A ceremony presided over by the Head of SMA commemorated General Licio Giorgieri on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the assassination that killed him. At the ceremony, presided over by the Chief of the Air Force Staff, General of Squadron Giuseppe Bernardis, General Giorgieri’s wife, Giorgia Pellegrini Giorgieri, General Stelio Nardini and numerous Air Force officers who had the opportunity to know and work with the deceased officer participated.
After the commemoration delivered by General Inspector-in-Chief Domenico Esposito, Head of the Air Force Corps, the Comm. Sancin, President of the Trieste and Gorizia Association, and Giulia Angela Brandi, Labour Councillor of Friuli Venezia Giulia, addressed a greeting to the participants.
General Giorgieri was born in Trieste in 1925 and in the city of Giulianova he studied and graduated in engineering, starting both to teach and to work as a designer. In 1950 he won the competition for the Military Air Force, starting his career as a technical officer in Treviso, until reaching the rank of Chief Inspector General and becoming the head of the Air Engineering Corps and General Director of the General Directorate of Aeronautical Construction. On the evening of March 20, 1987, while returning home, he became the victim of a vile terrorist act. At the end of the event, at the Sacrario dei Tre Archi, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force laid a wreath in memory of General Giorgieri and all the Fallen of the Armed Forces. Tgr Friuli Venezia Giulia of March 23, 2012 at 14:00