The visit of the Chief of Staff of the Royal Netherlands Air Force to Aviano Airport took place during the “High Blaze 2019” exercise, which involves Dutch helicopters undergoing joint training. On Wednesday 21 August, LtGen Dennis Luyt, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), arrived at Aviano's “Pagliano e Gori” Airport to meet with his personnel involved in a Dutch exercise conducted with RNLAF helicopters. The Aviano Airport Command is a unit of the Italian Air Force tasked with ensuring national sovereignty in compliance with international treaties, supporting United States, NATO and Italian Operations, as well as providing professionally qualified and trained personnel ready for Operations Beyond National Borders. In overseeing the application of bilateral agreements relating to the presence of USAF units stationed at the airport, the Airport Command supervises the training and operational activity of the stationed units and ensures and maintains the expected operational readiness and efficiency of the Unit. The Unit is based at the “Pagliano e Gori” airport in Aviano and is under the command of the Combat Forces Command in Milan.
