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Aviation

Red Flag 10-2 through the lenses of Alberto Riva

Alberto Riva (http://www.albertoriva.com/) is a journalist and photographer based in New York City. He's a member of the International Society for Aviation Photography and reader of this weblog. Along with…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 18, 2010
Aviation

Starex 2010 – part 1

From May 3 to May 13, 2010, Decimomannu airbase, in Sardinia, home of the AWTI (Air Weapons Training Installation) hosted the STAREX 2010 exercise. About 50 aircraft attended the operations…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 17, 2010
Italian Air Force

MB.339CD kill markings

The following pictures, taken by Giovanni Maduli at Decimomannu airbase during Starex exercise have made the news and caused sensation. In fact, the kill markings on the two MB.339CDs of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 13, 2010
Aviation

An interesting visitor in Ciampino

The following pictures were taken by Andrea El Dabh (whose site can be visited at the link https://sites.google.com/site/aereiedintorni/) at around 17.00LT on May 5, 2010 while he was boarding a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 13, 2010
Italian Air Force

How a new patch is designed and created

For the "Con la Diana sul petto" event, held in Cervia, on Apr. 16, 2010, Andrea Spagna (an amateur designer & collector with +4.000 examples) designed the patch that was…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 12, 2010
Aviation

Festa Esercito 06.05.10 – Tor di Quinto

On May 6, 2010, the Esercito Italiano (EI, Italian Army) celebrated its 149th Anniversary at Rome with a ceremony at Tor di Quinto (TdQ) military hippodrome. For the ceremony, that…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 9, 2010
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