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Military Aviation

New SkyTeam livery

On Apr. 1, flight Delta DL74, a B764ER with registration N844MH, from Atlanta to Milano Malpensa was the first commercial flight of a plane sporting the new Sky Team livery.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 1, 2009
F-104

More about F-104 patches

Giorgio Catellani, one of the greatest Italian Air Force heraldry expert, recently sent me a few images of patches belonging to Squadrons equipped with the F-104 or whose badge contained…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 31, 2009
Italian Air Force

A day in the life of the 36° Stormo of Gioia del Colle

After publishing the photostory named "A day in the life of the 9° Stormo of Grazzanise", an article to provide a snapshot about the 9° Stormo and Grazzanise airbase in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 30, 2009
Italian Air Force

A day in the life of the 5° Stormo of Cervia

A few months ago, I published a photostory, named "A day in the life of the 9° Stormo of Grazzanise", an article to provide a snapshot about the 9° Stormo…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 28, 2009
Aviation

Parachute jumping from inside a C-130J

Stefano Romito (who I met for the first time during a flight inside a P-180 of the 71° Gruppo - his previous unit), a C-130J pilot of the 46^ Brigata…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 26, 2009
Aviation

Tornado ECR’s aggressive take off with ultra-low level turn

Des Barker recently sent me the above picture. It depicts a Tornado, in a clean configuration, perfoming an aggressive left turn at ultra low level, most probably immediately after take-off.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 25, 2009
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