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29/09/2011 - 23 fridays September, near base NATO of Geilenkirchen (GE), center of the E3-A Component, have had place the ceremony of the passage of deliveries to the commando of 2° the Group Flight (Flying Squadron 2) between the Lieutenant seafaring Colonel Francisco Candian, subentrante, and Colonel Salvatore Melillo, outgoing.
The ceremony has been attended from seafaring Colonel John Backstrom, of the Canadian Air Force, Commander of the Operating Flock (Ops Wing Commander) of the E3-A Component and from some of the SNR (Senior National Representative), that is the older officials of the 18 making present nations to the Component puts into effect them part of the Alliance. For Italy they have participated to the Colonel pilot Mark Francisco D' Asta, “Training Wing Commander”, and the Lieutenant Stefano Colonel Changes, head of the BRANCHES (Representation Italian Air Force) near the base of Geilenkirchen.