NATO, Eastern Flank: Italian Ambassador to Lithuania visits Italian military personnel in Šiauliai
L’Ambasciatore de Maigret tra i militari dell’Aeronautica Militare impiegati nella missione Baltic Air Policing Il contingente italiano a Šiauliai ha ricevuto la visita dell’Ambasciatore d’Italia presso la Repubblica di Lituania, Emanuele de Maigret, accompagnato dall’Addetto per la Difesa per le Repubbliche Baltiche, Colonnello Giovanni Trebisonda. Il Comandante della Task Force Air 36th Wing, Colonnello Michele Nasto, ha accolto gli […]
NATO Air Policing, Lituania: gli Eurofighter italiani intercettano velivoli non identificati nello spazio aereo baltico
Primo Alpha Scramble – ordine di decollo immediato – per i velivoli Eurofighter Typhoon dell’Aeronautica Militare impiegati nella missione NATO di pattugliamento aereo del Baltico Nel primo pomeriggio di sabato 3 agosto 2024 dal Combined Air Operations Centre di Uedem in Germania, uno degli enti NATO preposto al controllo e alla vigilanza delle tracce radar […]
NATO Baltic Air Policing, Lithuania: Italy takes command of the mission
Presso la base aerea di Šiauliai in Lituania, si è tenuta la cerimonia di passaggio di consegne tra il contingente uscente – a composizione mista spagnola e portoghese – e quello italiano subentrante. I comandanti iberici, il Tenente Colonnello Pablo Estrada Martin e il parigrado Jose Nuno De Sousa Monteiro Dias, hanno consegnato al Colonnello Michele Nasto la “chiave del Baltico”, che […]
Polonia: chiude la Task Force Air 4th Wing
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NATO Baltic Air Policing: the Italian contingent arrives in Lithuania
Four Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, tasked with the Baltic mission, have landed at Šiauliai base. In recent days, the Italian contingent responsible for the Baltic Air Policing mission at Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania has completed its deployment in the operational theatre. The NATO mission, part of the broader NATO Air Shielding context, has [...]
Kuwait: MEDEVAC exercise at Al Jaber Air Base
Reaction times of units responsible for intervening in emergency medical transport tested Over the last few days, an aeromedical evacuation exercise was held at the Italian National Contingent Command Air/Task Force Air Kuwait, aimed at testing the procedures, coordination and reaction times of the units responsible for intervening in the event of transport […]
Iceland: Italian Air Force mission concluded
The Italian Air Force mission in Iceland, conducted as part of Operation “Enhanced Vigilance Activity (EVA) – Atlantic Shield,” for the surveillance and defence of NATO airspace, has concluded. With the return of the E550A-CAEW and C-130J aircraft from Keflavík Airport, the mission of the Air Task Group deployed in Iceland for the overseas operation “enhanced [...]
NATO Air Policing, Poland: Polish Chief of Defence visits TFA 4th Wing
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NATO Air Policing, Polonia: caccia italiani intercettano sul baltico velivoli non identificati
Alpha Scramble per difendere lo spazio aereo del Fianco Est dell’Alleanza E’ la terza volta in meno di una settimana che i caccia Eurofighter italiani appartenenti alla Task Force Air (TFA) 4th Wing in Polonia decollano su allarme – in gergo tecnico “Alpha Scramble” – per difendere lo spazio aereo del Fianco Est dell’Alleanza, intercettando […]
Kuwait: visita del Generale Figliuolo al contingente italiano
Il Comandante Operativo di Vertice Interforze e l’Ambasciatore d’Italia Lorenzo Morini incontrano a Kuwait City le autorità politiche e militari locali, poi il saluto al contingente italiano nella base di Ali al Salem Il Generale di Corpo d’Armata Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, Comandante Operativo di Vertice Interforze (COVI), ha concluso una visita ufficiale di due giorni […]