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2008: a bad year for Italian military helicopters

December 28, 2008 David Cenciotti 2

Most probably, 2008 will be remembered as one of the worst years in the history of the Italian military helicopter aviation. At least 5 accidents occurred to aircraft belonging to both the Aeronautica Militare (Italian […]

Three HH-3F cleared to fly

December 11, 2008 David Cenciotti 2

The Italian Air Force (ItAF) has ordered the return to their homebases of the 3 HH-3Fs of the 15th Stormo, that were on a deployment airport when all the “Pelikans” of the Aeronautica Militare were […]

HH-3F crash caused by the fracture of a main rotor's blade

November 18, 2008 David Cenciotti 1

On Nov. 12, a first report about the HH-3F crash that costed the life of 8 POB (read also An Italian HH-3F crashes in France killing 8 POB & “Mammaiut”: all the ItAF HH-3Fs grounded) […]