On 23 October 2024, the 82nd anniversary celebration of the Battle of El Alamein will be held at the Centro Addestramento Paracadutismo (CAPAR) in Pisa, together with the Parachute Specialty Day. The event will be an opportunity to commemorate the brave Paratroopers who fought in the historic battle and to celebrate the entire Parachute Specialty of the Italian Army. El Alamein remains a [...]
The Folgore Parachute Brigade recently took part in the multinational exercise 'FALCON LEAP 24', held in the Netherlands on the 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, the historic operation conducted by the Allies in 1944 during the Second World War and representing the largest deployment of airborne troops ever. Falcon Leap 24: A Prestigious Exercise for the Airborne Community [...]
At the Parachute Training Centre (CAPAR) in Pisa, the solemn ceremony was held to award the Military Parachutist Certificate and Amaranth Basque to 220 new paratroopers from Brigade Folgore. Among them, as many as 217 Volunteers on Initial Infancy Infancy (VFI) completed the intense training course, a fundamental moment for official entry into the Airborne Corps. At the [...]
17 September 2009 will remain etched in collective memory as one of the most tragic days for the Folgore Parachute Brigade. In a suicide attack in Kabul, six brave paratroopers lost their lives, leaving an indelible void in the hearts of their families and comrades. In Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, at 12:10 local time (9:40 in [...]
At the Beraudo barracks in Pralormo, a solemn ceremony was held on Friday 13 September, during which Colonel Roberto Forlani handed over command of the glorious 'Savoia Cavalry' Regiment (3rd) to Colonel Giandomenico Di Spirito. The event was held in conjunction with the celebrations for the historic Battle of Isbuschensky. The ceremony, presided over [...].
As we wrote last month in this article, as of 2 September, the Folgore Parachute Brigade officially came under the direct control of COMFOTER (Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri). This decision marks a crucial change in the organisation of the Italian Army, not only in terms of hierarchical management, but above all for the operational effectiveness of the Parachute Brigade. The elimination [...]
The multinational exercise Saber Junction 2024, which saw the participation of 210 paratroopers from the Folgore Parachute Brigade at the Hohenfels training area in Germany, came to a successful conclusion. The event, coordinated by the 173rd US Airborne Brigade, involved some 4,500 military personnel from 11 nations, all NATO members and Airborne partners [...].
At the Parachute Training Centre of the Folgore Parachute Brigade, a significant cooperation activity with a delegation of the 31st Parachute Regiment of the 1st Parachute Brigade of the Rapid Reaction Division of the German Armed Forces was concluded. The aim of the meeting was to verify the compatibility between the EPC-C parachute, supplied to the 'Folgore', [...].
As of 2 September, the Brigata Paracadutisti Folgore will come under the direct command of the Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri (COMFOTER), eliminating intermediate commands. This change aligns the legendary Italian Parachute Brigade with leading units such as COMFOSE (Comando delle Forze Speciali dell'Esercito) and the Comando Aviazione dell'Esercito. The COMFOTER, reporting directly to the Chief of State [...]
I joined Folgore in 1999, inspired by the stories of my friend Marshal Lino Corsetti, now on leave. Corsetti, a non-commissioned officer in the Italian Army at the 11th Transmission Regiment 'Leonessa', was present at the old port of Mogadishu on 2 July 1993 at Brigade Headquarters. During the winter of 1998, he told me about the bloody battle at the pasta factory in Mogadishu. I remember very well [...]
