The 51st Wing and the 5th AVES Regiment “Rigel”, together with the mountain troops of the 5th Regiment and the airborne troops of the 66th Regiment “Trieste”, carried out a training exercise to recover personnel in a hostile environment. IThe 51st Stormo is one of the Flight Departments of the Italian Air Force, subordinate to the Air Force Command through the Combat Force Command in Milan. The Department has the configuration of a fighter-bomber and reconnaissance squadron, based on the presence of a flight group, the 132nd equipped with AMX and AMX-T aircraft. The main tasks of the Stormo are combined support operations for surface forces and attack and reconnaissance operations (Information Superiority). The Stormo also ensures the operational training of pilots and the standardization of deployment procedures for the AMX line, and since January 18, 2017, it provides logistical technical support to the alert cell composed of Eurofighter aircraft deployed in Istrana with Air Defense duties.
