The Italian Army Aviation consolidates the operational model of the “Friuli” Aircraft Brigade as a multi-armed Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) on the occasion of the Complex Aviation Exercise (CAEX II-2022).

With the conduct of the Main Training Event of the Blue Specialty, the “CAEX II-22”, held at the Capo Teulada Polygon, ended in recent days.

Planned, organized and conducted by the AVES Command and the “Friuli” Aircraft Brigade, the CAEX saw all the units of the Specialty engaged in a complex training event, multi-weapon and interforce, with moving fire, day and night.

With this activity, the Departments of expected use in the operational theater or inserted in the basins of high readiness of the Defense have been certified. The achievement of the Full Operational Capability (FOC) of the Brigade, as the only operational force provider of AVES, was also sanctioned.

The scenario, of high realism, involved the conduct of aeromechanized and aircraft operations, day and night. As a corollary of the main effort, both the logistical capabilities of combat support and the specialized ones have been consolidated. About 1000 military personnel and 22 helicopters (AH-129D, UH-90A, CH-47F and UH-205) were deployed in the exercise.

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