early afternoon, the sky becomes more and more veiled but the Tornado of Colonel Francis Dress lands bully to greet our arrival at the base of 6 ° Stormo, the pride of our Air Force.
The Red Devils of 6 ° Wing of Ghedi (BS) allowed us to visit their base and we , Guests At the Table with Elena Miano, we could not miss this event, for anything in the world. The opportunity was created by a group of friends simply fantastic: Alfio Tornello, Paolo Moschini and Colonel Sammaciccia. Before telling a Tornado as seen face to you a few words about Devils Rossi.
The 154th Group (only after 6 Stormo) shall be established Campoformido January 15, 1936, now used in operations in the Mediterranean dissolved during of the Second World War to be reconstituted again in Treviso on January 1, 1951, in the same year the base is moved to Ghedi and the group is equipped with jet DH 100 "Vampire" the F-84G, F-104G. In 1982, the wing received the first Tornado. The actual history of this fantastic group of men is made of a continuous and intense training activities aimed at maintaining combat readiness. The training of crews, pilots and navigators, is developed through three phases: familiarization, the achievement and maintenance of the 'combat readiness. " All this in the best way to tackle the difficult missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, to \u200b\u200bname a few.
If you want to learn more on these references: www.aeronautica.difesa.it
Let's go back to our afternoon: Major Nardiello welcomes us for an initial briefing. The base is a small town of about 1,500 people, where everything is working against the clock. Coming we saw the shelters that house the aircraft, offset each other to ensure greater protection against attack. The Major tells us something about the arms and very hard and continuous training that is given to all . Then we go to see them, the Tornado. A close encounter: they are not great but inspire a certain awe. We are told that they are fantastic machines and long-lived, subject maintained very severe and now equipped with the best technology available. The cockpit is small and uncomfortable, made for pilot and navigator: a miracle of organization of space.
The acceptance that we reserve our military is perfect: they are very polite and extremely helpful, we invite you to come back again. It 'a world that we all used to seeing this through the filter of a screen, we know little or not at all. It is a shame, because people who welcomed us in their "home" and we have encountered are primarily people fantastic, real, than tell us that when you send something . Their passion, their dedication is second , maybe, just the enthusiasm with which face far more dangerous missions of our going to the office every morning, and do not do it for themselves.
meet the base commander Colonel Francis Dress: smile and lively eyes asks us if we saw the land with his Tornado was returning from Gioia del Colle, after a couple 'flight hours, very quiet.
And while we're going to dinner at the Officers' Club tells us something of the missions abroad and what it means to leave everything "in order" before leaving, because if something goes wrong in the family can still go ahead . Think next time we see these guys the news.
Dinner awaits us in the dining room of the Officers' Club: dried beef with a cream cheese, cheese and pumpkin risotto, braised in Barolo wine with potatoes and a tart cream. Everything is delicious, prepared and served with care. This menu and for once, believe it, was not really the most important aspect.
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