 On April 20, 2001, with the rank of lieutenant general, took up the position of deputy chief of Defence General Staff until February 29, 2004, when he was designated as president of the Italian Centre for High Defence Studies.Camporini began holding office as a general in the chief of staff of the Italian Air Force on September 20, 2006.He is now a command pilot with experience in over twenty different aircraft including F-104, Tornado, AMX, heavy transport aircraft and helicopters.