General Rosso: "A fundamental step in the process of rationalization and efficiency of the Armed Force structure"
This morning, the reorganization ceremony of the Furbara military airport took place 1st Special Operations Air Brigade (BAOS) which saw its relocation from Cervia to that of Furbara and its hierarchical change, which passed under the direct control of the Air Squad Command. At the same time, the alternation ceremony at the top of the Brigade took place between the General of the Air Division Achille Cazzaniga ed Brigadier General Riccardo Rinaldi.
At the event, organized in compliance with the containment measures provided for the COVID-19 emergency and chaired by the Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force, Alberto Red Team General, military authorities from the Special Operations sectors of all the Armed Forces took part, as well as civil, military and religious authorities from the neighboring municipalities of Cerveteri, Ladispoli and Santa Marinella.
"Today is a fundamental step in the process of rationalization and efficiency of the Armed Force structure ”, declared the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. SA Alberto Rosso. "The sector of special operations and support to them was one of the sectors in which the innate vocation of the Aeronautics for innovation and organizational change was substantiated in a more significant form, in the continuous search for the most functional order configuration for development of distinctive and peculiar skills within the various domains of engagement, at national level and in operations outside national borders. This revision aims to further enhance these peculiar abilities, focusing exclusively on special operations the skills of the 1st BAOS, which will thus be able to consolidate its role as a point of reference in the chain of command and control of the sector, as well as the sole and authoritative interlocutor. of Armed Force against the COFS ". Finally, addressing the staff of the Brigade, General Rosso wanted to underline the fundamental contribution that "with your moral, ethical and professional energies, I am sure you will continue to provide in order to face challenges and opportunities with courage, dedication, humility and a spirit of service. that the future holds, in a rapidly changing and complex geopolitical security context. For the protection of the people, values, culture and interests of the country: how-when-where it is needed, we are there".
Deepening
La 1st Special Operations Air Brigade ensures the specialization and training of Special Forces (Incursors), Air Support Forces for Special Operations (SAOS) and for Personnel Recovery activities, ensuring constant updating of procedures, standardization and integration of training activities , as well as the efficiency of the weapon systems and necessary means. Furthermore, it has the task of expressing the skills necessary to set up a structure of a highly specialized, versatile Special Operation Air Task Group (SOATG) with high levels of operational readiness for exercises and operations both at the Armed Force level and in the joint international. They depend on the 1st BAOS, the 17th Stormo Incursori of Furbara and the 9th Wing of Grazzanise; it also has a technical connection with the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa for the updating of procedures, standardization and integration of the SAOS training activity of the fixed wing aircraft component.