Aviation
The false problem of the armed Predators
On Sept. 18, 2010, Lt. Alessandro Romani of the Col. Moschin was killed by the Afghan insurgents in a shooting in the area to the East of Farah, Afghanistan. Lt. Romani was a member of […]
CH-47
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 was attended by many civil […]
Aviation
High Blaze: Dutch Cougars and Chinooks at Frosinone
As explained in a previous post, Dutch military helicopters have been deploying to Frosinone, Italy, homebase of the 72° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) to conduct training activities in the mountainous […]
Aviation
More G8 summit-related traffic in Rome
The following pictures were taken in the morning of Jul. 11, 2009, by Giovanni Maduli, who went again to Urbe airport to see the departure of the US Army CH-47s that escorted the “Marine One” […]
Helicopters
Exclusive pictures: three US Army CH-47Ds arrive in Rome Urbe airport
Most probably involved in the G8 that will take place in L’Aquila from Jul. 8 to Jul. 10, three US Army CH-47D (serialled 89-0141, 89-0143 and 89-0163) made a fuel stop on Jul. 5 at […]
