Teamwork of the AOS departments to ensure emergency medical transport

(To air Force)
18/01/17

From Lazio to Puglia. From Tuscany to Sardinia up to Liguria. Non-stop activities for the Italian Air Force that in the last hours has worked continuously at the service of the citizen to respond to requests for urgent medical transport received at the Summit Situation Room of the AM Air Force Command.

During the night a Falcon 900 from Ciampino's 31 ° Stormo left to transport a medical team that was transported from Pisa to Gioia del Colle (BA) in order to reach the Santissima Annunziata hospital in Taranto where it carried out a kidney explant and one of pancreas. The doctors then returned to Pisa with a P-180 from the CAE Multi Crew (Crew Training Center) and crew of the 14 ° Stormo di Pratica di Mare (RM) landed this morning at the Gioia military airport.

At the same time, a C-130 of the 46 ^ Air Brigade departed from Pisa with the destination of the Alghero airport detachment to load an ambulance carrying a five-year-old child in imminent danger of life and transport it to Genoa for admission to the hospital. Gaslini Hospital.

Military Air Force Man and Aircraft are ready day and night to ensure, where required and deemed necessary for urgent reasons, health transportation of people in imminent danger of life.

Every year thousands of flight hours are carried out for the community by the aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino, the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare and the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa, always on the front line in case of emergency.