A month-and-a-half-old baby, in imminent danger of death, travelled on board an aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force.

The urgent medical transport of a 1.5-month-old baby from Alghero (SS) to Turin, carried out with an Air Force F50 aircraft, has just concluded shortly before 8 PM.
The young patient, in imminent danger of life, needed to be urgently transferred from the University Hospital of Sassari to the Maria Vittoria Hospital in Turin.
This type of activity, in favour of the community, is one of the institutional tasks carried out by the Italian Air Force. The life-saving flight was activated, at the request of the Prefecture of Sassari, by the Air Force's Summit Situation Room, which immediately involved the 31st Wing, one of the Units that carries out the operational readiness service for this type of mission.
All necessary procedures were carried out by the military crew, and the aircraft took off from Ciampino Airport, landing in Alghero shortly before 7 p.m., where the young patient was immediately boarded onto the aircraft for urgent transport, assisted by Alghero flight line personnel.
After landing at Turin Caselle Airport at 19:45 local time, the ambulance, carrying the young patient, the parent and the medical team, headed to the Maria Vittoria Hospital in Turin for subsequent admission.
The Italian Air Force's flight departments 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 not only of individuals in imminent danger of life, but also of organs, medical teams, or ambulances.
Hundreds of flight hours are carried out each year for this type of operation by aircraft from the 31st Wing of Ciampino, the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare, the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa, and by helicopters from the 15th Wing of Cervia.