A delegation from the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) is visiting the Automated Information Systems Department.
The Commander of Re.S.I.A. outlined the main activities carried out by the Department in the field of technological innovation and countering emerging threats in cyberspace. On Thursday, 4th July, a delegation from the RSAF (Royal Saudi Air Force), led by Brigadier General Fahad Dhafer Alqahtani, Head of the delegation from the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, visited the […].
RIAT 2024: “Sir Douglas Bader Trophy 2024” Awarded to the Flight Experimental Department
The operating theme for this year's event is: “Pushing the Boundaries in Air and Space”. This year, the Italian Air Force once again participated in the “Royal International Air Tattoo 2024” (RIAT), held from 19 to 21 July at RAF Fairford in England. The Blue Force [...]
RACSA, Pratica di Mare: 14th Procedural Approach course for foreigners completed
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Change of command at the 4th Wing in Grosseto
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NATO Baltic Air Policing: the Italian contingent arrives in Lithuania
Four Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, tasked with the Baltic mission, have landed at Šiauliai base. In recent days, the Italian contingent responsible for the Baltic Air Policing mission at Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania has completed its deployment in the operational theatre. The NATO mission, part of the broader NATO Air Shielding context, has [...]
Air rescue: man taken ill on cruise ship Costa Smeralda urgently transported by helicopter HH139B during the night
The operation was carried out around one in the morning by an HH139B helicopter from the 82nd SAR Centre in Trapani. During the night, an HH139B helicopter from the 82nd S.A.R. (Search and Rescue) Centre in Trapani took off to rescue a man who fell ill aboard the cruise ship Costa Smeralda, 240 kilometres off the Sicilian coast, in [...]
Pitch Black 2024: Italian pilot ejects. In good health
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Change of Command at the 36th Wing
Colonel Antonino Massara takes over from Colonel Massimiliano Pomiato. On Tuesday 23 July, at the Antonio Ramirez military airport in Gioia del Colle, home of the glorious 36th Fighter Wing of the Italian Air Force, the handover of command of the Wing took place between Colonel Massimiliano Pomiato, outgoing Commander, and Colonel Antonino Massara, incoming Commander. The ceremony, […]
Cybersecurity: The Italian Space Agency visits the Automated Information Systems Department
The Director General of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Dr Luca Vincenzo Maria Salamone, visited the Automated Information Systems Department (ReSIA) to learn about the technological tools used by the Armed Force for the protection of the cyber domain. Last Tuesday, 23 July, Dr Luca Vincenzo Maria Salamone, Director General of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), accompanied by the Director […]
Air rescue, focus of the Aerospace Operations Command (COA) and the Italian Air Force Health Service on the behaviours to adopt in favour of people with non-motor disabilities
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