For the first time the Eurofighter fighters engaged in reconnaissance missions in support of the coalition against terrorism

(To Greater Defense)
27/03/19

Late yesterday morning, Wednesday, March 26, at the Ahmed Al Jaber base, the air squad general Ferdinando Giancotti, commander of the Air Force Squad, representing the Chief of Defense, attended the passage of deliveries - in technical jargon "transfer of authority" - between the AMX aircraft and the Eurofighter fighters deployed in Kuwait for the "Prima Parthica" operation, which constitutes the contribution of the Defense to the International Coalition to contrast Daesh.

"This ceremony - underlined General Giancotti - pays homage to hard and silent work carried out in particularly difficult climatic conditions and always with excellent results. The staff of the Black Cats Task Group conducted the operations very well together with their colleagues from the entire Task Force Air, giving a concrete and sensitive contribution to the International Coalition for the security of the area ”.  

The tasks of Italian aircraft do not change: the four F-2000 fighters will in fact be used in reconnaissance missions and aerial surveillance - in technical jargon Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) - to continue to ensure to the Coalition the required contribution in terms of monitoring and control from above of the theater of operations, sealing their multi-role vocation. Hunting activity Euro Fighter, which for the first time are deployed outside national borders with these specific tasks, will go alongside that of remotely piloted aircraft Predator, again for ISR activities, and to the refueling in flight with the KC-767A tanker, supporting both Italian and coalition aircraft.