22/05/2015 - Air defense is perhaps the first task of the Air Force. Over the last five months there have been over 30 interventions in the Baltic countries in which our Typhoon got up in flight, almost always for a face-to-face with Russian aircraft.

But what is and how does the "scramble" we hear about?

We asked the commander of the 4 ° Stormo of Grosseto, one of the three bases that perform this task. And not just for Italy ...

Andrea Cucco

(Defense Online would like to thank Aeronautica Militare for the opportunity of deepening granted to its readers and the cordiality shown by the staff of the 4 ° Stormo)

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