Last Tuesday, in the presence of the logistic commander, general of the air squad Gabriele Salvestroni, and of the highest local institutional offices, the solemn closing ceremony of the Airport Detachment by Elmas.
The commander, Lieutenant Colonel Gianmarco Solinas, after having retraced the historical phases of the "Mario Mameli" Military Airport in Elmas, thanked those present for attending the ceremony and, in particular, prof. Giorgio Pellegrini, professor of the Faculty of Architecture of Cagliari and Mr. Alessandro Ragatzu for the literary and historical works created over the years.
He addressed words of appreciation to the staff that until the 2002 as 30 ° Wing "Antisom" and then Airport Detachment, he always did his best to make all the tasks assigned to the Department, expressing best wishes for future re-employment at the Experimental and Standardized Aerospace Department of Decimomannu and in other Bodies of Sardinia.
The logistic commander paid homage to all the staff Airport Detachment for the passion, dedication and deep attachment to the armed force demonstrated in many years of faithful service conducted in the context of a very important aeronautical reality which was precisely the military airport of Elmas, already home to the 30 ° Stormo.
The ceremony, marked by the notes of the band of Brigade Sassari, was marked by the solemn ritual of the banner of the Department. The moment was characterized by an exciting atmosphere that has culminated in delivering the drape into the hands of the commander, ten. with the. Solinas.
The closure of the Elmas Detachment is part of a complex process of transformation, which the Armed Forces has already started some time ago through the adoption of various reorganization measures aimed at concentrating the operational Departments, the Bodies and the Detachments, in the smallest number of locations distributed throughout the national territory.
The airport, following the change of status referred to in the interministerial decree of 14 February 2008, is today a "Civil Airport", whose management is the exclusive competence of the Civil Aviation and to which the Air Force has sold the state and infrastructure areas no longer of specific military interest.
