General B.A. Agresti has taken up the post of Deputy Commander of the European Air Transport Command in Eindhoven (NL).

Monday 13 November 2017, Major General Francesco Saverio Agresti took up the role of “Deputy Commander”at the European Air Transport Command (EATC) in Eindhoven (NL).
The recent reorganisation of EATC has highlighted the need to implement the Command's organisational structure with a new permanent position. The newly created position, rotated among EATC Member Nations, has been assigned for the first time to the Italian Air Force.
L’assegnazione all’Italia della neocostituita posizione di “Deputy Commander EATC”This, strongly desired by the Chief of Staff, was achieved as a result of complex co-ordination work to overcome the various difficulties and the mutual vetoes of the various international representatives. With General Agresti’s accession, Italy’s degree of involvement and the nation’s decision-making power within this organisation, considered by many to be a winning example of “Pooling and sharing”in the context of military air transport.
The Italian Air Force's entry into EATC officially took place on 4 December 2014, following the signing of the document ratifying Italy's accession in the presence of the Minister of Defence by the Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force. The Italian Air Force Representation (RAMI), established within the aforementioned Command, is hierarchically subordinate to the Air Operations Command in Poggio Renatico (FE), which has been delegated the authority by the Commander of Air Forces to exercise the “revoke ToA” mechanism when national requirements demand it. Since 12 January 2016 (ToA of national assets), the Italian Air Force, by making some of the national military air transport excellences available to EATC, such as “aerial refuelling” (AAR-Air to Air Refuelling), participating with a fleet of 31 aircraft including C-27J, C-130J and KC-767, belonging to 46th Air Brigade in Pisa and to the 14th Wing at Pratica di Mare.
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