Cavour aircraft carrier
Giovanni Maduli sent me this picture of the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour (550) he took recently in Fincantieri's shipyards in Muggiano, near Genoa. The ship, that will be delivered to the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) in 2008, has an…
Why do the Frecce Tricolori fly with "blank tails"?
On March 28th 2007, the Frecce Tricolori made a flypast on Vigna di Valle museum, during the ceremony for the 84th Anniversary of the Aeronautica Militare (ItAF). The following pictures,…
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…
