ITALIAN F-35A LIGHTNING II MILITARY
http://www.airinternational.com | 47instructor; in the second, the technician is
permitted to work autonomously; and the
third permits the specialist to qualify as an
instructor. In many areas of technical support,
32° Stormo personnel have already achieved a
second level of qualifi cation.
However, around a dozen support
personnel from Lockheed Martin and Pratt
& Whitney provide advice to assist Italian
personnel when they are faced with faults
or failures that by their nature are out of the
ordinary and require additional support.
The ALIS database is still modest in
comparison to its full-up extent when 3,000+
aircraft are in service, and is continuously
evolving. Colonel Marzinotto confi rmed its
development into an autonomous maintenance
support system is proceeding rapidly, and will
be successfully achieved in a short time. He
said: We receive great support from Lockheed
Martin and Pratt & Whitney, and have an
excellent relationship with their personnel.”
Aircraft availability, usually a sensitive
statistic for military aircraft, is today opensource information published by the Pentagon
and the US Government Accountability O ce.
Based on the most recent data published,
Italy’s Block 3i aircraft are giving a 70%
availability rate, the same as US Air Force units.
Given that the US Air Force has operated the
Block 3i F-35 in much greater numbers than
the Aeronautica Militare, it’s of great credit
to all of the Italian personnel that they have
achieved the same aircraft availability rate.
Part of this success is down to the ALIS, which
not only facilitates the conditions for growth,“The F-35 delivers technological
excellence, but also has a big
strategic impact as a major player
in information superiority”.
Colonel Davide Marzinotto, 32° Stormo’s commander