New immediate take-off, in technical jargon Scramble, For Euro Fighter of the Italian Air Force engaged in activities of Air Policing in Poland. A pair of interceptor fighter aircraft deployed on Malbork's Krolewo airport took off yesterday afternoon to intercept four Russian fighters which, although flying over international waters, had affected Polish and Swedish airspace - le Flight Information Region of the two countries - and represented a threat to the borders of the Atlantic Alliance. The intervention of the Italian fighters made it possible for the Russian aircraft to re-enter the airspace of Kaliningrad.
In the first two months of operation in Poland, the aircraft Euro Fighter of Task Force Air "White Eagle" have already carried out 15 alarm activations, for a total of almost 40 flight hours during the real scramble activities ordered by Combined Air Operations Center of Uedem in Germany, the NATO control body that has the task of checking all radar tracks of suspicious aircraft approaching or attempting to enter the airspace protected by the Atlantic Alliance without the necessary authorizations.
The pilots of the Task Force Air took off on alarm in recent months, they intercepted numerous Russian military aircraft engaged in activities outside the Kaliningrad border in international waters: fighters such as Sukhoi 24 Fencer, Sukhoi 27 and 30 Flanker, but also of other types such as Ilyushin-20. All aircraft engaged in activities, judged by NATO, potentially dangerous for the member countries of the Atlantic Alliance.
In recent weeks, the activity has intensified significantly, in just seven days, in fact, the TFA was called for immediate take-off eight times, putting a strain on all the personnel involved in various capacities, as well as the crews in flight. , all the personnel employed in the management and maintenance of the aircraft up to the analysis of the data and al combat service support.
In total, to date, the Task Force Air it has flown 275 hours, of which almost 210 hours in operational activities.
