General Rosso returns to the school where he first began his career as a pilot. For more than sixty years, his time at the 70th Fighter Wing has been the first step in the long journey awaiting all those who aspire to become military pilots, and it is inevitably an element that unites entire generations of aeronautics professionals.“Here the future of the armed forces is being built – emphasized General Rosso – The Air Force pilots are starting to make their first steps here.“And addressing the flight instructors he continued: “Those who select, those who prepare, those who educate and grow our young pilots, also take care of our future. Letting a boy fly alone, letting him grow and start one of the professions that is not only among the most fascinating but also among the most difficult in the world, represents a strategic task and a moral as well as professional satisfaction.“.
The Department, which is subordinate to the Air Force School Command and the 3rd Air Region with headquarters in Bari, has as its institutional task the selection and training of future military pilots of the Air Force, other Armed Forces and Armed Corps of the State, as well as cadets from other nations. Since 1938, the year of its foundation, the Flight School has issued over 15,000 pilot certificates, completing a total of approximately 500,000 flight hours.
