During the visit at Grazzanise on Oct. 22nd, I took this picture depicting a restored F-104S/ASA-M ready to leave apron in front of the GEA (former Centro Manutenzione), for an unknown destination:
Read this post about the F-104G MM6507 another Starfighter, formerly displayed at the SSAM (Scuola Sottufficiali AM) at Caserta, currenlty being re-painted at Grazzanise.
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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Dear Mr. Cenciotti,
Would you please be kind enough to put me in contact (forward me the address) of the Grazzanise GEA (former Centro Manutenzione), where you took, on Oct. 22nd 2007, a picture depicting a restored F-104S/ASA-M ready to leave ?
Dear Mr. Cenciotti,
Would you please be kind enough to put me in contact (forward me the address) of the Grazzanise GEA (former Centro Manutenzione), where you took, on Oct. 22nd 2007, a picture depicting a restored F-104S/ASA-M ready to leave ?
Regards and thanks.
Philippe Courty
Dear Philippe,
unfortunately, I haven’t any direct number for the GEA. However you could try to contact one of the numbers at the following address:
http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/SitoAM/Default.asp?idsez=2896&idente=441
In that page you can also find the email address of the PIO:
vincenzo.sorbo@aeronautica.difesa.it
Bye
David