Sardinia: change in command of the Alghero Airport detachment

On Friday, October 14, at the Airfield detachment of the Air Force Alghero, the handover ceremony took place between the Lieutenant Colonel Domenico Cecco, outgoing Commander, and the Lieutenant Colonel Francesco Demontis, Incoming Commander.

The event was chaired by Colonel Federico Pellegrini, Commander of the Experimental and Standardization Department in Air Shooting of Decimomannu and saw the participation of religious, civil and military authorities, in the presence of the flag of the city of Alghero and the banners of the local combatant and arms associations.

The outgoing Commander, in his farewell speech, reviewed the highlights of his period in command, recalling that the entire period of command was characterized by an unprecedented pandemic crisis that led the provincial leaders of all the key departments, gathered in the Coordination Center for Emergency Response established by the Prefect of Sassari, to “looking for solutions and methodologies that could help the doctors of the Sassari province to better cope with the ongoing health crisis“. He also emphasized that in his mandate the Detachment, already under the control of the Air Force Schools Command, “In an effort to rationalize resources, it was transferred to the RSSTA’s departments in Decimomannu and the Air Force Logistics Command, making the entire operation more efficient. Sardinia a pole of excellence for advanced training, and Alghero is an important part of it“

The incoming Commander, in turn, in thanking for the trust placed in the assignment of the detachment command, expressed gratitude “To have had the privilege of returning to the airport of my city, which in almost eighty-five years of its history has seen several flight departments pass through on this square, a well-functioning flight school, and the birth of commercial civil aviation in Alghero, contributing actively to creating the golden gate of the island’s tourism.“.  

It Colonel Pellegrini, After thanking the authorities who intervened at the ceremony, he gave credit to Lieutenant Colonel Cecco “of the extremely positive and gratifying results achieved by you and the entire detachment in training activities related to flight safety carried out in favor of AM personnel, as well as in the personnel wellness activities with the extraordinary support provided for social protection activities“. He also recalled that the Detachment has among its tasks the “Logistical support for military and international Armed Forces aircraft passing through, as well as hosting important operational activities, including the recent exercise held at the end of August involving the deployment of F35B aircraft from the Air Force and the Navy to test the capabilities Air Expeditionary and the interoperability of the weapon system among the force providers“.