The achievement of initial operational capability of the TPRM simulator was celebrated by the European Defence Agency EDA It November 18, 2021 the prototype-simulator of the European Defence Agency (Exploratory Data Analysis) Tactical Personnel Recovery Mission Simulator (TPRMS) has reached initial operational capability (IOC). It Air and Space Operations Command (COA) based in Poggio Renatico (FE), it ensures, as the Air Component Command of the Italian Air Force, the effective use of aerospace power through a process of planning and conducting operations, at home and in theaters outside national borders, based on directives and at the level of Command and Control assigned by the Superior Authorities. It also represents the sole contact point for the Air Force regarding Air Defence, the Missile Defense and for the coordination and control of Operational Air Traffic, of the Search and Rescue missions and of military air transport. The COA is also the doctrinal reference point for the use and development of Air and Space Power.
