and technical staff of the Department and following numerous tests carried out with positive results in full synergy and coordination with the other Armed Forces in charge of Air Defense.
This testifies to the wide operational versatility of the weapon system, designed to perform many types of air operations, with the unique characteristic of being able to receive and redistribute an extraordinary flow of information essential for achieving the inormation superiority, a nodal element of the complex aerial operations.
Thanks to the implementation of this operational capability, the F-35 multi-role weapon system will provide a valuable contribution in ensuring the defense of the national airspace from possible threats against the country and citizens.
The 32 ° Stormo, the first Department in Europe to acquire JSF aircraft, also carries out operational, training and technical activities of remotely piloted aircraft Predator, in order to acquire and maintain the capacity to carry out national and coalition ISTAR operations. Furthermore, it provides and completes the training of the APR pilots through the MB-339 aircraft in order to ensure an adequate level of training on traditional piloted aircraft.
