Eleven visitors, officers and non-commissioned officers, belonging to the Army, Navy and Aeronautics concluded the 16 "Aerocooperation" course at the Inter-Force Institute of Guidonia (RM).
The course, lasting two weeks, provides the basic notions of planning and organization of the operational activities of air, land and naval cooperation and is a prerequisite for access to subsequent GLO / NLO / ALO liaison officer courses (Ground Liason Officer / Naval Liason Officer / Air Liason Officer).
Attendees have also made educational visits to some of the Commands where joint cooperation is crucial, such as the Interoperable Summit Operations Command (COI DIFENSE) in Rome.
La Aerocooperation school it is the military inter-agency of specialized training and technical-operative value in the field of the interpretation of remote sensing images (aerial and satellite) and in that of aeroterrestre and aeronavale cooperation. For the training and qualification of the Forward Air Controllers, the school commander is the "National Certification Authority".
The courses of the Aerocooperation school in addition to military personnel of the armed forces, they are also open to personnel outside the Defense administration and military personnel of NATO and the countries participating in the international Partnership for Peace program (PfP - Partnership for Peace), subject to authorization by the higher defense status.
The training / training processes for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery Interpretation (SAR-II), Initial / Advanced Remote Sensing (IRS / ARS) and Forward Air Controllers (FAC) have obtained NATO certification and are published in the course catalog (ETOC) of the Allied Command for Transformation of Norfolk (USA).
