THE MILITARY ATTACHÉS OF THE NATO COUNTRIES TO THE JOINT AIR OPERATIONS SCHOOL

The training capabilities and skills expressed by the Joint Air Operations School in the field of remote sensing imagery and air-to-surface operational integration were presented to the military attachés (and their representatives) of the NATO countries in Italy.

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In confirmation of the multi-year international vocation of the Joint Air Operations School of Guidonia, some representatives of the Offices of the Defense Officers of the NATO countries in Italy, were welcomed by the Commander of the School of Aerocooperation, Brigadier General Glauco Luigi MORA , and by his closest collaborators, for a day dedicated to the promotion of the international training offer, in the field of remote sensing imagery and air-to-surface integrated operations, open to the partner countries of the Alliance and the PfP (Partnership for Peace).
The School is in fact one of the few training realities in the international field, and the only one in the national field, to be accredited by the Atlantic Alliance as a Training Institution and, as such, many of its courses are certified "Approved" by NATO and included in the Education and Training Opportunities Catalog (ETOC), the catalog of courses offered by ACT (Allied Command for Transformation), the Supreme Command based in Norfolk in Virginia (USA), responsible for training, doctrine and transformation of the military instrument of the Alliance.

Considerable interest was expressed by the guests for the innovative educational offer of the School in the field of interpretation and analysis, not only for military purposes, of images from elect-optical and RADAR sources, airfields and satellite, as well as for training, according to the rigorous NATO standards, of Air-to-Surface Integration specialists, such as JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller) and specialists in sensitive sectors such as Targeting, Joint Fires and Personnel Recovery.
Subsequently, demonstration activities were carried out on the School's JTAC simulator, an extremely realistic and advanced system, capable of simulating integration with real systems and equipment, for driving virtual Close Air Support combat missions by aircraft assets in support to the forces on the ground, thus minimizing the overall training / training costs and, at the same time, recognized as valid for maintaining the operational qualifications of the JTACs.