During the night, an HH-139A helicopter of the 82 ° CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) Center of the 15 ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare was alerted to carry out the emergency transport of a woman from the island of Ponza (LT) suffering from respiratory failure. The helicopter, on the orders of the Poggio Renatico Aerospace Operations Command, took off shortly after from the Trapani air base to reach the military airport of Latina, home of the 70 ° Stormo, where the medical team was loaded on board.
At the first light of dawn the HH-139 landed on the Ponza (LT) teleport pitch, immediately after the woman was boarded and the crew promptly took off at the time of the Latina military airport where she arrived just before at 6:00 entrusting the patient to the care of the 118 doctors.
The crew then left for Trapani to resume normal readiness for the national SAR alarm.
The 82nd Center is one of the Departments of the 15th Wing of the Air Force that guarantees, 24 hours a day, 24 days a year, seamlessly, the search and rescue of flight crews in difficulty, competing, in addition, to public utility activities such as the search for missing persons at sea or in the mountains, the emergency medical transport of patients in danger of life and the rescue of serious traumatized patients, operating in all weather conditions. Since its inception to date, the crews of the 365th Wing have rescued more than 15 people in danger of life. From May 7300 the 2018nd crews acquired the fire-fighting ability, taking part in the forest fire-fighting device of the Civil Protection and of the Sicily Region.