46ª BRIGATA AEREA: IL COL. GIRELLI AL COMANDO DEL REPARTO VOLO

Avvicendamento dopo due anni di comando del Col. Melillo

03/07/2019

Source: 46th Air Brigade - Pisa

Author: T.Col. Pompilio Sammaciccio

Avvicendamento dopo due anni di comando del Col. Melillo Il Reparto Volo della 46ª Brigata Aerea di Pisa ha un nuovo Comandante. Il Colonnello Gianluca Girelli è subentrato infatti al Colonnello Salvatore Melillo, destinato a ricoprire un nuovo incarico in ambito EATC (European Air Transport Command). The 46th Air Brigade is a Transport Unit of the Italian Air Force which reports to the Air Squad Command through the Support and Special Forces Command. With its fleet of C130J and C27J aircraft, it is engaged daily in the service of the country. Among the Unit's tasks is that of rescuing the population in the event of disasters or extraordinary necessity and urgency, in all weather and lighting conditions, to provide the requested aid which, often, proves decisive in saving human lives. A concrete example of this mission is represented by the emergency medical transport of people in imminent danger of life or biocontaminated.