Chief of Staff Brigade GeneralMaurizio MAGGIO
Generale di Brigata Aerea Maurizio MAGGIO
Brigade General Maggio was born in Rome (Italy) on September 23rd, 1975.
He joined the Italian Air Force Academy in 1994 and graduated in 1998. He attended the Pilot Training class 99-07 within the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) Program at Sheppard Air Force Base and graduated as a Military Pilot in 1999. He was then assigned to the 41th Anti-Submarine Wing of the Italian Air Force in Sigonella, where he achieved Combat Readiness as Pilot/Tactical Coordinator on the Breguet 1150 Atlantic and the Aircraft Commander qualification in 2004.
In 2007 he was assigned to the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program as an Instructor Pilot on the T-37 “Tweet” and the T-6 “Texas II”. In 2010 he was reassigned to the 41th Anti-Submarine Wing to lead the ATR-72 MP conversion program. During his tenure in Sigonella he was appointed as Flight Commander from 2001 until 2005, “Host Nation Support for Allied Forces” Section Head of the 41th Wing Operations Office from 2005 to 2006, A3 section head of 41st Wing Operations Office from 2010 until 2013.
He attended the Italian Joint Services Staff College in Rome and graduated in 2014, was then assigned to the 41st Wing until 2016 as 88th ASW Squadron Commander and subsequently as the 86th Aircrew Training Center Commander till 2017. Promoted to the rank of Colonel in 2018, he was appointed as an “Aircrew Readiness” branch head at the Maritime Air Inspectorate within the Italian Navy Staff in Rome. Since July 2021 he is the commander of the Operation Wing in the NATO Early Warning Force.
During his career, Brigade General Maggio attained the Aeronautical Science Degree and the Master’s Degree in International Strategic and Military Studies. He attended the NATO Joint Electronic Warfare course at the NATO School in Oberammergau and the Defense Resources Management course at the US Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey). Appointed as CRM instructor in 2011, he taught Inflight Planning and CRM baseline at the Italian Multicrew Coordination Center (Pratica di Mare) and in 2014 was assigned as Military Legal Advisor to the Center for High Defence Studies (Rome).
Brigade General has performed more than 4000 flight hours on SIAI T-260, Gross Twin Astir, Cessna T-37, Northrop T-38A, Aermacchi MB339A, Beechcraft T-6 “Texan II”, Br-1150 Atlantic, Leonardo P-72A and Boeing E-3A Awacs. Flying the Atlantic, he has taken part in the following operations: Enduring Freedom, Active Endeavour and Unified Protector.
Brigade General Maggio is married to Ester Raffaella since 2006 and has three children, Mattia, Emanuele and Martina Elena.
