Two pilots from the Turbine V course have obtained the military pilot certificate at the Ecole de l’Aviation de Transport (EAT)
Friday May 24 Sergeants Mattia D.F. and Andrea M. of the Turbine V course received the badge of military pilot in France, at Air Base 702 in Avord, the headquarters of the’Ecole de l’Aviation de Transport (EAT).
Receiving the prestigious award Aquila turrita, The two newly patented terms are combined in a training cycle of approximately one year duration, carried out in French territory, carrying out various types of missions, from training flights to instrument flight, up to tactical flights at low altitude.
The two trainees underwent training in the adverse weather conditions typical of the winter season in northern Europe, on the EMB-121 Xingu aircraft that has been in service with the French military air force for 40 years.
General Olivier Goudal, Commandant of the Schools of the’Air and Space Force, The Commander of Air Base 702, Colonel Olivier Kaladjian, presented the new pilots with the Aquila Turrita while the Chief of the RAMI Avord, T.Col. Andrea Radicchi, pinned the emblem of the Air Force on the chests of the young officers. badge of Pilot of the’Air Force, gesture intended to seal the importance of cultural exchange and of experiences between the two countries.
The R.A.M.I. of Avord, dependent on AM/3rd Regional Air Command of Bari, trains Italian pilots at the Avord 702 air base“Captain Georges Madon”of the French military air force. Avord Airport, the first training center in Europe for fighter pilots, has been in operation for over a century and is now home to the’ Ecole de l’Aviation de Transport (EAT) “Captain Jean Dartigues”whose mission is to train the pilots of the military transport of the Ministry of Defence.
