The radar of Sigonella Airport has the purpose of ensuring the institutional duties of the Armed Force and of supporting the activities of the civilian airport of Catania Fontanarossa In the last week of June, following restoration and modernization activities, certification operations for the back-up radar at the Sicilian Air Force Airport in Sigonella were concluded. The Commander of the 41st Stormo and Sigonella Airport, Colonel Francesco Frare, regarding the work affecting the radar, underlined that “for the men and women of the Italian Air Force, engaged 24 hours a day for the safety of national skies and citizens, the modernisation of our radar has been a necessary action in order to guarantee the constant fulfilment of assigned duties, broadening our field of action for a real and synergistic utility and integration with all other Armed Forces and with the various Institutions operating in the Territory, whether public or private”.
