Chapter 9: Rangers Assemble!
Sinclair is currently at The Café, trying to figure out to either prepare his plane for takeoff, or try to find information and transport to Italy.
MidnightMan is also at The Café too, and thinking of a safe way to get to the Mediterranean. Gio Pinings silver war bird, which he captured in the first mission, is stored aboard the USS Enterprise and devoid of explosives, which might still be on the carrier, but he does not know. The Storm will remain here, he doesn't have any use for. He will probably not stay there for too long, because he's known to "them", too well.
The AI of the cybernetic bat known as CCC is currently stored on servers at The Café, and is currently projecting itself in The Café via Protocol 7. It could simply re-project to Italy, if it had a better idea of where something appearing out of thin air would not cause unwanted comment. Since it doesn't, it is looking at more traditional methods of transport and noting that trying to take tripods through customs would also lead to unwanted questions and therefore they remain behind.