Chief of Staff of the Air Force visits Capodichino Airport Command

On Thursday 27 January, as part of a series of scheduled visits to the units of the Armed Force, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Air Force General Luca Goretti visited “Ugo Niutta” Capodichino Airport Command.

 

Gen. Goretti, welcomed by the Airport Commander, Colonel Vittorio Vicari, met a representation of the military and civilian personnel in the historic Aviators' Hall, highlighting the role of the Neapolitan airport in’demonstrate significant capabilities in the service of the Armed Forces and the community. On this occasion, the Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force expressed his appreciation for the work carried out, with commitment and professionalism, by all the personnel of the Airport Command.

 

The institutional mission of the Organisation is to ensure the operability of all general airport services, and to guarantee the execution of activities for all military aircraft in transit, both domestic and belonging to third-party countries or NATO. Furthermore, the Airport Command provides logistical-operational and administrative support to various entities located on the premises: the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Group, the Territorial Technical Office of Naples of the Directorate for Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness, the 6th Flight Department of State Police, of the two Aerial Sections Financial Guard, State Police and Guardia di Finanza canine units, as well as to the Commands of the US Navy towards whom he exercises the function of guarantor of national sovereignty.

 

The Neapolitan military airport, as part of its services for the community, also operates in support of humanitarian flights and hospital flights, as well as for the needs of the’Allied Joint Force Command Naples, NATO military command based in Lago Patria – a hamlet in the municipality of Giugliano in Campania (NA).

 

The Capodichino Airport Command, the centenary of whose dedication to Second Lieutenant Ugo Niutta – Gold Medal of Military Valour – was marked in 2021, reports to the Air Force Aerial Squad Command through the Forces for Mobility and Support Command.