Air Chief Marshal Andrew Pulford was welcomed to Palazzo Aeronautica by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General S.A. Preziosa. The visit then moved, the following day, to the military airport of Cameri, where General Pulford, accompanied by General Preziosa, the Commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Maurizio Lodovisi, and the Director of the Aeronautic Armaments Directorate of the Secretariat General of Defence, Lieutenant General Domenico Esposito, visited the Multi-Role Aircraft Centre (Ce.Po.V.A). The delegation was welcomed by the Head of the Multi-Role Aircraft Centre of Cameri (Ce.Po.V.A), Brigadier General Lucio Bianchi, who explained the Centre’s specific activities to the attending Authorities. The Director of the 1st MRO&U, Colonel Flavio Guercio, on the other hand, explained the activities of the Department, a technical-engineering and logistics hub (“MRO&U” – Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul & Upgrade) for third-level technical activities on Tornado and Eurofighter aircraft.
Brigadier General Giuseppe Lupoli, of the Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments, then proceeded to introduce the reality of the “Final Assembly and Check Out” (F.A.C.O.) facility intended for the assembly of the F35/Joint Strike Fighter (J.S.F.) aircraft.
The visit continued inside the F.A.C.O. installation, where Air Chief Marshal Pulford was able to observe the ongoing activities and noted the progress of the work, expressing his sincere appreciation for the activities carried out and the results achieved.
