Commander

Maurizio 

Modesto 

Joint Air Power Competence Centre (2014-2018)

Commander (ITA N) Maurizio Modesto joined the Italian Navy in 1988 and completed flight training for both Fix Wings (T-34 & T44) and Rotary Wings (TH 57 A & B) with the US Navy in 1992. In his career, he has flown 5,000 hours mostly in support of Amphibious and Special Operation Force (SOF) operations. He has been an instructor pilot in the SH-3D and EH-101 and has participated in major operations including Somalia 2 and 3, Kosovo and Afghanistan. From 2000–2002 he was an exchange pilot with the Spanish Navy for the SIAF (Spanish Italian Amphibious Force) flying on the AB-212 and the SH-3H in support of Amphibious Operations.

From 2010–2011 he was the Italian Navy EH-101 helicopter squadron Commander in Herat (Afghanistan). From 2011–2014 he served as a staff officer at the Italian Naval Air Fleet Command in Rome. Until August 2018, he was stationed at the Joint Air Power Competence Centre in Kalkar, Germany, as the Subject Matter Expert for Joint Rotary Wing and also in Personnel Recovery, Littoral and SOF operations. Commander Modesto was recently posted to the Italian Navy Fleet Air Arm in Rome.

Information provided is current as of August 2018

From the Author

Future Battlefield Rotorcraft Capability

Anno 2035 and Beyond
By Cdr 
Maurizio 
Modesto 
Forecasting the future is a daunting task, however, identified fast-moving trends across the diplomatic, information, military, and economic subjects are rapidly transforming the nature of all aspects of society and human life, including the character [...]

Beating Brownout

Technology Helps, but Training Remains Key
By Cdr 
Maurizio 
Modesto 
When I started my helicopter pilot training at Whiting Field (US), I practiced my landings on clean, square, cement pavement. Conditions hardly differed when I made my first operational landings as a Navy helicopter pilot. [...]

Italian Naval Air Power

New Challenges and Capabilities
By Cdr 
Maurizio 
Modesto 
This article is an abbreviated version of a longer essay written in June 2015. The full version can be provided on request. Italian Naval Air Power plays a key role across the strategic concepts of [...]

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