Air Force oversees national airports

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, SAFE ROADS OPERATIONS: CONTINUE COMMITMENT OF THE STAFF OF THE MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO THE PRESIDENT OF IMPORTANT NATIONAL AIRPORTS

Milan Linate, Bari Palese, Pisa San Giusto, Rome Ciampino and Verona Villafranca: these are the national airports where the men and women of the Italian Air Force are involved in the inter-operation "Safe Roads" as competition devices to the Public security.

These are units of the Armed Forces specialized in land defense, composed mainly of Air Riflemen of the 16 ° Stormo "Protection of Forces" by Martina Franca, who are operating at the airport airports mentioned at the end of September 2018.


The contribution of the Italian Air Force to the safety of Italian airports is the specialized contribution of the Armed Force to the aeronautical dimension of the "Safe Roads" operation, a commitment that demonstrates the dual nature of the Fucilieri dell'Aria component, an élite team of the AM for years engaged in the "Force Protection for Air Operation" (Protection of the Forces in Air Operations).

In addition, 150 Military of the Air Force assure their contribution in the city of Taranto, with a Company composed of soldiers from various Departments of the AM, whose command alternates with Air Riflemen. In the Ionian city, the military carry out surveillance and patrolling activities, in competition with the Police Forces, at the Reception and Identification Center, the port and the district house.

The AM contest in the Safe Road operation is coordinated by the Air Operations Command (COA), which has the task of synchronizing the work of the risky units at the designated sites, and the 16 ° Stormo as the Adherence Command to guarantee, without solution of continuity, the support to the devices through the Armed Forces departments designated as proximity bases.

The Command of the whole operation "Safe Roads" is entrusted to the Italian Army, which through the Operative Forces Command Nord (Padua) and South (Naples) is responsible for the entire operation at the national level.

Air Force oversees national airports

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