(Francesco Matera) It was signed today, November 29, 2019, by the Air Brigade General Luigi Casali, Chief of Staff of the Command of the Schools of the AM / 3ª Air Region, and by the Brigadier General Paolo Riccò, Commander of the Army Aviation, the technical agreement to implement an “inter-force” synergy in the training activities for the achievement of the Military Helicopter Pilot License (BMPE) in favor of the aspiring pilots of the AVES. This synergy will allow, thanks to the use of a number of RH-206C helicopters from the Army Aviation Training Center (CAAE), which will be deployed at the 72nd Wing of Frosinone, to optimize the capabilities and timing necessary for training. in flight of EI personnel. Specifically, the collaboration between the instructor pilots of the Air Force, responsible for issuing the Military Helicopter Pilot License, and the AVES specialty instructors will be guaranteed and structured with standardized training methods and using the RH-206 assets provided by the EI.
The first steps following the precise indications of the Dicastery: ... "The training system will have to be rethought by providing for a strong organizational integration of all those activities that are common to the Armed Forces ...", Thus states a paragraph of the strategic lines of the Ministry of Defense, contained in the "White Paper for international security and defense". The Army and Air Force wasted no time and on 4 April 2019 they signed a letter of intent for an important project in the field of helicopter pilot training, for the establishment of a joint-force helicopter training school.
Today, then Fr.at the 72 ° Stormo of Frosinone, it is serious with the signature of a technical agreement for aspiring Army pilots.
The project, aimed at meeting the training needs of both Armed Forces, represents a goal shared by the Italian Air Force and the Italian Army to guarantee a virtuous cost reduction, as well as greater synergy in the sharing of experiences and projects that will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the "rotary wing" structures increasingly fundamental in the operational and training activities at the service of the country.
The project, as hoped during the signing of the letter of intent, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, general Alberto Rosso and the "starting point for a larger company at Interforce, Inter-ministerial, International level, as well as an opportunity for the Country System".
The Chief of the Army, general Salvatore Farina, following the signing of the letter of intent, he highlighted how "lwith inter-force cooperation represents an added value that makes the Armed Forces a safe point of reference for the country ..."
The 72 ° Stormo of Frosinone, thanks to its innate inter-departmental, inter-ministerial and international vocation because already he forms the helicopter pilots of the Arma Azzurra, of the other Armed Forces and Armed Corps of the State, as well as foreign visitors will surely be in able to provide the necessary added value to the entire interforcing process in the field of helicopter pilot training.
The strategic partnership between the Italian Air Force and the Italian Army in the field of training for the piloting of rotary-wing aircraft is one of the programmatic lines of Defense for an ever greater integration and collaboration between Armed Forces in support of the community.