Intense training activity for the AVES regiment of Casarsa

(To Army Majority State)
18/06/19

In these days the women and men of the 5th “Rigel” regiment are engaged in an intense training activity that sees them busy day and night. The peak of the activities will be reached in the week between 17 and 21 June when, under the coordination of the Army Aviation Command, a platoon of soldiers from the 66th Aircraft Regiment will arrive at the "Francesco Baracca" airport of Casarsa della Delizia " Trieste "of Forlì and CH-47F and NH-90 helicopters of the 3rd" Aldebaran "regiment of Viterbo and of the 7th" Vega "regiment of Rimini for the periodic exercise called CAEX I-2019 (Complex Aviation Exercise) with which they are validated the crews to be employed in the various Operational Theaters.

The supposed training scenario, in which the staff will conduct a "complex" exercise at opposite parties, will involve the training areas of the Cellina - Meduna, Osoppo, Rimini, Ravenna and Viterbo and will see the use of well 25 aircraft.

During their activities, the personnel of the 5th RIGEL, in preparation for this important exercise, received a visit from the commander of the Northern Operational Forces, the general of the army corps Amedeo Sperotto, who was able to personally verify the high level of integration achieved by the RIGEL flight crews with the infantry of the 66th regiment in the context of aircraft operations. The soldiers of the 66th were made to embark and disembark by helicopters of various types with different techniques including that of the "fast rope", a technique that allows the personnel to descend by means of a rope at a height of 10-12 meters with the helicopter in stationary flight. 

The CAEX I-2019 has the purpose of planning, organizing and conducting training activities aimed at achieving an effective standardization of the operating procedures in the operating environment, combining the specific capabilities of terrestrial and rotary wing units.