In this page you can find the link to some special reports/stories posted on The Aviationist and magazines all around the world.
U.S. stealth drone captured in Iran:
- Captured Stealth Drone: a link to all the articles about the story of the Lockheed RQ-170 Sentinel drone captured in Iran.
Osama Bin Laden Raid mystery chopper:
- Stealth Black Hawk: a link to all the articles and renderings about the mysterious helicopter exposed by the raid to kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.
Turkish Phantom downed by Syria:
- Turkish Air Force RF-4E downed by the Syrian air defenses: a link to all the articles about the Phantom shot down after violating the Syrian airspace.
Libya Air War 2011:
- Operation Unified Protector (was Odyssey Dawn) explained: Archive: the link to all the published Operation Unified Protector / Odyssey Dawn debriefs.
- PSYOPS message sent to a Libyan ship during Op. Odyssey Dawn: transcript of a PSYOPS message sent to sent a Libyan ship on Mar. 27, 2011 during the war in Libya.
- Is weather (really) affecting Unified Protector?: the weird statement of Adm. Mullen on the bad weather in Libya.
- UAE Air Force Mirage 2000s performing air strikes in Libya?: the photographic evidence that UAE AF Mirage 2000s involved in Unified Protector have been involved in air strikes, even if the news was not made public yet.
Various:
- Airspace Violations: the description of all the most famous military and civilian airspace violations
- Radioactive materials in flight instruments: old flight instruments could contain Radium and other radioactive materials. How to handle them.
- Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) in combat: an analysis of the information available about the SyAAF involvement in the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
- Oceanic 815 crash location: a detailed study on the flight path of the fictional Oceanic 815 flight from Sydney to Los Angeles and have a new theory dealing with Lost serial’s island location.
- Flying the Prowler to war: the story of the EA-6B Prowler missions during Operation Allied Force.
- Panoramic Pictures
Italian Air Force:
- Italian Typhoons: all you need to know on the Italian Eurofighter Typhoon F-2000s.
- Italian F-16s in details: the detailed history of the Italian F-16s with painting details, weapons, pictures (ground and a/a) and walkaround.
- Axalp 2006 report: a detailed report (available in both Italian and English) about the Axalp demo and Meiringen airbase.
- Memories of a fighter pilot: Col. Agrusti recalls his pilot’s life as interceptor in the midst of the Cold War.
- Tornado IDS in action: a gallery of pictures of the Tornado IDS of the 155° Gruppo from the end of the ’80s to the mid-’90s, from the Gulf War to the SEAD role with the IDS-HARM.
- Darwin AB, Italy…: an abstract of an article on the Italian contribution to the INTERFET mission in East Timor.
- 71° Gruppo: the Electronic Warfare “made in Italy”: An analysis of the Italian Electronic Warfare capabilities following the retirement of the PD-808GE.
- Ghibli – Italy’s AMX: the description of the AMX involvement in the Allied Force operation.
- Starfighter Swan Song: the last year of service of the F-104 Starfighter.
- Ferrari vs Eurofighter Typhoon: a report of the speed race between Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari and a Eurofighter Typhoon piloted by Maurizio Cheli.
- Italian Vipers: the story of the first F-16s delivered to the Italian Air Force.
- Italian F-104 versions explained: internal and external differences of the various F-104 versions flying with the Italian Air Force.
- Flying with the TF-104G-M: a description of my formation and aerobatic flight with a TF-104 of the 20th Gruppo.
- Grosseto airbase, home of the 4th Stormo: an article providing a view of Grosseto based 9th and 20th Gruppo, equipped with F-104s, in year 2000.
- Zombies: a collection of pictures of the ItAF with F-104 intercepting Russian aircraft.
- Ghiblis over the boot: the story of the AMX in the Aeronautica Militare Italiana.
- Italian F-104 patches: a collection of all the Italian F-104 related patches.
- Aerobatic flight with the C-27J: a report of my flight inside an Alenia C-27J Spartan.
- Italy’s terrorist scare: On July 21-22 2001, Italy hosted the G-8 summit and because of a terrorist attack, the Italian Air Force and the other Armed Forces provided a defensive shield to the summit.
- Italy at War: a detailed report about the ItAF involvement in Operation Allied Force.
- 72° Stormo: the Italian helicopter school based at Frosinone.
- The Italian shuttle flights to Kabul: the Italian C-130J airlift to Afghanistan
- 71° Gruppo: Master of many tasks: a detailed report on the 71° Gruppo operates a diverse fleet to undertake several different roles.
- F-104 pictures from the Troupe Azzurra archive: a collection of some 250 pictures of the F-104 taken in 40 years by the Troupe Azzurra of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force).
- A day in the life of the 9° Stormo of Grazzanise: a photostory of 2 days spent in Grazzanise in 2003, the last year of service of the F-104 in the Italian Air Force.
- Burka Tigers: a detailed analysis of the 21° Gruppo operations in Afghanistan.
- Italian Air Force (Museo Storico dell’Aeronautica Militare) – Vigna di Valle: an unusual view of the Italian Air Force Museum, located on the Bracciano lake, near Rome.
- USS Enterprise port visit to Livorno – 1999: the description of a visit aboard USS Enterprise visiting Livorno harbour in 1999 during her Med Cruise.
Articles in Italian:
- The Aviationist: dietro le quinte di un blog aeronautico: all you need to know about this site.
- Tu voli e il social ti spia: Flightradar24, LiveATC and OSINT during Libya Air War.
- Il 14° Stormo: a report about the multipurpose Wing of the Italian Air Force based in Pratica di Mare airbase.
- Effect Based Operations: how air operations have been changing to achieve greater precision and less collateral damages.
- Emergenza Idrazina!: dealing with Hydrazine at Cervia AB home of the 5th Stormo F-16s.
- La guerra parallela: SIGINT, ELINT and PSYOPS against terrorists.
- In volo con l’AB.212ICO: the description of a CSAR mission with the AB.212 of the 609th Squadriglia in preparation of the deployment to Kabul in Afghanistan.
- Il 9° Stormo: a description of the last operative F-104 wing of the Italian Air Force.
- Un esercito di animali per le missioni speciali: dolphins, seals, dogs and parrots involved in the war in Iraq.
- Difesa Aerea: un nuovo impiego dello strumento aereo: Italian Air Defense post 9/11.
- Allarme nei cieli italiani: in-depth description of the interception of a Fokker 50 by ItAF F-104 on Oct. 27th 2001.
- Con i G-222 a Timor Est: a detailed description of the Italian contribution to the INTERFET mission in East Timor.
- Operazione Noble Eagle: all the details about the air defense operations post 9/11.
- I cobra di Aviano: the Turkish Air Force detachment at Aviano and the F-16 operations over the Balkans.
- 20.000 ore di P166DL3: a report of the ceremony held in Pratica di Mare on Jul. 7, 2004 to celebrate the 20.000 hours of the 71° Gruppo on the “Piaggione”.
- Quale futuro per la Guerra Elettronica in Italia?: the Electronic Warfare made in Italy after the retirement of the PD.808GE.
- A Kabul con i C-130 dell’Aeronautica: the shuttle flights of the ItAF C-130s in Afghanistan.
- Scramble!: Col. Agrusti recalls his pilot’s life as interceptor in the midst of the Cold War.
- Un C-135E terrorizza Sydney: the story of the C-135E that flew above Sydney on May 16th 2002 for a photographic session with a Hawk of the RAAF and scared many Australians who thought the aircraft was an hijacked liner.
- La Civil Reserve Air Fleet: the support provided by civilian airlines to the Air Mobility Command.
- La Turbolenza: a technical description of the turbolence.
- Al centro del mirino: the threats posed to commercial aviation by shoulder SAMs and countermeasures.
- L’Atmosfera: the Atmosphere.
- Il 5° Stormo: la tana delle vipere: the Cervia based 5° Stormo, equipped with F-16s.
- Strumenti di volo…radioattivi: old flight instruments could contain Radium and other radioactive materials. How to handle them.
- Operazione Ghibli: gli AMX in guerra: the 32nd Stormo and the AMX involvement in the Allied Force operation.
- La radiazione dell’ultimo PD.808: the retirement of the last operative PD.808GE.
- In volo con Agip 25 (B707 report & walkaround): an AAR sortie with the B707.
- Una seconda Desert Storm?: the Iraqi Freedom build up and the AEF (Aerospace Expeditionary Force) concept.
- Spotter Day per i 90 anni del 23° Gruppo: a detailed report on the Spotter Day held in Cervia airbase on Jun 20 2008 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the 23° Gruppo.
- Operazione Giotto: i retroscena: all the details of the ItAF Air Defense operation for the G-8 meeting in Genoa, in July 2001.
- L’NKC-135E in guerra: the “Big Crow” involvement in Iraqi Freedom operation.
- In volo con l’MB-339CD: in-depth description of a 2 vs 2 training mission on board an MB-339CD of the 61st Stormo.
- I 90 anni delle Tigri: a report on the 90th Anniversary of the 21° Gruppo, the Italian Air Force Tiger Sqn.
- Alla scoperta delle Frecce Tricolori: the most detailed “behind the scenes” of a Frecce’ show. It is a detailed report on the training of the 313° Gruppo based in Rivolto.
- Il 70° Stormo di..Grazzanise: a detailed report on the 70° Stormo deployed to Grazzanise to undertake training activities during Latina runway reconstruction works.
- Nei panni dello Slow Mover: flying as a Slow Mover target during a Slow Mover Interception sortie of the Trapani-based F-16ADFs.
- I-4581: volo acrobatico con l’MB-339A: a pilot report about my first acrobatic flight with the MB-339A piloted by Col. Miniscalco, former Commander of the Frecce Tricolori.
- Il 36° Stormo: an in-depth analysis of one of the most famous flying unit of the Italian Air Force.
- “Er bove de fregone”: a nice research on a family byword.
- Il Futuro: some personal thoughs about the future.
