The Infanta, needing to reach the Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome as quickly as possible, travelled with her father and a medical team on a Gulfstream G650 from the 31st Wing.

 The urgent medical transport of a newborn baby, just 2 months old and in imminent danger of life, has recently concluded with landing at Ciampino. The infant was hospitalised at the San Vincenzo hospital in Taormina and required immediate transfer to the Bambino Gesù paediatric hospital.

The flight, as provided for by procedures for this type of activity, was authorised by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which manages and coordinates the activities of the State aircraft fleet. The activation occurred at the request of the Prefecture of Messina to the Top Situations Room of the Air Force Command Wing in Milan, which immediately involved the 31st Wing of Ciampino, one of the Units that provides operational readiness service for this type of mission.

Following all necessary procedures by the military crew, the G650 took off from Rome-Ciampino airport bound for Catania-Fontanarossa at 10:15. Upon arrival, the child was immediately embarked with his father and a medical team, taking off again as soon as possible for Rome. After landing at Ciampino airport, which occurred at approximately 13:00, an ambulance provided for the subsequent transport to the hospital for admission.

This type of activity for the benefit of the community is one of the institutional tasks carried out by the Italian Air Force. Flight Units 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 urgent transport not only of people in imminent danger of death, but also of organs, medical teams or ambulances.

Every year, hundreds of flight hours are carried out for these types of operations 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.