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Aircraft Carriers

US Navy flight gear (continued)

Again, Boris Aguilar provided the description of the flight gear worn by CVW-11 during my visit to USS Nimitz: Pilot and NFO in the cockpit of this F-18F from VFA-41…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 11, 2009
Aircraft Carriers

US Navy flight gear explained

After publishing some images I took on board the USS Nimitz, Boris Aguilar, a flight clothing collector and expert living in Australia, sent me the detailed description of the  flight…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 10, 2009
Italian Air Force

Italian Armed Forces Day 04-08.11.09

The Italian Armed Forces celebrated the 91st Anniversary since the end of WWI with a series of events involving bases, airports and military installation all around the country. As happened…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 9, 2009
Military Aviation

40 years of the 5° Gruppo Elicotteri – Sarzana Luni – 30.10.09

On Sunday Oct.  30, 2009, Sarzana Luni airport hosted an interesting event to celebrate the 40 years of the 5° Gruppo Elicotteri of the Marina Militare (Italian Navy, ItNy). The…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 6, 2009
Hacking

Italian Air Force website hacked?

On Nov. 2, I typed the URL http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it to get the latest news from the website of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) but I got the following message:…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 4, 2009
Aircraft Carriers

CVW-11: flight gear in action

Following the post about the patches I took on board the USS Nimitz during my visit on Oct. 18 and 19 (http://cencio4.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/cvw-11-patches/) some readers and visitors of this site requested…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 3, 2009
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