157th Anniversary of the Polizia di Stato (Italian State Police)
The Polizia di Stato (PS, Italian for State Police), the Armed Corps depending on the Ministry of the Interior celebrated on May 8, its 157th anniversary. Among the ceremonies to…
C-17 gear up landing: investigation results
After publishing the pictures of the famous C-17 gear up landing in Bagram there was much discussion among the visitors of this site about the root cause of the accident,…
A very rare bird!
Giovanni Maduli sent me the extremely interesting picture of a Beechcraft Super King Air 200 aircraft with a modified nose section and wearing ATK and Vitrociset markings that you can…
E-3 AWACS contrails over Northern Italy
On Apr. 30, around 10.00AM LT, Fabrizio Berni noticed some contrails above Brescia and took the following interesting pictures. As the aircraft was orbiting, the shape of the contrails was…
Air-to-air photo sessions: when better communication would prevent panic
During my career as a journalist, I've had some chances to chase other aircraft and take interesting air-to-air pictures. It happened when I took the a/a pics of the F-104s,…
Frecce Tricolori season's opening and Rome International Airshow
With the mini-airshow that will be held in Rivolto, home of the Frecce Tricolori, on May 1, the airshow season of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) will officially…
