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Italian Air Force

Two ItAF F-16s intercept an Ukrainan liner

While being widely involved in the Ex. Spring Flag 2008, the Italian Air Force ensures the SSSA (Servizio Sorveglianza Spazio Aereo, Airspace Surveillance Service) with its F-16s and F-2000A ready…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 7, 2008
Aviation

Italian B707 last operative flight

On Apr. 3, the last of 4 Italian Air Force B.707TT of the 8th Gruppo made its last operative flight during the build up phase of the Spring Flag Exercise.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 6, 2008
Aviation

The F-104 (?) drag chute mistery

In 2005 I bought an item that was sold as an F-104 drag chute. The seller claimed it was a 1969 Starfighter drag chute but as soon as I received…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 3, 2008
Italian Air Force

Pratica di Mare 02.04.08

Here are a few pictures taken on Apr. 2 at Pratica di Mare airport by Giovanni Maduli:

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 3, 2008

Spring Flag build-up in progress

From Apr. 1, the aircraft taking part in the Spring Flag 2008 have been arriving in the two Deployable Operating Base (DOB) of the Exercise: Decimomannu is the DOB for…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 2, 2008

Delta in-flight safety video: the power of (some kind of) communication

Delta Airlines recently uploaded an aviation in-flight safety video to Youtube. The video is similar to those broadcasted on every commercial flight before departure but it is for sure one…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 26, 2008
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