HANCOCK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Syracuse--Italian Air Force Chief Warrant Officer Lorenzo Scafuto and Staff Sgt. Marco Redavide work together on a MQ-9, while receiving feedback from their instructor Master Sgt. Scott Simpson at the Field Training Detachment (FTD) in Syracuse NY, on 20 Sept 2011. Scafuto and Redavide are the first Italian Air Force members to receive formal maintenance training on the MQ-9. They are part of the 100th graduating class from the 174 FW FTD, which is the sole formal MQ-9 maintenance training facility in the U.S. Air Force.
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