This document advertises the Military Airlift: Rapid Reaction & Tanker Operations conference taking place in Florence, Italy from December 3-4, 2012 and a subsequent site visit to Pisa Air Force Base on December 5. The conference will feature keynote addresses and presentations on topics related to military airlift, air-to-air refueling, and multinational cooperation. Senior military officials from countries including Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Canada, US, and NATO will brief attendees. The post-conference site visit will include displays of Italy's new KC767A tanker and C-130J and C-27J aircraft.

1. MILITARY AIRLIFT
RAPID REACTION & TANKER OPERATIONS
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Keynote Speakers:
European Air Transport Command
Major General Pascal Valentin, Commander, European Air
Transport Command, French Air Force
Brigadier General Aurelio Colagrande, Commander 46th Air
The largest bespoke military Brigade, Italian Air Force
airlift conference in Europe, Brigadier General D. Miguel Angel Villaroya Vilalta, Deputy
Director, European Air Group, Spanish Air Force
now in it's 13th year! Other Speakers Include:
Colonel Giorgio Seravalle, Chief Air Operations, Air Mobility
Receive high-level briefings Command, Italian Air Force
on the new ITAF KC767A Colonel Bas Pellemans, Commander,
tanker and other emerging Royal Netherlands Air Force
Colonel Christian Schmidt, Director, Movement Coordination
platforms Centre Europe, Danish Defence Forces
Colonel Jennifer Thompson, Chief AMCC NATO SHAPE,
Attendees are unrivalled in Royal Canadian Air Force
their seniority and influence Lieutenant Colonel Metodi Metodiev, EDA Project Officer
across the international airlift Deployability, Bulgarian Armed Forces
Lieutenant Colonel Angelo Montinaro, Logistics Director,
community European Air Group, Italian Air Force
Hear first class presentations Major Chad Taylor, JAPCC Staff Officer,
USAF
on the following topics: Captain Adam Dalson, Commander's Action Group, 100th Air
Tactical Airlift; Strategic Airlift; Refueling Wing, USAF
Aerial Refuelling; Aeromedical Dimitrios Petridis, Programme Manager, Aviation Support
Programme Office, NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency
Evacuation; Multinational Colonel Philippe Rutz (Rtd), Project Officer Pooling and Sharing,
Cooperation; Industry European Defence Agency
Opportunities; Requirements Gunnar Borch, NATO Airlift Management Programme Manager,
NATO Support Agency
& Capability Conference Chairman:
Brigadier (Rtd) Hamish McNinch MBE
In addition, this event includes...
• Post-conference site visit to Pisa Air Force
Base on December 5th
• Site visit will feature a display of the new
ITAF KC767A tanker
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2. DAY ONE I MONDAY 3RD DECEMBER www.military-airlift.com
08.30 12.20
REGISTRATION & COFFEE NETWORKING LUNCH
09.00 13.30
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS: Strategic Airlift Capability
Brigadier (Rtd) Hamish McNinch MBE • NATO’s role in the SAC programme
• From build-up to steady state operation
• Achievements and challenges and potential future
SESSION 1: HOST NATION ADDRESSES developments
Gunnar Borch, NATO Airlift Management Programme
09.10 Manager, NATO Support Agency
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Tactical Operations of the 46th Air Brigade SESSION 3: AIR-TO-AIR REFUELLING
• Capacity, future plans and commitment to NATO operations
• Pisa AFB as an airlift hub: Opportunities and delivery
14.10
• Industry partnerships and tools for tactical airlift
Update on AAR and Airlift Projects at JAPCC
• Coordinating rapid response
• The AAR Clearance Matrix Project
Brigadier General Aurelio Colagrande, Commander,
• Demonstration of the Beta version of the Electronic “annex” to
46th Air Brigade, Italian Air Force
ATP-56
• Further information on AAR clearances
09.50
Major Chad Taylor, JAPCC Staff Officer,
Strategic Air Transport and the KC767A
USAF
• Overview of strategic airlift capability in ITAF
• The new KC767 AAR platform
14.50
• Impact of MRTT capabilities across the air fleet, including the
AFTERNOON TEA
C-130J and C-27J of the 46th Air Brigade
• Multinational cooperation on AAR and beyond
15.20
Colonel Giorgio Seravalle, Chief Air Operations,
The Vision for a European Air Refueling Centre of Excellence
Air Mobility Command, Italian Air Force
• A recent history of increased coordination between USAFE
and our partners
10.30
• Advancing NATO's regional security posture through flexibility
MORNING COFFEE
and interoperability
• 100th AAR Wing's international engagement strategy and
SESSION 2: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES & THE AIRLIFT BUSINESS
PoCs
• The vision itself: Where, when, how?
11.00
Should Small Air Forces Continue with Standalone Airlift Captain Adam Dalson, Commander's Action Group,
Capability or is Further Intensification of International 100th Air Refueling Wing, USAF
Cooperation the only Affordable Answer?
• Experience with current fleet, upgrade programmes and 16.00
airworthiness regulations AAR: European Solutions for a European Shortfall
• C2 cooperation; the RNLAF as part of the EATC and HAW • Not only there is Insufficient AAR capability in Europe but it is
• Future plans and initiatives not efficient because fragmented.
Colonel Bas Pellemans, Commander, Eindhoven AB, • How to get the best of the existing programs?
Royal Netherlands Air Force • How to augment the capability?
Colonel (Rtd) Philippe Rutz, Project Officer, Pooling &
11.40 Sharing, European Defence Agency
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Dave Andrew, Group Leasing Director, 16.40
Safair CHAIRMAN'S CLOSING REMARKS AND CLOSE OF DAY ONE
Register online at www.military-airlift.com • Alternatively fax your registration to

3. DAY TWO I TUESDAY 4TH DECEMBER www.military-airlift.com
08.30 14.10
RE-REGISTRATION & COFFEE AMCC Support to Current NATO Operations
• Operation Unified Protector
09.00
• Evacuations across North Africa
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS:
• Rapid reaction and tactical support
Brigadier (Rtd) Hamish McNinch MBE
• The strategic future
SESSION 4: AIRLIFT THINK TANK Colonel Jennifer Thompson,
Chief AMCC, NATO SHAPE, Royal Canadian Air Force
09.10
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
14.50
European Air Group Activites in 2013
NAMSA: The Cost-Effective way for Maintenance & Supply of
Brigadier General D. Miguel Angel Villaroya Vilalta,
Deputy Director, European Air Group, Spanish Air Force Military Airlift Ops
• FWA involvement: Unscheduled DLM & Battle Damage Repairs
09.50 for C-130s and major modifications for C-5, JSTARS and KC-
Interoperability in Tactical and Strategic Evacuations
135 Aircraft to meet in theatre requirements; MRO & Supply
• The achievements of EAG in the realm of air evacuation
support
• Tools available for tactical and strategic evacuation
• HELI involvement: Phased Inspections, DLM and fleet wide
respectively
• Further research and development for the EAG modifications prior to deployment in theatre; Western types of
Lieutenant Colonel Angelo Montinaro, helicopters / Mi -17 helicopters
Logistics Director, European Air Group, Italian Air Force • MRO & Supply support
Dimitrios Petridis, Aviation Support Programme
10.30
Manager, NAMSA
MORNING COFFEE
SESSION 5: MULTIMODALITY 15.30
AFTERNOON TEA
11.00
The Northern Route: Multimodal Logistic Solutions for ISAF
16.00
Dennis Gliznoutsa, Vice President Charter Business
The Movement Coordination Centre Europe
Development, Volga-Dnepr Airlines
• Activities at the MCCE
11.40 • Harmonising cross-European airlift and aerial refuelling
EU Multimodal Transport Hub • Improving aerial efficiencies and sharing assets among
• How the business is currently done in Europe! member nations
• How to optimise the use of the European infrastructure and
Colonel Christian Schmidt, Director,
transportation assets?
Movement Coordination Centre Europe,
• What are the advantages of a hub system?
Danish Defence Forces
Lieutenant Colonel Metodi Metodiev, EDA Project
Officer Deployability, Bulgarian Armed Forces
16.40
12.20 Spanning the Tactical-Strategic Divide: Developing the
NETWORKING LUNCH
Capabilities of the A400M
• Marrying strategic requirements with capability
SESSION 6: MULTINATIONAL COOPERATION
• From initial plans to delivery: What expected and unexpected
13.30 strategic capability was delivered?
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: • The full air transport and air-to-air refueling product range and
The European Air Transport Command: A Success Story? where it applies
• Introduction and reinforcing the EATC message
Ian Elliott OBE, Vice President Defence Capability
• Assessment of EATC’s performance and progress
Marketing, Airbus Military
• EATC’s future role in P&S of MRTT assets
• Accession of new members
Major General Pascal Valentin, Commander, European 17.20
Air Transport Command, French Air Force CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE
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4. POST-CONFERENCE SITE VISIT | WEDNESDAY 5TH DECEMBER www.military-airlift.com
Post-Conference Site Visit to
Pisa Air Force Base
Overview
Following a welcome by the General Commander and a briefing by the Chief of Operations
Branch, the Italian Air Force Staff in Rome have kindly arranged for a display of the new
KC767A tanker for our delegates at Pisa Air Force Base on December 5th. The visit will also
include displays of ITAF’s C130J and C27J aircraft.
On top of the aircraft displays, delegates are also invited to visit the ITAF National Training
Center and the C130J/C27J simulators at Pisa. Overall this site visit is designed to provide
delegates with a complete insight into ITAF strategic airlift, tactical airlift, air-to-air refuelling
and airlift training facilities- the four key areas of mobility capability.
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11.30 Departure of delegation (coach for Florence)
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