From L to R; Colonel Francesco Paolo, Italian Defense Deputy CHIEF of STAFF, Italian COL Alessandro Tudini, Commander, Aeroporto Pagliano e' Gori, US Air Force Major General Robert J. Courter Jr., Director of DeCA (Defense Commissary Agency), USAF Brigadier General Dan Darnell, Commander, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, USAF MGEN Charles J. Wax, Commander of AAFES (Army & Air Force Exchange Service) and Lieutenant General Ronald E. Keys, Commander 16th Air Force, prepare to cut the ribbon on the new Base Exchange and Commissary on November 7th, 2000. The new facility has 45,000sq feet of floor space, roughly three times the size of the old facility