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Air Rescue: Military Air Force helicopter rescues a boy in difficulty on Mount Polveracchio

The intervention of a HH-139A helicopter of the 85th Combat Search & Rescue Center of the 15th Stormo in collaboration with the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps

  • 19/05/2022
Author: Captain Simone Antonetti
  • Source: Public Information Office
An helicopter HH-139A of the’85th Combat Search&Rescue Center del 15th Wing he intervened in the middle of the night to help a boy in difficulty who was on the Mount Polveracchio, in the province of Salerno.
 
The military helicopter, one of the assets of the Armed Forces that is always ready to take off on the national territory for this type of intervention, immediately took off from the’military airport of Pratica di Mare (RM), where the 85th Center is based Combat SAR (Search and Rescue) of 15th Wing . 
 
Once in the intervention area, the crew – in collaboration with the technical staff – will carry out the following tasks: National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps – he recovered the boy using the winch. Thanks to the use of night vision goggles NVG (Night Vision Goggles), which allow for operation in low light conditions or at night, the man’s recovery took place in complete safety. Once the intervention was completed, the military helicopter returned to Pratica di Mare airport at the first light of dawn.
 
The 85th C/SAR Center’s alert crew had been activated in the late afternoon by Rescue Coordination Centre del Aerospace Operations Command of Poggio Renatico (FE), the Air Force command and control center from which all operational activities of this type are managed.
Soccorso Aereo: Elicottero Aeronautica Militare soccorre un ragazzo in difficoltà sul Monte Polveracchio

The 85th C.S.A.R. Center is one of the Departments of the 15th Wing of the Air Force, which guarantees, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without interruption, the search and rescue of flight crews in difficulty, also contributing to public utility activities such as the search for missing persons at sea or in the mountains, the emergency medical transport of patients in life-threatening danger, and the rescue of seriously injured traumatized individuals, operating also at night and in marginal weather conditions.

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