Seven Libyan Officers have completed the training course provided by the instructors of the Air Traffic Control Training Department to operate at a Procedural Approach in an extra-European context.
It took place on Friday, July 12, at the Airspace Control Training Department of Pratica di Mare, the closing ceremony of the 14th Course of Procedural Approximation II provided for the benefit of 7 Officers of the Libyan Air Force. With the completion of the 14th course, the participants have completed a training program that began in 2021 with the TWR controller refresher course (Module Refresher Instrumental Airport Control).
“A training program designed specifically and conducted entirely in English by the instructors of the Department – explained Colonel Salmè, commander of the RACSA – of nine weeks during which the participants followed a program of training Very intensive, but necessary to achieve, through theoretical lessons and practical tests carried out on simulators, the quality standards required to operate as a Procedural Approach pilot in an non-European context”.
The course, which was conducted in accordance with the provisions of ICAO regulations (International Civil Aviation Organization), is the result of a consolidated international cooperation between Italy and Libya, undertaken for more than 6 years.
Pursuant to these agreements, the RACSA proposes to the counterpart a training offer in favor of Libyan military personnel serving in the Air traffic control, A wide and diversified program, including a variety of instructional courses, from the initial Basic course for air traffic controllers, to courses for Tower controllers o procedural approach, up to the most specialized and qualifying courses Radar Approach e Radar Area (the so-called air traffic controllers).
From 2018 to today there have been more than 20 Libyan officers who have attended training courses RACSA.
After completing this course, the 7 Libyan Air Force officers will return to their country to be deployed operationally after a further period of practical training.
It RACSA It is the training agency of the Italian Air Force that has the task of training officers, non-commissioned officers and graduates of all the Armed Forces, including foreign personnel, in the fields of integrated air and missile defense, air traffic control and meteorology, as well as providing training support to other agencies outside the Department of Defense, such as the Civil Protection Department and the National Fire Brigade. Located at the Military Airport of Pratica di Mare (RM), the Department is subordinate to the Airspace Control Brigade of the Aerospace Operations Command in Poggio Renatico (FE).
