Aviation
Three HH-3F cleared to fly
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 […]
Aeronautica Militare
Aviation
An F/A-18D crashes into a residential area in San Diego
On Dec. 9, an F/A-18D belonging to the VMFAT-101 of the USMC crashed into San Diego following an engine failure. The aircraft had departed from a routine mission from the USS Abraham Lincoln sailing off […]
F-104
F-104 profiles
Richard J. Caruana, an established aviation author and illustrator, sent me the following file f-104-layout_low containing an interesting series of F-104 profiles. The profiles were published on MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL no. 41, December 2008 issue, […]
Italian Air Force
November 9th – Florence Armed Forces Day
As I explained in a previous post (November 4th 2008 – 90th Anniversary of the end of WWI) between Nov 4 and Nov 9, the major Italian towns hosted the celebrations of the Armed Forces […]
Aviation
November 4th 2008 – 90th Anniversary of the end of WWI
Between Nov. 4 and Nov. 9, the most important Italian towns hosted the celebrations for Armed Forces day and the 90th Anniversary of the end of WWI. In particular, Rome Circus Maximus hosted an interesting […]