The F-2000s of the 12° Gruppo begin the alert service duty
On Jan 5, at 12.00 LT, the 12° Gruppo belonging to the 36° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF), based in Gioia del Colle, will undertake its…
The year 2008 in pictures
It's only when you get to the end of the year that you get the full picture of what has happened in the previous 12 months. Images collected during worlwide…
2008: a bad year for Italian military helicopters
Most probably, 2008 will be remembered as one of the worst years in the history of the Italian military helicopter aviation. At least 5 accidents occurred to aircraft belonging to…
Four ATR72MP to replace the ageing Italian fleet of Br.1150 Atlantic
On Dec. 22, a press release from Alenia Aeronautica announced the agreement reached by the Finmeccanica company and the Direzione Generale Armamenti Aeronautici (General Management for Aeronautical Armaments) of the…
Link 16 on board the Italian Tornado F.3?
I've just finished reading a couple of interesting articles published on the latest issue of Rivista Aeronautica (06/08). They deal with the Trial Imperial Hammer 2008 (TIH 08), a complex…
A day in the life of the 9° Stormo of Grazzanise
A few months ago, my father-in-law gave me a nice book titled "A day in the life of Australia". In a few words, on March 6 1981 at 00:01 hours,…
