Senator Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati met with a delegation from the TFA 36th Wing. On Tuesday 24 April, in the early afternoon, a delegation from the
Task Force Air 36th Wing was received by the President of the Senate at the Italian Embassy in Tallinn. The Senator
Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, who was in Estonia to attend the Conference of Speakers of Parliaments of the’
European Union, wanted to meet the Italian staff who, since the first days of January, have been deployed in the Baltic country to participate in the mission
NATO enhanced
Air Policing. Accompanied by the Italian Ambassador to Estonia, the Honourable.
Filippo Ant and from the Military Attaché for the Baltic States, Col.
Davide Di Bartolo, the second highest-ranking official of the State, expressed words of praise for the Italian Defence personnel, who whenever called upon to operate, both at home and abroad, always uphold the values of Italy – “you are our pride and that of the entire nation, which needs the sound values and skills that you represent”.’
Air Policing (AP) is a capability that NATO has had since the mid-fifties and consists of the integration into a single NATO Air and Missile Defence system of the respective and analogous national systems made available by member countries. Air Policing activity has been conducted since peacetime and consists of continuous surveillance and identification of all violations of airspace integrity.
NATO which are countered by taking appropriate actions to combat them, such as the rapid take-off of interceptor fighter aircraft, the so-called
Scramble. Italy, stationed at the Ämari military airport, a few kilometres from Tallinn, has been participating in the mission since the beginning of 2018 and contributes with national assets.
of the Air Force. In particular, Italy is participating with approximately 120 military personnel and four aircraft.
Eurofighter.
In the past, Italy has already carried out similar missions in Iceland, in
Bulgaria in Lithuania and since this year,
for the first time, also in
Estonia.
