Colonel Sergio Cavuoti is handing over the command of the Italian Contingent in Kuwait to Colonel Luca Vitaliti. On Tuesday 8 December, at the Air Base of Ali Al Salem, the Command handover ceremony took place of the’Italian National Contingent Command Air – Task Force Air Kuwait between Colonel Sergio Cavuoti, the outgoing Commander, and Colonel Luca Vitaliti, the incoming Commander. Among the distinguished figures attending the event, presided over by General S.A. Gianni Candotti, Commander of the Air Squad, those who spoke included H.E. the Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Carlo Baldocci, the Italian Military Attaché at the Italian Embassy in Kuwait, the Deputy Operations Commander of the Kuwaiti JHQ, the Kuwaiti and American Commanders of the Ali Al Salem base, the Commanders of the Canadian and Danish Contingents, a Kuwaiti, Italian and Coalition representative operating in Operation “Inherent Resolve”.
Established on 17 October 2014 and integrated into the multinational operation “Inherent Resolve”, the IT NCC/TFA Kuwait ensures a single chain of command for the synergistic and coordinated deployment of the assets provided by the Italian Air Force Predator, Tornado, C-27J e KC-767A. The Kuwait TF contributes through the use of its Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets – Tornado and Predator – to the definition of the coalition's situational awareness. The stream of high-resolution video and images acquired by the aerial platforms is channelled to the Intelligence cell “Integrated Italian Multisensor Exploitation Cell”(I2MEC) to extract the informative contribution necessary for the conduct of Coalition Operations. With the KC-767A, the Component contributes through air-to-air refuelling activity to the extension of flight range and operational radius of Coalition air assets. Also deployed in Iraq is the C-27J air asset, which carries out surveillance, protection and support missions across the electromagnetic spectrum.
