The 28 and 29 March the DACCC acted from its headquarters in Poggio Renatico (FE) as a Command and Control unit, planning, and subsequently managing, the execution of the complex "COMAO" aerial exercise carried out by Italian Air Force US Air Force.
During the exercise various aeronautical structures, although with different roles and capacities, operate in close coordination within the same package of aircraft in order to achieve the same objective. The training scenario involved PA200 aircraft Tornado, F2000 "Typhoon", A-11 "AM-X" MQ-9 "predator and KC-767 Tanker of the Air Force and F-16" Fighting Falcon "of the United States Air Force in the conduct of an offensive airborne operation the neutralization of specific terrestrial targets defended by Opposition Forces, composed of both Air Defense Fighters (ADF) and remote-controlled Air Defense Fighters (SBAD).
One of the two operational components of the DACCC, the Deployable Air Operation Center (DAOC), planned and conducted all the air missions involved, while the Deployable Air Control Center, Recognized Air Picture Production Center, Sensor Fusion Post (DARS), carried out the control of aircraft while ensuring adequate surveillance of the airspace concerned.
The aerial exercise was preceded, in the days immediately preceding, by a similar one but realized in the mode called Command Post Exercise (CPX). In this context, the various participants trained on the most appropriate decision-making processes for the management of COMAO in the context of a simulated scenario that reproduced the possible situations that could have occurred in real activity.
The exercise saw the assets of the Italian Air Force operate under the leadership of the NATO Command and Control Unit in the scenario of a "non-article 5" operation, increasing the interaction and readiness capabilities already developed in the past thanks to the sharing of using the Air Command and Control System (ACCS).
