The end of an era
TodayH5396/10: Formation flying will take place Q) EGTT/QWVLW/IV/M/W/000/030/5250N00010W040 FORMATION TRANSIT BY 16 MIL FAST JET ACFT ACFT. THE FORMATION WILL FORM UP IN VCY OF 5239N 00033E (MARHAM AD) FROM…
Smile and say "cheese": postcards from the "Black Cats"
After publishing the video taken by an Italian AMX over Afghanistan I've received, through the Italian Air Force Press Office the following pictures taken by the Task Group "Black Cats",…
Italian Air Force secret involvement in Vietnam war?
In the last week I had the opportunity to discuss about his researches with Mr. Diego Verdegiglio who is currently writing a book about the Italian involvement in the Vietnam…
C-17 Gear up landing in Bagram: the aircraft accident investigation board report
On Jan. 30, 2009, a C-17A tail number 60002 landed at Bagram air base in Afghanistan with the landing gear retracted. A few days after the mishap I published some…
AMX over Afghanistan on board video
A video, showing the images recorded by a Recce Lite pod of an AMX and transmitted to a ground unit equipped with a Remote Optical Video Enhanced Receiver (ROVER) via…
F-16I Sufa and the IAF deployments overseas
After reading my latest posts about the Israeli detachment to Decimomannu for the Vega 2010 exercise, Matteo Marianeschi sent me the following pictures of the two Israeli Air Force F-16I…
