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Established in 1951 in Guidonia (Rome), the Italian Joint Air Operations School (ItaJAOS) is the Joint Military Institution, hierarchically under the CHOD, responsible for the technical-operational specialist education in Aerial/Sat Imagery interpretation, Air to Surface operations, Targeting and Space.

The courses provided by the ItaJAOS are open to active duty students from NATO Bodies/Nations plus AUS, AUT, CHE, IRL, NZL and, upon the NATO Quality Assurance (QA) Unconditional Accreditation (renewed in 2024), the School has been tasked by the Defence General Staff with directly enrolling students onto its own courses.

All following ItaJAOS’ NATO Approved/Listed courses, reported in this Catalogue, are also included in the Education and Training Opportunities Catalogue (ETOC) of the NATO Allied Command for Transformation (ACT):

Joint Air Operations Department

NATO Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Course (NATO Approved);

ItaJAOS Joint Personnel Recovery Staff (JPRS) Course (NATO Listed);

Air to Surface Integration (ATOSI) Course (NATO Listed).

Remote Sensing Department

NATO Initial Remote Sensing (IRS) Course (NATO Approved);

NATO Advanced Remote Sensing (ARS) Course (NATO Approved);

NATO Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery Interpretation (SAR I.I.) Course (NATO Approved).

Space Department

Introduction to Space Activities (ISA) Course (NATO Listed - pilot course).

Joint Targeting Department

NATO Initial Joint Targeting (IJT) Course (NATO Approved);

NATO Joint Target Folder (JTF) Course (NATO Approved);

NATO Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) Course (NATO Approved);

Joint Effects and Fires (JEF) Course (NATO Listed);

Intermediate Target Development Worksheet Quality Control (ITDWQC) Course (NATO Listed).