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Aviation

Italian Navy AV-8B+ Harrier 20th anniversary special colour

On Oct. 27, 2011, the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) celebrated the 20th anniversary of the GRUPAER (Gruppo Aerei Imbarcati), the squadron flying the Italian AV-8B+ Harriers. During the ceremony held…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 3, 2011

Israeli Air Force "long range training": getting ready for Iran?

As happened in 2010, once again Decimomannu airbase hosted the "Vega" (VEX), a small-scale multinational exercise that this year was attended by 20 aircraft belonging to the Italian, Israeli and…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 3, 2011

Special feature: the most interesting pictures of the aircraft involved in Libya air war

On Oct. 31, at 23.59 Libyan Time, exactly 7 months after it began, NATO Operation Unified Protector has come to an end. Since the beginning of the Uprising and especially…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 31, 2011
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Republic of Korea Navy's warships meet the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour in the Mediterranean Sea

On Oct. 29, two warships of the Republic of Korea Navy or ROK Navy (ROKN) involved in a training campaign in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean met with the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 31, 2011

Italian Air Force Special Operations Forces training

The 21° Gruppo is one of the most famous squadrons of the Italian Air Force: formerly belonging to the 53° Stormo at Cameri, it has been a member the NATO…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 31, 2011
Aviation

F-35: an expensive hard-to-recycle form of garbage?

I find the following picture rather funny. It was taken at Seoul Air Show and shows a Lockheed F-35 Lightning II....with a "garbage" sign posted on the barrier in front…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 28, 2011
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