Major Jacopo Frassini, MD is a flight surgeon of the Italian Air Force since 2006 and holds a Private Pilot License. He specialized in cardiology at Padua University and is currently assigned to the NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine. He previously served as a base physician at the Aerospace Operations Command in Poggio Renatico AFB (Ferrara, ITA – 2006–2019). As a medical officer, he supported operations in Afghanistan (2010; 2012; 2014), Libya (2011), Kuwait (2014), Lebanon (2017; 2019) and Iraq (2018), deploying with both regular and special forces. He also participated in numerous exercises of the Joint Air Forces Component (ITA-JFAC) at national and international level (Virtual Flag 2013 and 2014 – NATO Trident Juncture 2015 – Joint Virtual Flag 2016) either in Current Ops Division or as Medical Advisor to the Air Commander.