The “Grifone 2015” exercise ended at dawn, a precious training opportunity that allowed the command of the special forces of the Army (COMFORTABLE) to test the employability and coordination capacity of all its dependent units.
The activity took place on the grounds of the Milan-Malpensa airport, thanks to the availability of the airport authorities, in collaboration with the SEA, the Airport Management Company, and the EASYJET airline which made an aircraft available.
The exercise, illustrated by the Chief of Staff of the Army, general of the army corps Giovan Battista Borrini (authority at the top of the sector for the "special operations" of the Army) and which saw the participation of the Minister of Defense on . Roberta Pinotti, accompanied by the Army Chief of Staff, Army Corps General Danilo Errico and numerous civil and military authorities, simulated the release of passengers following a hijacking conducted by hostile elements on foreign territory.
The armed force, with this activity, has further implemented the high level of integration among the units belonging to the Army special forces sector, fully in line with what is indicated in the White Paper for International Security and Defense.
According to the 9 ° regiment, COMFOSE, in charge of training and preparing the force packages to be made available to the joint forces command for the special operations that employs them in line with the intentions of the Defense General Staff and the political authority. 'assault paratroopers "Col Moschin", the 185 reconnaissance and acquisition objective "Folgore", the 4 ° regiment of alpine paratroopers, the 3 regiment of helicopters for special operations "Aldebaran" and the 28 regimental operative communications "Pavia".
