Penne arrives at the Aircraft Mobile Control Tower

(To Greater Defense)
23/01/17

From Saturday morning 21 January theMobile Radio Unit for Air Traffic Services and Communications (URM) of the 2 ° RTC (Communications Technical Department) of Bari Palese. A control tower in all respects, able to take risks and operate wherever there is a need to coordinate and control air traffic. The URM was requested by the COA (Air Operations Command) of Poggio Renatico (FE) to support the air rescue operations currently underway in the areas hit by the earthquake and the snow emergency.

The activity on the deployment site (Penne sports field) was carried out in full by the staff of the 2 ° RTC of Bari, dependent on the 4 ^ telecommunications and systems brigade of Borgo Piave (LT) which provided support with specialized personnel for the configuration of the satellite link and telephone exchanges necessary to allow the Radiomobile Unit to ensure integration with the AM telephone network and interact with the COA agencies interested in civil protection support operations.

The 4 ^ telecommunications brigade on Friday and Saturday also prepared an off-road vehicle and the staff for further support to the URM, and alerted further technical personnel ready to leave for any sudden support for the maintenance of the force apparatus armed.

The operations will continue until required.