Major General Luca Maineri

Commander, Air and Space Operations Command Italian Air Force

Assignements: - Commander, 361st Flight, 155th Flying Squadron, 50th Wing, Piacenza AB , Italy - Commander, 650th Flight, 155th Flying Squadron, 50th Wing, Piacenza AB , Italy - Chief, Training and Standardization Section, 155th Flying Squadron, 50th Wing, Piacenza AB, Italy - Chief, Squadron Operations, 155th Flying Squadron, 50th Wing, Piacenza AB, Italy - Commander, 155th Flying Squadron, 50th Wing, Piacenza AB, Italy - President, F-35 Program Program Office - Commander, Joint Air Task Force (JTAF), Regional Command West (RCW) HQ, Herat, Afghanistan - Commander, Flying Safety Office, Combat Forces Command, Milan , Italy - Director, Italian Air Warfare Centre (IT -AWC), Air Operations Command - Poggio Renatico, Italy. - Wing and Base Commander, 6th Wing, Ghedi, Italy - Training Branch Chief, Operation al Force Command, Rome - Deputy Chief of Staff, Operational Force Command, Rome - Operational Department Chief, Air and Space Operations Command, Poggio Renatico-Ferrara - Commander of Air and Space Operations Command and Italian JFAC, Poggio Renatico-Ferrara - Commander of NATO Deployable Air Command and Control Centre, Poggio Renatico-Ferrara

Education and Professional Courses: 1990 “Marte IV” Course, Air Force Academy, Pozzuoli , Italy Bachelor’s of science degree in Aeronautical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples 1995 Pilot training on T37 and T38, European NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT), Sheppard AFB, TX Pilot training on MB339A aircraft, 61st Wing, Lecce AB Qualification course on Tornado PA -200 Aircraft, Tri -National Tornado Training Establishment (TTTE), Cottesmore, UK 2000 Advanced Operational Electronic Warfare , Winnipeg (Canada) 2002 Junior Air War College, Florence. 2003 CRM Facilitator Training, Crew Training Int. di Menphis (USA ) 2004 Package Leader, Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP) , Florennes, Belgium 2007 Bachelor’s of science degree in Engineering Sciences, Politecnico Institute, Milan , Italy. 2009 Operational Tactics Instructor. 2010 Senior Air War College in Florence . 2010 Joint Services Staff College ('Istituto di Stato Maggiore Interforze' or ISSMI), Rome , Italy 2014 Defense Resourses Management Course, Defense Resources Management Institute, Monterey, CA. 2020 Combating Transnational Threats Senior Security Seminar (SES) , Near East South Asi a (NESA) – National Defense University - Washington USA. 2020 Master degree – Emergency Governance , Verona University, Italy. 2020 Gray Zone Warfare and Great Power Competition Seminar, Near East South Asia (NESA) – National Defense University - Washington USA. 2021 Global Power Competition Seminar, Near East South Asia (NESA) – National Defense University- Washington USA.

Flight Hours: - 2500 - Combat sorties, Ops. Deliberate Force and Ops. Allied Force.

Aircraft Flown: - Glider TWA, SF260, SIAI 208 M, T37, T38, MB339A, Tornado PA -200IDS and PA-200 ECR.

Major Awards and Decorations: - Military Order of Italy, knight. - Order of Merit of the Republic, knight. - Mauriziana Medal to the Merit of 10 Lustrum of Military Carreer . - Gold Air Force Medal for Flying Longevity . - Gold Cross for Long Service (25 years) . - Silver Military Medal for Long Command . - Bronze Aviation Badge for partecipating in war operations as a fighter pilot . - NATO Service Medal for Operations over the Former Yugoslavia . - NATO Service Medal for Operations in Kosovo. - NATO Non-Article 5 Medal for ISAF Operation. - Commemorative Cross for Service in Afghanistan. - UE Commemorative Medal .