Today at the 31st Wing of Ciampino the awaited ceremony of the changeover at the top of the Air Force took place. General Enzo Vecciarelli left the Armed Force to General Alberto Rosso. In the presence of the Minister of Defense Dr. Elisabetta Trenta, the Chief of Defense General Claudio Graziano and numerous political, civil, religious and military authorities, the important change in command of the Arma Azzurra took place. Double party for the Air Force which, in a few days, has a new chief of staff and will hold the most important chair of the technical-operational top of the department with General Enzo Vecciarelli. General Enzo Vecciarelli on 5 November will take over from General Claudio Graziano, who in turn will hold the prestigious position of President of the Military Committee at the European Union. Air squad general Alberto Rosso, as he recalled in his speech, flew "wing to wing", at the glorious 4 ° Stormo of Grosseto and now with the same air of the past he will be with the whole military air force alongside "wing to wing" to General Enzo Vecciarelli to support him, like the others sisters armed forces, in the difficult and demanding task of coordinating and directing the operational part of a "vital" sector for the country's democratic institutions. The words of the general are very significant Claudio Graziano who cited "beautiful and epic" historical passages of the First World War, referring to the dawn of the Air Force which, as noted, was initially a rib of the Royal Army and later of the Royal Navy, before becoming an autonomous armed force in the 1923.
So the defense minister Dr. Elisabetta Trenta"today the whole Air Force is experiencing a moment of great significance: all the women and men “in blue” see the commander who will lead them change in the coming years. The military air force is one of the institutional pillars of the national and Euro-Atlantic defense and security system".
The minister praised the work of the Chief of Staff of the outgoing Armed Force Vecciarelli, underlining that "he felt the need for a transformation that led to a profound rethinking of the traditional organizational and management paradigms within the Armed Force, to prepare the ground for that Air Force 4.0, declinable in all its organizational and employment aspects, which represented the horizon towards which his farsighted and ambitious command action has directed in these three years of mandate ".
According to Trenta, moreover, Vecciarelli requested a "choral effort of internal cohesion" from the components of the Air Force, an "effort that generated a radical change of perspective through the updating of the vision and mission of the Air Force in relation to the continuous changes in the geopolitical context of these years ". "Today - affirmed Minister Trenta - the Air Force is an increasingly efficient and effective organization capable of guaranteeing an ever greater overall usefulness to the country system, indeed I would say an Air Force that in many respects is the country's reference point . An Air Force perfectly integrated into the national military instrument, capable of exercising aerospace power through operational capabilities and technological excellence of the highest level. An increasingly 'useful' and appreciated Air Force in the context of the international commitments undertaken in recent years by Italy together with allied countries and friends to counter the threat of international terrorism. I have constant proof of this - he continued - every time I have the opportunity to meet our contingents abroad, as happened in my recent visits to the Balkans and Iraq.
An Air Force capable of being present wherever there is a need for its intervention at the service of citizens ”. Trenta then defined the Air Force as “an essential component of the overall military instrument, which our country system could not do without, especially in geo-political situations characterized by such uncertainty, turbulence and unpredictability such as those of today”. The minister then expressed confidence in the work of the new Chief of Staff of the Air Force, highlighting that "today he receives the right recognition for a life dedicated to the service of the Air Force and the country, made up of commitment, dedication and competence, lived through all degrees of the hierarchical scale ". "Your 'return' to the Armed Force - he said addressing General Rosso -, after many years of service in the joint and ministerial environment, will have to be a 'flying start' because today you take command of a complex of human and material resources in dynamic evolution and in full swing, a 'capital' effectively and efficiently 'spent' on a daily basis in a very broad and diversified spectrum of tasks and missions, in Italy and abroad ”. Trenta added that in this process, Rosso will be able to "rely on the action of guiding and guiding me and the entire government, in that increasingly broad perspective of the 'Country system', without which all the challenges that await us, now and in the future ”. “There will be an increasing need for a strategic culture, capable of putting our resources into a system for tomorrow's defense planning”.