Certified overnight refueling capability for HH101

(To air Force)
25/09/18

The certification of the night flight refueling capacity of the first crew of the 15 ° Stormo on HH-101, among the very few helicopters in the world to be able to carry out this kind of operation, was successfully completed in recent days. 

The Air Force is the first air force in Europe to reach this type of qualification in a completely autonomous way, thanks to a certification and training process that also involved KC-130J assets and personnel of the 46 ^ Pisa Air Brigade and a team of experts of the 311st Group of the Experimental Flight Department of Pratica di Mare. This is an operational capacity of excellence on the international scene, currently shared in Europe only with the French, which thanks to the support of the refueling aircraft of the 46 air brigade were able to complete the same certification for their helicopters. This milestone constitutes a further, important step in the operational integration process of the new HH-101 helicopter in the context of the multiple scenarios of use that the Air Force in Italy and abroad is involved in for the safety of the country and the safeguarding of interests. national.