Two Italian officers received an incredible honor Friday, May 9, when their country's ambassador to the United States attended their Winging Ceremony at Naval Air Station Whiting Field.
His Excellency Claudio Bisogniero attended the ceremony in which Lt. j.g. Lorenzo Duranti and Lt. j.g. Matteo Ricasoli from the Italian Navy and twelve American aviators were designated helicopter pilots.
Source: http://www.navy.mil