Fourteen Students from the Marescialli School in Viterbo, guests of the 31st Ciampino Squadron, to experience first-hand the operational reality
On Wednesday, April 5, 14 Apprentice Master Chief Petty Officers, Category Operations and Specialty Officers on Board, as part of the training activities planned under the Study Plan, carried out a familiarization visit to the 31st Wing of Ciampino, in contact with its personnel and its aircraft.
The trainees were welcomed by the Commander of the Squadron, Colonel Pilot Gianmattia Somma, who welcomed them and explained the tasks and the peculiarities of the Department. The trainees then met some of the personnel. Onboard Operators of the Stormo, which operate daily on the aircraft of the fleet. They have presented a detailed briefing aimed at providing an analysis of the tasks and duties assigned to the On-Board Operators of the 31st Stormo, both for State flights and for those health transportation, These latter flights are particularly delicate and are used to transport patients in imminent danger of life.
The activity continued with a visit to the maintenance hangars and then to the aircraft and helicopters of the fleet. Finally, the trainees boarded a training mission already planned, conducted with the aircraft Falcon 900 Easy II, which allowed them to “”touch with your hands” to get a real sense of the Department's operational reality and begin to appreciate the challenges of their future employment.
Accompanied throughout the visit by the President of the Sub-Officers of the 31st Squadron, 1st Lieutenant Paolo De Padre, also an On-Board Operator, the day of the young Trainees ended with the exchange of crests and Department-related gadgets.
The Students, already winners of the contest for Junior Patrol Officers and now about to complete the training process School of the Italian Air Force Marshals of Viterbo, They will soon be assigned to Operational departments of the Armed Forces, where they will undergo specific training on the flight lines of future deployment.
The 31st Air Wing is based at Ciampino Military Airport. The Department carries out air transport activities to meet the mobility needs of high-ranking state officials, government officials and military leaders, for emergency medical transport and for humanitarian reasons for patients in imminent danger of life, medical teams, organs for transplantation, interventions in situations of risk. Given the particularities of the tasks assigned, the 31st Air Wing is subordinate to the Air Force Command, through the Force for Mobility and Support Command, and to the State and Government Flight Service of the Council of Ministers, which exercises operational control over the State Fleet through the Situation Room dedicated to coordinating all air transport activities for the indicated needs.
