This morning, two Eurofighter aircraft from the 4th Fighter Wing Grosseto has been scrambled into action, in technical jargon “Scramble“to identify a Croatian commercial airliner that took off from Stockholm and was headed to Rome that he had lost radio contact with the national civil aviation authorities at the time of his entry into Italy.
Shortly after 9 a.m., the CAOC issued the order for immediate takeoff (Combined Air Operations Centreand Torrejón in Spain, the NATO agency responsible for the area, in coordination with the Aerospace Operations Command (COA) of Poggio Renatico and the Armed Forces agencies responsible for the surveillance of the national airspace and NATO.
Once the aircraft was reached, an Airbus 320, thanks to the coordinates and the information provided by the “hunting guide” staff on the ground, The planned “visual identification“(VID) to ascertain that there were no emergency conditions or threats to safety. After conducting all necessary checks with the aviation control authorities, Radio contact restored, The two fighters returned to Grosseto, resuming their routine of readiness on the ground as part of the service of the Air Force. surveillance of the national airspace.
The’The Air Force ensures 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without interruption, the surveillance of the National Air Space, By means of a complex integrated air defense system dating back to peacetime with that of the other NATO countries. The immediate takeoff order, in jargon Scramble, is provided by the CAOC (Combined Air Operations Centreand Torrejón (Spain), responsible for the airspace surveillance service in southern Europe, at the operational rooms of the 11th D.A.M.I. Group. of Poggio Renatico (FE) and 22nd D.A.M.I. Group. by Licola (NA). The two Groups are located, through the intermediary of D.A.M.I. Department., depending on the Aerospace Control Brigade which performs the functions of Service Provider and a representative of Forza Armata, through Aerospace Operations Command, in the sectors of Integrated Missile Defense and Coordination and Control of Operational Air Traffic.
It 4th Fighter Wing It depends Air Squad Command through Combat Forces Command. To ensure the air defense of the national interest area, contributing to the control, from peacetime, of the related airspace, and to carry out air defense operations in the assigned areas, within the framework of participation in international operations for prevention and crisis management. Specifically The Department is engaged in the alert service, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, through the use of the Eurofighter aircraft.. The 4th Air Wing is also responsible for ensuring the operational conversion of the Armed Forces pilots to be employed in the Eurofighter F-2000 line.
