2012: THE 31st WING AT THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY

Over the past year it flew for a total of approximately 1,300 hours, carrying 1,346 passengers including patients and medical teams

16/05/2013

Author: 31st Wing - Ciampino (RM) - Capt. Marco De Simone

Over the past year it flew for a total of approximately 1,300 hours, carrying 1,346 passengers including patients and medical teams During the missions carried out, they have also flown for more than 15 hours, including technical stops, to reach Australia or Central America, braving adverse weather conditions encountered, for example, in Canada, to bring a fellow citizen in critical condition back to Italy; also carrying out seven transoceanic operational legs to guarantee the transport of a child to Detroit (USA) for a delicate operation and departing again shortly afterwards to go and rescue a fellow citizen involved in a serious accident in Honduras. “Tuesday 3 April, at 18:00, a Falcon 900 Easy aircraft landed at Ciampino airport (Rome), bringing home an 8-year-old child who had surgery in San Diego (California).;