The teaching activity carried out within the new training course for Officers from the Regular Courses of the Air Academy
It ended on Friday, March 31, with the delivery of diplomas by Colonel Emidio Salmè, Commander of the RACSA (Airspace Control Training Department), the Basic Course in Air Traffic reserved for the two Sublieutenants of the course Zodiaco V of the’Air Force Academy, participants in the Internship of Specialization provided by the Master's Degree Course in Systems Science of Aerospace for Defense (SSAD).
The two Officers, one Italian and the other from Burkina Faso, delivered theoretical lessons on’ “Air Traffic Management” (ATM) and operational techniques practices in the simulator in accordance with the provisions of the European Community regulations regarding the training of European air traffic controllers. They thus achieved the ability to simultaneously manage three aircraft interacting with each other and, with them, the ground-based assets in the maneuvering area of a simulated Control Tower.
The teaching activity, which began on June 27, 2022, was carried out at the Aeronautics Academy and the Airspace Control Training Department, in accordance with the new training procedure for new Officer Controllers who require both the specialty course (Air Traffic) and the qualification course (Tower, Radar, Area) within the study plan of the Pozzuoli Academy.
This process will allow for a significant optimization of the timelines in the training of future Air Traffic Controllers, who, upon completion of their academic course, will be already ready for practical training in operational departments. Armed Forces.
Upon the delivery of the specialty certificates, the two Sublieutenants will now be required to attend the respective course. “instrumental airport control” and that “procedural approach”. These courses will allow the acquisition of formative credits (CFU) that are preliminary to the discussion of the Master's Thesis.
After completing the Basic Air Traffic Course, the Italian officer will return to RACSA on April 17 for the next qualification course, while the Burkinabe officer, with the assignment to the instrument flight rating course already underway since last April, will be the first in the history of the Department, the first “Capo Corso” of a foreign country attending an entirely Italian-taught and certified course Civil Aviation Authority (National Agency for Civil Aviation).
It RACSA It is the training agency of the Air Force that has the task of training the Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of all the Armed Forces, including foreign ones, in the Control of Integrated Missile Defence, Air Traffic and Meteorology, as well as providing training support to other entities external to the Department of Defense, such as the Civil Protection Department and the National Fire Brigade. Located at the Military Airport of Pratica di Mare (RM), the Department is subordinate to the Airspace Control Brigade of the Air Operations Command of Poggio Renatico (FE).
