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Italian Air Force

How a new patch is designed and created

For the "Con la Diana sul petto" event, held in Cervia, on Apr. 16, 2010, Andrea Spagna (an amateur designer & collector with +4.000 examples) designed the patch that was…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 12, 2010
Aviation

Festa Esercito 06.05.10 – Tor di Quinto

On May 6, 2010, the Esercito Italiano (EI, Italian Army) celebrated its 149th Anniversary at Rome with a ceremony at Tor di Quinto (TdQ) military hippodrome. For the ceremony, that…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 9, 2010
Italian Air Force

Dutch Apaches deployed to Frosinone

As usual, even in April 2010, 4 Dutch AH-64s of the 301 Sqn of the KLu (Koninklijke Luchtmacht), the Royal Netherlands Air Force, deployed to Frosinone airbase, home of the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 1, 2010
Aviation

Cervia, 16-17.04.10 – Con la Diana sul Petto – Part 2

Second part with the pictures taken at Cervia on Apr. 16, 2010. Part 1 available here. As pictures show, the weather was poor. The G.91Y sporting the colours and markings…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 22, 2010
Italian Air Force

MB.339CDs in Decimomannu

Currently deployed to Decimomannu are the MB.339CDs belonging to the 212° Gruppo of the 61° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF). Giovanni Maduli went there and took…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 22, 2010
Aviation

Cervia, 16-17.04.10 – Con la Diana sul Petto

"Con la Diana sul Petto" is the name of the event that the 5° Stormo organised in Cervia airbase to give farewell to the F-16. The locally-based 23° Gruppo is…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 18, 2010
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