The 25 January took place in Ali Al Salem (Kuwait) the transfer of deliveries to the command of theItalian National Contingent Command Air / Task Force Air Kuwait.
At the ceremony the general of the aerial team was Maurizio Lodovisi - commander of the Air Force Command (CSA), the general of the aerial team Roberto Nordio - deputy commander of the Inter-force summit command (COI) and senior Kuwaiti officers, Americans, Canadians and Danes, commanders of the air components on the bases of Ali Al Salem, Ahmed Al Jaber and Abdullah Al Mubarak.
The outgoing commander, in his farewell address, recalled the past year of command, thanking his Kuwaiti colleagues and American allies for their cooperation. It was time to take stock of what has been done to fight the DAESH through intelligence activities and the nearly 5000 flight hours of the Task Group "Devi", "Breus" and "Araba Fenice". The most important result was the 1422 men who over the course of the past year took turns to make it possible to achieve the goals set.
He then took the word the gen. Nordio thanked the Kuwaiti and American authorities for the continued support received without which it would not be possible to operate in this theater far from national borders.
The deputy commander of the COI also expressed all the Italian pride for taking part in this mission and contributing "in the context of the operation Inherent Resolve to counteract the DAESH.
Finally, the gen. Lodovisi who pointed out more than a year ago, when a complex and innovative national air contingent was created within the international coalition Inherent Resolve, he did not believe “that the terrorist threat could change the roles and life of our society”. He then addressed the outgoing commander saying: “Today with great sacrifice, I can say that together with your staff you have done and are doing a fantastic job”.
Established on 17 October 2014, as part of the national "Prima Parthica" and multinational "Inherent Resolve" operation, the ITNCC / TFA Kuwait guarantees the coordinated use of the KC 767A flight assets, Predator e Tornado in the exchange of the international coalition. TFA Kuwait's mission is to meet the needs of the coalition structures in flight with their KC 767A; in parallel, TFA Kuwait is entrusted with the task of contributing to the definition of the situation awareness of the coalition through the use of its assets market, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Tornado, Predator. These produce high quality images that are then enhanced by the Intelligence cell and supplied to the coalition in the form of analyzes appreciated by the coalition command staff.
