Press release no. 14/2021 ITALIAN AIR FORCE, URGENT FLIGHT TO SAVE NEWBORN Through its Flying Departments, the Italian Air Force provides aircraft and crews ready to take off at any time and capable of operating even in difficult environmental conditions to ensure the Urgent transport not only of People in imminent danger of losing their lives, as happened today for the young patient, but also of Transplant organs and medical teams. Hundreds of flight hours are carried out each year for this type of operation by the aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino, from 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare and the 46th Air Brigade in Pisa.