After the 5 ° course "Weapon Systems Recognition"

13/10/14

At the Guidonia Aerocooperation School (RM), the 5 course WSR (Weapon Systems Recognition) ended with 25 visitors between officers and non-commissioned officers of the Air Force and a representative of the Carabinieri.

The course provides the visitors with the ability to identify and memorize the characteristic elements that make it possible to identify the means used by the armed forces of the main countries of the world, by recognizing the "footprint" of land, sea and air weapons systems, analyzing images acquired from common sensors (even simple photographs) and from a "familiar" viewpoint to our natural vision. Images, therefore, not remotely sensed, or not taken from satellite or aerial platforms.

The course is intended for personnel belonging to all the armed forces for the qualification of Image Analyst and is one of the training steps of the Operative Information Profile (AIO) of the Air Force personnel.

The School of Aerocooperation is the military interforces institute specialized training and technical-operational value in the field of interpretation of remote sensing images (aerial and satellite) and in that of aeroterrestrial and aeronaval cooperation. For the training and qualification of Advanced Air Controllers, the School has also recently obtained NATO certification.

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

See also the interview with the school's ctete

Source: PIO School of Aerocooperation, Maj. Antonio Caliandro