Alenia Aermacchi – a Finmeccanica company – a world leader in the design, production of military training aircraft and integrated solutions, attended the Air Show at the Deblin base in Poland at 19th June, with its aircraft .The Italian company was directly invited by Polish Air Force Academy on occasion of their 85th anniversary, celebrated this year. 
The M-346 Master attended at the flight display in Deblin with the Chief Test Pilot of Alenia Aermacchi, Cpt. Quirino Bucci. The M-346 flight display drew attention of the highest-ranking officers of the Polish Air Force and of all those who were present at the event.

On this occasion of their 85th anniversary, the Polish Academy and the 4th Air Force Training Wing, organized the Science Conference: “Into the future, with aviation knowledge and experience – the 85° anniversary of Polish Air Force Academy” which took place on 17-18th June. Alenia Aermacchi attended this conference in the Section IV, dedicated to the future of training, with a lecture on “M-346: most advanced and safe platform to train future generation military pilots”.

It is not the first time that the l’M-346 Master goes to Poland.In October 2006 the Alenia Aermacchi aircraft performed some evaluation flights at the Polish Airbase of Deblin, with the participation of the highest-ranking officers in the Polish Air Force.
In that occasion the high rank Air Force Personnel had appreciated the flying quality and the training effectiveness of the M-346.

M-346 background
The Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master is the most Advanced/Lead-In Fighter Trainer currently produced and the only new generation trainer optimised to train pilots to fly new generation combat aircraft, such as F-16, Eurofighter, Gripen, Rafale, F-18, F-22 and the future JSF. Its excellent performance and flying qualities, close to modern frontline fighters, brings the M-346 to a superior teaching effectiveness level. The advanced design solutions provide also high safety standards and reduced acquisition and operational costs. The M-346 is the ideal platform for the next generation Integrated Training Systems, ready to meet the most sophisticated Air Forces’ demanding requirements. The M-346 was conceived to provide a flexible service with an excellent cost – efficiency ratio.

The Italian Air Force signed in November 2009 the contract about the first batch of the M-346 trainers and the related flight simulators (total contract foresees 15 aircraft). The first two aircraft will be ready at the end of 2010. In February 2009 the M-346 was selected by the United Arab Emirates for their new training air fleet and the negotiations are at the last stage for the acquisition of a complete Integrated Training Solution comprehensive of 48 M-346, of which twenty in light attack version. Furthermore, it is also in the short list (two competitors) in Singapore within the Fighter Wings Course (FWC), which is aimed to replace the current fleet of advanced trainers.
Alenia Aermacchi recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EADS Defence and Security (DS) regarding their collaboration to supply an integrated training system based on the M 346 Master advanced trainer aircraft which meets the specific requirements of the nine European countries participating in the Advanced European Jet Pilot Training programme (AEJPT).