The technical professional training course for aircraft mechanics has concluded with the 10th “On-board Electromechanical” course. On Tuesday 17th July, the Commander of the Air Force Specialists School of Caserta, Colonel Nicola Gigante, presented the certificates of attendance for the 11th ’Aircraft Mechanic“ course and the 10th ”On-board Electromechanical“ course to the student personnel of the Guardia di Finanza and the State Police. The 11th Aircraft Mechanic course, which began on 4th October 2017 and concluded on 15th June 2018, was attended by ten participants from the Guardia di Finanza and seven from the State Police. It was aimed at providing the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to operate aircraft equipped with turbine and piston engines. At the end of the course, the same participants, joined by another three elements from the State Police, took part in the 10th ”On-board Electromechanical Specialist’ course, aimed at completing the technical-professional training of personnel from other Armed Forces, and State Armed and non-Armed Corps. “You are the inter-force and inter-agency lifeline of the Specialists School and, from today, you rightfully become part of the mechanics” family,“ with these words the Commander of the Specialists School greeted the attendees at the close of the ceremony, which was also attended by Colonel Vincenzo Andretta, the course tutor for the Guardia di Finanza, and Deputy Chief Antonio Di Matteo, the tutor for the State Police.
The Aeronautical Military Specialists School provides military, cultural, technical-professional, and moral training for Specialists (Sergeants and Permanent Service Enlisted Volunteers), who are destined for deployment at AM Units, both within national territory and in overseas theatres of operation, as well as for non-commissioned personnel of the Armed Force interested in a professional retraining/qualification process and for Aircraft Maintenance personnel of other Armed Forces and Police Forces.
