The flight activity carried out by an Atlantic of the 41st Wing took place as part of Operation “Mare Nostrum”. The 41st Wing of Sigonella participates with the Atlantic aircraft in the humanitarian operation “Mare Nostrum”To increase the level of safety for human life and control of migratory flows in the current emergency scenario that characterizes the southern Mediterranean. The first operational flight of Atlantic as part of this operation was last October 20 and, to date, it has carried out 10 sorties totaling approximately 60 hours of flight.”.
The mission of the 41st Squadron consists of countering the underwater and naval threat and providing long-range search and rescue service at sea to protect the main maritime routes in order to keep potentially hostile underwater and surface naval units under control. These activities are complemented by the control of commercial traffic in the Mediterranean, as part of the “post-9/11” operations against international terrorism, and the support for activities aimed at controlling migratory flows from the southern quadrants of the Mediterranean, ensuring daily coverage of the large areas of interest and allowing the timely location of refugees at sea, alerting the relevant authorities and ensuring a constant and immediate response by the S.A.R., in the event of a maritime incident and the shipwreck of the same.
