Gen. D.A. Achille Cazzaniga visited the Air White Eagle Task Force at Krolewo Airport in Malbork, Poland
On Monday, August 1st, at Krolewo Airport in Malbork – Poland, the Commander of the Operational Department of the Inter-Forces Operations Command, General of the Air Division Achille Cazzaniga, has visited the Task Force Air “White Eagle” engaged in the framework of the mission NATO Air Policing Poland.
In the presence of numerous Polish civil and military authorities, including Maj. Gen. Cezary Wisniewski, Deputy of the General Commander of the Polish Armed Forces, Gen. D.A. Cazzaniga met with the women and men of the TFA-P who for the next 120 days will be under the command of the Colonel Salvatore Florio.
The Commander of the TFA, in thanking the guests who intervened, pointed out that, following the intensification of the Ukrainian crisis, there is “There is nothing more important in this part of the world, at this moment, than what we are all doing here every day, with the constant commitment at home by the Italian government and the European Union.’Italian Air Force, To maintain and protect NATO countries, free and at peace”.
The TFA White Eagle, which has reached the Full Operational Capability on July 30, In advance of the scheduled time, four Eurofighters are deployed on Polish soil under the direct control of COVI, which bolster NATO’s deterrence posture and ensure the strengthening of the system of Air Defence an ally on the north-eastern flank.
The deployment took place through teamwork involving numerous entities of the Air Force, including the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare and the 46th Air Brigade from Pisa, using the KC-767A aircraft and the C-130J aircraft.
Furthermore, the support of the departments of Logistics Command which they guaranteed, thanks to the contribution of 3rd Division, the on-site connections and those with Italy, and the installation of the TFA mobile infrastructure, carried out by Support Services.
