REORGANISATION AND CHANGE OF COMMAND AT THE 1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS AIR BRIGADE
The new headquarters in Furbara. Air Division General Achille Cazzaniga has handed over command to Brigadier General Riccardo Rinaldi.
20/01/2021
Source: 17th Raiders Wing - Furbara
Author: 1st Lt. Fabio Polucci
The new headquarters in Furbara. Air Division General Achille Cazzaniga has handed over command to Brigadier General Riccardo Rinaldi. took place on Wednesday, January 20th, at the’Furbara military airport, the reorganisation ceremony of 1st Special Operations Air Brigade (BAOS)) which saw its relocation from the Cervia site to that of Furbara and the related hierarchical change of the same, which passed to the direct command of the Air Squadron Command. Following this, the change of command ceremony at the helm of the 1st BAOS took place between the Air Marshal Achille Cazzaniga and theBrigadier General Riccardo Rinaldi.The1st Special Operations Air Brigadeensures the specialisation and training ofSpecial Forces (Commandos), of theSpecial Operations Air Support (S.O.A.S.).and for the activities ofStaff Recovery, ensuring the constant updating of procedures, the standardisation and integration of training activities, as well as the effiSystems scienceand the necessary arms and means. Furthermore, it has the task of expressing the capabilities necessary to prepare a structure ofSpecial Operation Air Task Group(S.O.A.T.G.) highly specialised, versatile and with high levels of operational readinessAhexercises and operations both at the Armed Force level and in joint and international contexts. The 1st BAOS is dependent on the17th Raiders Wing of Furbaraand the9th Wing of Grazzanise; This also has a technical link with the46th Air Brigade of Pisafor the updating of procedures, the standardisation and the integration of the fixed-wing aircraft component S.A.O.S. training activity.
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