Gen. Giunchi closes at 32 ° Frost the 59 ° FAC course

18/11/14

On Monday the commander of the Aerocooperation School, Air Brigadier General Fabio Giunchi, visited the 20 attending the 59 FAC course (Forward Air Controller - Advanced Air Controllers) who completed the training at the Amendola (FG) airport , headquarters of the 32 ° Stormo.

In this last phase of the course, which began about three months ago, the staff could experience realistic CAS operations (Close Air Support), interacting with both ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Recognition) flight arrangements such as the Predator , both with the tactical ones like the AM-X and MB 339CD of the Apulian airport.

During these exercises the conduct of combined missions and support to surface forces was simulated by means of aerial "covering" of trains and land-based assets, placed under attack by hostile forces, personified by the group's protection forces. Flock.

The course was attended by 15 soldiers from the Italian army, 2 from the navy, 2 from the air force and 1 from the carabinieri.

As stated by General Giunchi during the meeting with the course attendees, "after the previous application phases, carried out on the grounds of Guidonia and at the Monteromano Polygon in the province of Viterbo, that of Amendola has a high educational value, in how much it is possible to experience CAS operations in a very likely way thanks to the use of ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Recognition) flight arrangements such as the Predator, and tactical ones such as the AM-X and MB 339CD and also thanks to many years of experience even outside from the national borders of the staff of the 32nd Wing ".

The Aerocooperation School 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 Advanced Air Controllers, the school has also recently obtained NATO certification.

The courses held at the Aerocooperation School are open not only to the military personnel of the Armed Forces, but also to personnel external to the Defense Administration and to NATO military personnel and countries participating in the international Partnership for Peace program (PfP - Partnership for Peace), subject to authorization by the Defense General Staff.