Tag: Sigonella

Why Libyan Air Force aircraft pose a risk to Italy

When I wrote the article about the two Mirage F1s of the…

Italian UAVs update

With the completition of the fifth mission, the Sky-Y, Alenia Aeronautica’s unmanned…

Four ATR72MP to replace the ageing Italian fleet of Br.1150 Atlantic

On Dec. 22, a press release from Alenia Aeronautica announced the agreement…

Another supersonic scramble

Even if in the F-104 age there were many scrambles, I remember…

A RAF C-130 intercepted by two ItAF F-16s

On June 20, 2008, a RAF C-130 flying from Lyneham to Cyprus,…

Military ATCC during Operation Allied Force, NATO’s air campaign in the Balkans

In year 2000 I interviewed two controllers working at the Rome Military…