Army Aviation Commander, gen. d. Antonio Bettelli, after a brief intervention he pinned on the chest of the Corsican head "the eagle with the torch", symbol of the pilots with the blue beret.
The long training process involved visitors from the regular courses of the Academies: the 189 ° and 190 ° of Modena, 12 ° and 13 ° of Viterbo.
The course began at the 72 Stormo of the Italian Air Force in Frosinone; subsequently the phase at the Center which, with a hard program, gave them the skills necessary to operate in the flight units of the Army Aviation through tactical flight training, on-board weapons training, l 'night flight training with light-intensifying vision systems, flight crew survival training, interrogation resistance and survival at sea.
Ready and trained they passed and passed the specialty exam that led them to obtain the pilot-observer license of the army.
Welcome to the Army Aviation to new pilots, in this young, dynamic specialty, in step with the times and expression of a highly qualified operational and human component, which has participated in all operations in Italy and abroad and has developed with the introduction of increasingly sophisticated machines up to the current configuration made possible with the acquisition of the new A129 “Mangusta” exploration and escort helicopters, the NH90 tactical transport helicopter and finally the powerful ICH 47F.
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Source: Army Aviation Command Statement
