Having obtained the 6th NATO certification for the courses of the School of Air Cooperation
Historical day for the School of Aerial Cooperation and for the entire sector Defence, which boasts the sixth course delivered with the highest certification NATO Approved and published in the NATO Education and Training Opportunities Catalogue (ETOC). This is the Joint Target Folder (JTF) which was entirely designed and developed by the inter-service institute in Guidonia, in close collaboration with the Joint Effects and Targeting Division of the Joint Operations Command (COVI).
The course aims to provide future NATO targeteers with the skills to develop and prepare – through dedicated tools and NATO applications – the information and details necessary for operational commanders to pursue tactical and operational objectives through the forces assigned, following an assessment of the elements of criticality, vulnerability, and estimates of possible collateral damage, as well as providing assessments on the pursuit of desired effects and the results achieved.
It JTF, which represents one of the few training opportunities in the field of folder production available within the Atlantic Alliance, has undergone a lengthy and thorough evaluation by the competent Department Head of the Allied Command for Transformation (ACT) in Norfolk USA, the command responsible for the training, doctrine and transformation of the military instrument of the NATO, Before obtaining the maximum qualification of “NATO Approved”, as proof of the innovative and advanced expertise now widely recognized at the School of Air Co-operation, also internationally.
This level of certification is in fact granted by ACT only to those educational and training opportunities that individual countries and/or international organizations make available and that NATO considers capable of filling the gaps. gap training in those specific sectors, provided by national or coalition training providers already accredited with the Alliance, such as reference training centers.
The School of Aerocooperation, as a cross-service training center and the only Training Institution of the Defense accredited by NATO, provides an excellent educational program that is constantly evolving and keeps pace with technological innovations, to ensure it is constantly aligned with the training needs of the Armed Forces. Armed Forces national and allied and friend countries.
In the field of operational air-surface cooperation and “Remote Sensing”, the School has in recent years expanded its teaching offer with courses, some of which are certified by the Atlantic Alliance at the highest level of “NATO Approved”; in the fields of “Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC)”, “Personnel Recovery”, “Joint Targeting” and “Joint Fires”; in the field of “Remote Sensing”, among others, mention should be made of the training courses for the management, interpretation and operational analysis of remotely sensed images, derived from electro-optical and radar sensors, airborne and satellite “Initial Remote Sensing” and “Advanced Remote Sensing”, also certified by NATO.
For the training and qualification of the JTACs, the commander of the School is also the “National Certification Authority”, as provided for by the NATO Reference Standards.
The courses of the School of Aerocooperation are open to the public as well as to staff. Military of the Armed Forces, including personnel external to the Administration Defence. Thanks also to the NATO certification achieved, the School also hosts military personnel from Allied countries and participants in the international Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, subject to the authorization of the General Staff of the Defense.
The Mission The School’s mission is to provide an education of excellence, unique in the field of defense, specializing national and international personnel in the fields of remote sensing and aerospace cooperation, through a highly motivated and professional staff and the use of cutting-edge technologies, having as its goal the development of a highly skilled workforce capable of meeting the demands of the future. Vision,To maintain an educational offer of absolute quality, in a continuous and constant process of improvement and adaptation to the operational needs of the Defense, fully integrated into the international context. Professionalism and passion at the service of the country.
