NATO: The international exercise Frisian Flag 2022 concluded
The NATO exercise saw the participation of Tornado and Eurofighter aircraft from the 6th and 51st Stormo
8 April 2022
Author: 1st Lieutenant Francesco Nacca
Source: 6th Wing
The exercise Frisian Flag 2022, turning on the Dutch military airport Leeuwarden From March 28 to April 8, it is the largest training event organized by Royal Netherlands Air Force (KLU) in which several partners participated NATO, including a representation of the French, British, Canadian and American Armed Forces, as well as a platform of the NATO AWACS (Airborne Early Warning & Control Force) in support of the operations.
The main objective of the exercise, in which the Air Force participated with personnel and Tornado aircraft from the Italian Air Force, was to test the capabilities of the Italian Air Force in the event of a potential attack by terrorists. 6th Wing and Eurofighter 51st Wing, The objective was to train military pilots to operate in a multinational context, validate operational tactics and consolidate integration between the air components participating in the exercise through combined operations based on complex training scenarios.
To emphasize the high training value of the “Frisian Flag 2022”, the Air Force General Luca Goretti, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, He visited the Italian task force during the exercise, highlighting the important achievement of the set training objectives, achieved in an inter-service and multinational environment.
The 6th Wing It is one of the Flight Departments of the Air Force, subordinate to the Air Squad Command through Combat Forces Command, with the task of planning and coordinating the training and equipping of capabilities according to national plans and NATO/EU for precision engagement, support to surface forces, and reconnaissance in the EO/IR and electromagnetic spectrum. It also ensures the operational conversion and standardisation of flight crews assigned to the line. Tornado IDS/ECR.
It 51st Wing It is one of the flight divisions subordinate to the Air Squadrons Command of Rome through the Combat Forces Command of Milan. Equipped with aircraft AMX, AMX-T ed F2000, It has the configuration of Stormo fighter bombers, reconnaissance aircraft and, since 2019, of Air Defense. Its main assigned tasks are combined operations support for surface forces and attack and reconnaissance operations (Information Superiorityand of Air Defence.
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