In the late morning today, a hunt Euro Fighter of the 4th squadron of Grosseto, already flying for a training mission, intervened to verify an unidentified radar trace of a plane flying between Lazio and Tuscany.
The order to remodel the mission from training to real was given by the IT-AOC, the division of the Aerospace Operations Command of Poggio Renatico (FE) responsible for the surveillance and control of the national airspace.
Once the civil plane, a Cessna 152 of German nationality, thanks to the coordinates and information provided by the "hunting guide" personnel on the ground, the required "visual identification" (VID) procedure was carried out to ensure that there were no emergency conditions or security threats.
After having carried out all the necessary checks with the air traffic control bodies, the fighter returned to the military airport of Grosseto. The Cessna, on the other hand, continued its flight to Rome Urbe airport, where it was headed.
