“Force Protection” training at Istrana Military Airport Training began on Monday 6 November at Istrana Military Airport, home of the 51st Wing, the third edition of the training event called ’Force Protection Scaglia,“ organised and directed by the 1st Special Operations Air Brigade of Cervia, whose primary objective is to increase the Armed Forces” capabilities in the field of Force Protection.
The “Force Protection Scaglia” is the primary training activity in the Force Protection sector geared towards air operations at a national level, carried out on a rotating basis in various Air Force Departments with the aim of widely sharing the benefits of joint training and doctrine in this particular sector. The ultimate objective is to have adequately prepared and readily available protection forces, ready for any operational mission in Italy and in operational theatres. 17 Air Force Departments are taking part in this edition of “FP Scaglia”, for a total of over 230 participants.
The 1st Special Operations Air Brigade is tasked with ensuring the qualification and training, both basic and advanced, of the surface and air forces under its command, in order to integrate the Armed Forces components dedicated to Special Operations and to prepare and develop capability packages to be made available to the Air Force and the country, with full capabilities for planning and execution of special and conventional operations, both in national and international contexts, perfectly integrable with the capabilities expressed by the other Armed Forces of the State and NATO.
