Intense air defense activity: according to Scramble in two days for Italian fighters

Two Eurofighter fighters of the 36th Air Force Wing, in alarm service, flew up this morning from the Gioia del Colle air base (BA) to intercept an ATR 42 600 aircraft from the Japanese airline Japan Air Commuter in flight in the national airspace, started from Toulouse (France) and headed to Heraklion on the island of Crete (Greece), which had lost radio contact with the air traffic control agencies (ATC).
The immediate take-off order  in technical " scramble " jargon - was given by the CAOC ( Combined Air Operation Center ) of Torrejon in Spain, a NATO body responsible for the area, in coordination with the Poggio Renatico Air Operations Command (COA) and the Armed Forces bodies appointed to oversee national and NATO airspace.The "hunting guide staff of the 22nd Licola Radar Group provided the Eurofighter pilots in flight with the information needed to intercept the aircraft that was flying over the national airspace in the skies between Campania and Basilicata. Once in the area concerned, the two interceptor fighters identified the civil aircraft for the planned VId ( Visual Identification ) and once restored the radio communication returned to the base.