Lieutenant Colonel
Michele
Ferrari di Valbona
Joint Air Power Competence Centre (2014-2018)
Lieutenant Colonel Michele Ferrari di Valbona joined the Italian Army in 1989, trained first as an anti-tank infantry officer in the anti-tank company of the grenadier brigade. After three years he transited to the Army Aviation schools and graduated as a fixed-wing pilot in 1994. As an aircrew assigned to the school he operated as observer pilot for the artillery fires. In 1997 he transited on twin engines planes and assigned to the 28th Sqd.Gr. where participated in flying operations in the Balkans and ground operation in Lebanon. He served in the Balkan CAOC and as chief current OPS in the Army Avn School and as chief Ops at the 28th Sqd.Gr. He is currently stationed in the JAPCC – Kalkar, as the Air to Ground integration expert.
Information provided is current as of June 2018
From the Author
Close Air Support of the Future
Is the Present Concept Still Adequate?
By Lt Col
Michele
Ferrari di Valbona
By Lt Col
Andrea
Olivieri
After the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan, many of the Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP), as well as Lessons Learned/Lessons Identified (LL/LI) evolved within permissive air environments. [...]
Unintentional Air Strikes during Dynamic Operations
NATO Views and Possible Fixes
By Lt Col
Michele
Ferrari di Valbona
By Lt Col
Andrea
Olivieri
Images of bombed hospitals stunned participants of the 2016 JAPCC Conference, as a Panellist raised the unsettling and poignant issue about how operations sometimes transcend military objectives. Specifically, the panellist expressed concern about ‘recurring kinetic [...]
