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Italian Air Force emergency medical transport missions

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The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) has performed emergency medical transport missions using Gulfstream G-650 aircraft from the 31st Wing. In mid-September, the Air Force completed a night mission to transfer a 70-year-old patient from Sicily to Lombardy for specialized care. The operation, authorized by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, involved moving the patient from Palermo to Pavia via Milan Linate Airport. On September 20, 2026, a ~~subsequent~~ mission was conducted to transport a 58-year-old man in ‘imminent danger of death’ from Lampedusa to Palermo. ~~This flight was~~ Following a request from the Prefecture of Agrigento, a Gulfstream G650 flew from Rome to Lampedusa, picking up the patient for transfer to the Civico Hospital in Palermo. In early October, the 31st Wing conducted two urgent missions to deliver critically ill infants to the Gaslini Pediatric Hospital in Genoa. The first mission transported a child in ‘immediate danger of life’ from Lamezia Terme in Calabria, coordinated through the ~~Air Force Command’s Situation Room~~ Prefecture of Catanzaro and the Italian Red Cross Crotone Committee. The second mission involved transporting a newborn from the Sassari University Hospital in Alghero, Sardinia, via thermal incubator, following a request from the Prefecture of ~~Agrigento.~~ Sassari. These humanitarian flights are authorized by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

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