60° Stormo: Maintenance Training Organisation Certification

Tuesday 19th July, at the Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness (D.A.A.A.), the 60° Wing has received the “Certificate of Approval”which“Maintenance Training Organisation”certified in accordance with Technical Prescription AER(EP).P-147.

 

Inspector General Sciorella, Deputy Technical Director of the D.A.A.A., presented the Certificate to the Commander of the 60th Wing, Colonel Giovanni Trebisonda, accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Gioacchino Cavaliere, Head of the 1st Section – 4th Office of the General Staff of the Air Force Schools Command in Bari, Lieutenant Colonel Maurizio Cesini, Head of Aircraft Efficiency Service of the 60th Wing, and Lieutenant Giancarlo Di Blasio, MTO Instructor of the 60th Wing for the BASIC Module 10 class, congratulating them on the excellent work carried out and all the organisation put in place by the Department to achieve this coveted goal.

 

The 60th Wing of Guidonia is indeed the very first Wing and the second Department of the Air Force to achieve approval as Maintenance Training Organisation In response to the requirements of Technical Specification AER(EP).P-147 for the training of Military Aircraft Maintenance Technicians specifically operating on the’U-208A, aircraft employed at the historic Roman base and maintained by the aircraft efficiency service personnel of the 60th Wing in compliance with the mandatory regulations issued by DAAA.

 

In accordance with the new European EMARs standards (European Military Airworthiness Requirements), AER(EP).P-147 Prescription is part of the process for training maintenance personnel and is aimed at obtaining the Military Aircraft Maintenance Licence (Military Aircraft Maintenance Licence – MAML) in accordance with Technical Prescription AER(EP).P-66, also issued in implementation of European standards.

 

The 60th Wing of Guidonia operates with aircraft U-208A for glider towing G-103 Twin Astir Trainer in the conduct of Gliding Courses for attendees of the Normal Courses of the Air Force Academy and other Armed Forces and State Armed Corps. Furthermore, it contributes to the promotional activity of the Armed Force's image through the conduct of Aeronautical Culture Courses for the benefit of students of Upper Secondary Schools in Italian cities annually identified by the Italian Air Force Air Staff.