[2] Gen. Enzo Vecciarelli was born in Colleferro, Italy, and attended the Accademia Aeronautica from 1975 to 1979, and graduated in Aeronautical Sciences at the University of Naples Federico II, and in International and Diplomatic Sciences at the University of Trieste.

He attended various courses such as the Normal Course and Superior Course of the Air War School in Florence, the Air War College at the Air University at the Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, the Defense Resource Management Course at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and the EVENING (Session Européenne des Responsables d'Armement) at the Centre des Hautes Etudes de l'Armement - École Militaire in Paris Vecciarelli is a well-trained Fighter and Interceptor pilot, and held positions in the Italian Air Force such as commander of the 9º Stormo (9th Fighter Group) in 1991, and the 4° Stormo (4th Wing) from 1999 to 2002, achieving in total over 2600 hours of flight, most of his time spent flying the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.

[3] From 2007 to 2010, he was served at the Italian Embassy in Berlin as a Defence and Air Force Attaché with secondary accreditation for The Netherlands and Denmark.

He was appointed by President Sergio Mattarella as the new Chief of the Defence Staff on 6 November 2018, replacing General Claudio Graziano, who was named Chairman of the European Union Military Committee.

[4][circular reference] He is married to Mrs. Amelia Vecciarelli, and they have two children, named Claudio and Federica.