After publishing the first Special Feature to celebrate the end of the war in Libya with the most interesting aircraft involved in Operation Unified Protector, many photographers sent me more images depicting some of the planes and helicopter that, for various reasons, visited Luqa airport as a consequence of the Libyan uprising and the subsequent air campaign.
Here you can find a gallery of images taken at Malta International Airport from February to October by Franco Debattista, Malcolm Bezzina, Mario Borg Olivier and Trafford Vella.
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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4 Comments
Ciao Davide,
Could you tell me for which purpose the retro-fitted DC3 is used for?
Jacques
It’s a Department of State DC-3 used also in Afghanistan. Don’t know much more….
Thank you
Nice article and nice pics Davide!!!
Cordiali saluti da Malta
Malcolm
Ciao Davide,
Could you tell me for which purpose the retro-fitted DC3 is used for?
Jacques
It’s a Department of State DC-3 used also in Afghanistan. Don’t know much more….
Thank you
Nice article and nice pics Davide!!!
Cordiali saluti da Malta
Malcolm