46th B.A.: 50 Years of History for the 50th Group

In Pisa, the most significant moments of the Group's history were remembered.

24/06/2014

Author: 46th Air Brigade - Pisa - Major Pompilio Sammaciccio

In Pisa, the most significant moments in the Group's history were remembered. For 50 years, emotions, passions, extraordinary moments, and important days have followed one another, writing the history of the 46th Air Brigade Group and the Air Force. All of this was to be remembered, together with families and especially former members of the Group, to maintain that emotional bond that is the basis of and fuels motivation, and not to forget the sacrifice of the fallen of the 50th. The 50th Group flew from ’64 to ‘72 with C119J aircraft, subsequently with C130H and then from 2002 with modern C130J, aeroplanes that have allowed them to achieve significant results such as winning two “Rodeo steering wheel”In the United States, being the only Italian department to have landed in Antarctica and the first in Afghanistan.