The young patient, needing care, travelled with his mother and a medical team on a Gulfstream G650 from the 31st Wing.

A medical emergency transport of a baby, who was in imminent danger of death and required transfer from Alghero to the Maria Vittoria Hospital in Turin, concluded in the early afternoon of 25 February 2026 with its landing in Turin. The flight, as foreseen by procedures for this type of activity, was authorised by the Prime Minister's Office, which manages and coordinates the activities of the State aircraft fleet. The activation occurred at the request of the Prefecture of Sassari to the Summit Situations Room of the Air Squad Command of Milan of the Air Force, which immediately involved the 31st Wing of Ciampino, one of the Departments that provides operational readiness service for this type of mission.

Following all necessary procedures, after embarking the young patient from the Neonatology Unit of the Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria of Sassari, along with the child's mother and a medical team, the G650 took off from Alghero Airport. After landing at Turin Airport, an ambulance provided for the subsequent transport of the baby to a Turin hospital for admission.

This type of community support activity is one of the institutional tasks carried out by the Italian Air Force. Flight units are available to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with aircraft and crews capable of operating, even in complex weather conditions, to ensure the urgent transport of not only people in imminent danger of death, but also organs, medical teams or ambulances. Every year, hundreds of flight hours are carried out for these types of interventions by the aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino, the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare, the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa and the helicopters of the 15th Wing of Cervia.