Military ATCC during Operation Allied Force, NATO’s air campaign in the Balkans
In year 2000 I interviewed two controllers working at the Rome Military ATCC during Operation Allied Force. I was interested to give readers an idea about controlling the airspaces during…
Il dizionario delle (principali) minacce informatiche
Il 26 gennaio 2007, è iniziata a trapelare la notizia di un defacement ai danni del portale Web dell'Aeronautica Militare (http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it). A quanto pare, un hacker turco, ha sfruttato una…
ItAF SF.260AM sold in US
Dan Canin, a Lockheed test pilot, has recently shed some light on the fate of the SF260AM that were retired by the ItAF to be replaced by 30 new SF260 in the…
Principe de Asturias
The Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias, made a port visit in Civitavecchia on February 17th and 18th 2007. The ship made a stop in Italy before taking part in…
Bomba lake
Bomba Lake is a small moutain lake located next to "Bomba" a village located inside the R-50 area. "Romeo Fifty" was one of the operative areas of the 10th Gr…
Pentagon point
The following Reporting Point (RP) was used by Grazzanise F-104s while flying in accordance with VFR rules. It was (dunno if it is still used today since no Sqn is permanently based…