Rubberized Patch TFA 36 Wing Baltic Eagle Aeronautica Militare Velcro

OFFICIAL AERONAUTICA MILITARE PRODUCT WITH ANTI-COUNTERFEITING GUARANTEE HOLOGRAM

These items are produced according to very specific production standards dictated by the Ministry of Defense.

The rubber patch measures 7 x 9 cm and has a male/female velcro backing.

With a solemn ceremony held at the Ämari military base in Estonia, the “Baltic Eagle” mission officially ended after four months. The mission saw the men and women of the Task Force Air (TFA) 36th Wing of the Italian Air Force operate to ensure the defence of Baltic airspace, as part of NATO's Enhanced Air Policing activities.

Due emphasis was also given to the fact that Italian aircraft took off in “scramble” mode on fourteen occasions to intercept, identify and escort out of Alliance airspace aircraft that were flying in Estonian airspace without the necessary authorisations, or without following the required identification procedures.


Since 9 January 2018, for four months the Italian detachment has ensured the integrity of NATO airspace, strengthening surveillance activities in the skies of the Baltic Republics – Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia – which do not possess sufficient capabilities and structures to independently ensure an air defence fully compliant with the standards required by the Atlantic Alliance.

Four Eurofighter fighter aircraft and approximately 110 men and women of the Italian Air Force, together with two members of the Carabinieri, were deployed at the only Estonian Air Force base, the military airport of Ämari, to ensure NATO's Enhanced Air Policing activities.