‘Kuwait-Italy military ties to serve peace’

Graduation ceremony held for fighter pilots

ROME, Nov 24, (KUNA): Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force Lieutenant General Alberto Rosso has emphasized the significance of Kuwait-Italian military cooperation in serving and enhancing international peace and security.

In statements to KUNA Friday on the occasion of the graduation of seven Kuwaiti fighter pilots from the flying training school at Galatina Airbase in the city of Lecce early this week, Rosso said the growing number of Kuwaiti graduates from Italian military schools gives impetus to the already flourishing military relations between the two friendly countries.

He underlined the importance of building capacities of human element in modern defense systems to be able to use the cutting-edge technologies.

The Kuwaiti graduates had mastered the modern technologies during their study at the “Squadron 61 at the world-class Galatina airbase through an integrated training curriculum that used the latest” simulation

Lt Gen Rosso

devices on the ground, he said. He added that this curriculum is one of the components of training programs on the latest aircraft (346 I) to master the fourth generation of Eurofighter Typhoon and the fifth generation of (F35) aircraft.

To develop its defense capabilities, Kuwait had purchased a number of the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, he said, describing it as a “spectacular aircraft serving the Italian Air Force and is considered the backbone of the Air Force in Europe”. He concluded that the graduated Kuwaiti pilots would benefit from the training they got in Italy in defending Kuwait and its airspace.