The operation, carried out on Wednesday, 8 June with a Falcon 900 from the 31st Wing of Ciampino, was necessary for the transport of a critically ill newborn baby. The air transport, deemed necessary given the infant's critical condition, was requested by the Prefecture of Lecce to the Situation Room of the Air Force Staff, which immediately arranged for the medical flight to be activated, carried out with a Falcon 900 aircraft from the 31st Wing of Ciampino (Rome). The aircraft, which landed at 12:20 local time at the Linate military airport (Milan), disembarked the baby, who was met by an ambulance from the Croce Bianca of Carugate (Milan) for subsequent transfer to a hospital in Monza. The Falcon 900, having completed its mission, returned to its base in Ciampino.
The Airport Command/Headquarters of the 1st Air Region of Milan-Linate is tasked with providing 24/7 assistance to institutional aircraft, as well as aircraft engaged in medical flights and humanitarian missions transiting through Milan, and supporting, from a logistical-administrative standpoint, the bodies and departments of the Air Force and Joint Forces located within the sites of the 1st Air Region Command/Joint Forces Military Garrison Command and the Linate Military Airport Command.
