The following images I took at sunset of Sept. 10 (just a few hours ago) show the MB.339s of the Frecce Tricolori lined up at Rivolto airbase for the night preceeding the 50th Anniversary airshow (10° Raduno Piloti Pattuglie Acrobatiche, Aerobatic Team Pilot Reunion).
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Let’s have a look at the latest iteration of “Grifone” SAR exercise series. Held from Jun. 13 to 17, 2022, in the Apennine area located to the southwest of Piacenza, in northern Italy, “Grifone 2022” […]
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During the Exercise, four Italian F-35 Lightning II have carried out missions in the Polygone range and trained with the Italian SIRIUS Surface Based Air Defence (SBAD). From Oct. 19, four F-35A aircraft, belonging to […]