The urgent medical flight, requested by the Prefecture of Catania, was carried out with a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing. A four-month-old baby, hospitalized at the 'Vittorio Emanuele' Polyclinic in Catania and in need of urgent specialist care, was transported by emergency, yesterday afternoon, at Ciampino airport (RM) on board a Falcon 50 of the Air Force, for the following [...]
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The urgent medical flight, requested by the Prefecture of Chieti, was carried out with a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing. A 45-year-old man, hospitalized at the “SS. Annunziata" of Chieti and in need of urgent specialist care, was transported urgently, during the night, from Pescara airport to Venice airport on board a Falcon 900 [...]
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An opportunity to take stock of the base's present and future projects with local institutions and promote the international aerostatic competition "Aeronautica Militare Balloon Cup", which will be held at the airport in October. The Frecce Tricolori were also present for a training session. With the landing of the last four AMX fighters still operational of the Air Force coming from Istrana, […]
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The intervention, carried out on the evening of Easter Monday on the Ponza - Latina route, in conditions of reduced visibility, was carried out with an HH-139B helicopter from the 85th SAR Center of Pratica di Mare. It was completed late yesterday evening an urgent medical transport for a polytraumatized lady of about 65 years of age who needed [...]
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by Editorial Staff "The fact does not exist", correct human behavior of both the crews in flight and the two accused officers" Almost a decade has passed since the tragic event involving two Tornado aircraft in the skies of Ascoli Piceno, causing the death of both crews . In December last year the ruling of [...]
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The ceremony took place at the New Competition Center of the Air Force, in the presence of the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto and numerous civil, military and religious authorities. This morning, in Guidonia, at the New Competition Center of the Armed Forces, it was celebrated the anniversary of the Air Force's “100+1”. The event, which preceded by one day [...]
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by Editorial Staff The experience of the Country System in the Ax-3 Voluntas mission, led by the Air Force, the opportunities for economic growth in the sector are the themes at the center of the event held yesterday in Milan, at the PwC Tower, entitled "Human flight space: opportunities for Italian companies in the New Space economy". The Hon. Andrea Mascaretti, President of the intergroup […]
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Girl in danger of life transported from Reggio Calabria to Ciampino with Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing
The flight from Reggio Calabria to Rome was necessary to transport a young patient in imminent danger of life. The emergency medical flight involving a Falcon 900 transport aircraft from the 31st Wing of the Air Force concluded this afternoon. Military. Emergency medical transport, from Reggio Calabria to Ciampino, […]
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by Editorial Staff The recovery and restoration activities of the aircraft lost in the Second World War were presented in the presence of the Pilot's family. The event dedicated to the discovery and restoration of a Macchi C was held today at the Auditorium of Palazzo Aeronautica. .205 “Veltro”, as part of the recovery and valorisation activities of the historical heritage of the Air Force. […]
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Life-saving flight for a 9-year-old child transported with a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force. The urgent medical transport carried out from Lecce to Rome with a Falcon 16 of the Air Force concluded today, just before 00:900 pm. 'Aeronautica Militare, aircraft of the 31st Wing based at Ciampino airport (RM), in favor [...]
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The life-saving flight, requested by the Prefecture of Cagliari, was carried out with a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing A child of just one day old, hospitalized at the Policlinico Monserrato hospital in Cagliari and in need of specialist care for a serious heart problem , was urgently transported to Milan late yesterday morning [...]
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The emergency medical transport was carried out with a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing at the request of the Prefecture of Nuoro. A little girl of just five months in imminent danger of her life was transported urgently in the early afternoon today from Olbia to Rome with a Falcon 50 of the Italian Air Force. The little girl, hospitalized at […]
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In the 18 days on board the International Space Station, Col. Walter Villadei carried out experimentation activities in microgravity, with positive repercussions for the entire country system. He returned shortly before 14pm (Italian time) today, with landing off the coast of Daytona (Florida), the SpaceX Dragon shuttle with the [...]
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Falcon 900 transports a 71-year-old man from Alghero to Bologna, then leaves for Lecce and takes on board a 47-year-old patient headed for Rome. Five life-saving flights in just a few days for the aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force. An urgent double transport for two patients in need of specialist care concluded a few minutes ago. […]
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Third life-saving flight in just a few days for the aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force in favor of patients in need of urgent specialist care. The urgent medical transport carried out from Lecce to Florence with a Falcon ended around 14pm today 00 of the Air Force, aircraft of the 50st Wing based at the airport of [...]
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The patient was urgently transported from Reggio Calabria to Bari with the aircraft coming from Ciampino. On the evening of Sunday 4 February, a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of Ciampino urgently transported a 61-year-old man, in imminent danger of life (IPV), from Reggio Calabria airport to Bari Palese airport. The […]
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The aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino transported a 48-year-old patient, whose life was in danger, to the Sant'Orsola Polyclinic. The emergency medical transport of a man in imminent danger of life, accompanied from Lecce to Bologna by a Falcon 22 of the 40st Wing [...]
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The EU operation called Aspides includes a minimum of three naval units, logistical and intelligence support, air warning capabilities, cyber protection, satellite support and strategic communication for information warfare by Editorial Staff After the informal meeting of the Defense Ministers of 'European Union, The Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, yesterday in front of the Defense Commissions [...]
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The intervention of the Air Force was carried out by an HH139A helicopter from the 82nd SAR Center of Trapani. The air rescue carried out with an HH17-A helicopter from the 139nd SAR Center (Search and Rescue) of Trapani. The intervention allowed the urgent medical transport of a 82-year-old man suffering from [...]
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The intervention was carried out by an HH139-A helicopter from the 82nd SAR Center of Trapani. The air rescue carried out with an HH21-A helicopter from the 139nd SAR Center (Search and Rescue) ended around 82pm last night. of Trapani. The intervention allowed the urgent medical transport of a 61-year-old man suffering from an illness [...]
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Gen. Goretti: “Mission brings the Country System on board the International Space Station. Space is our future, fundamental for increasing national scientific, technological and operational skills" by the Editorial Staff The Falcon 22.49 rocket from […]
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by Editorial Staff Villadei: "We will carry out our work while always remaining perfectly integrated with the other astronauts who are already on the ISS, so as to be ready to face any unexpected event together." On January 17, at 23 pm Italian time, the Falcon 11 rocket from SpaceX, Elon Musk's company, will take flight launching towards [...]
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The crew of the aircraft was uninjured and there was no damage to other people or things. In the late afternoon of yesterday, Wednesday 10 January, an HH-101 helicopter of the 9th Wing of the Air Force, during a night training mission which left from the Grazzanise permanent base ( CE), made an off-field landing in the Minturno area (Latina) after accidentally hitting […]
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A Falcon 50 from the 31st Wing of the Air Force was involved in the flight in imminent danger of life. The emergency medical transport of a six-year-old patient from the University Hospital of Messina to the hospital was concluded yesterday evening. Giannina Gaslini Institute of Genoa. The little girl, in imminent danger of her life, was transported [...]
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The delicate rescue operation was conducted last night by an HH-139B of the 85th SAR Center of the 15th Wing. The rescue of two hikers in the Monte Maiella area by the 85th SAR Center of Pratica ended successfully tonight of sea. Yesterday evening an HH-139B helicopter, on national readiness service [...]
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For the first time a remotely piloted military aircraft flew in Italy on routes hitherto dedicated exclusively to piloted air traffic. This first experimental flight was carried out today by an MQ-9 Predator B of the 32nd Wing of the Air Force, managed by Controllers of Military Air Traffic, in synergy with ENAC and the support [...]
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The special ambulance flight concluded late yesterday evening with the landing of the military aircraft at Ciampino airport. A complex emergency medical transport concluded positively late yesterday evening, with the landing at the Ciampino military airport carried out by the Air Force in favor of a young woman waiting for two [...]
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During the night an HH139B of the Italian Air Force, which took off from the 85th Search and Rescue Center in Pratica di Mare, intervened to search and rescue an injured boy. Around 23pm last night an HH139B helicopter from the 85th Center SAR of the 15th Wing, took off from the military airport of Pratica di Mare for a […]
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COP28: the Air Force participates with an event on education and training in the meteorology and climatology sector. The Air Force Meteorological Service for the first time at the "Conference of Parties" (COP), the United Nations conference on climate change underway in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), with a collateral event entitled "Education&Training in Meteorology and [ …]
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Artificial intelligence and super computers against new cyber threats Three months of activity, over 720 million data analyzed in the context of a simulation scenario in which over one hundred specialized operators, both military and civilian, worked in close synergy to address the main evolutionary challenges of the IT world and evaluate the use of […]
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Annual exercise against new cyber threats. Tomorrow, Wednesday 6 December, the closing of the exercise and the presentation of the results achieved in almost three months of activity. The "Cyber Eagle 2023" is coming to an end, a cyber security exercise planned and conducted by the Air Force - through the Logistics Command of the Armed Forces - in partnership with [...]
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In support of the IPV (Imminent Danger of Life), a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing took off from Ciampino. The emergency medical transport of a five-year-old patient from the University Hospital of Sassari at the Giannina Gaslini Institute in Genoa. The little girl, in imminent danger of her life, was transported with [...]
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The little patient, in imminent danger of his life, traveled aboard a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing to reach the Gaslini hospital in Genoa. The emergency medical transport of a two-month-old baby concluded in the early afternoon today , from Alghero to Genoa, carried out with a Falcon 50 aircraft of the Italian Air Force. […]
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The girl, in imminent danger of her life, traveled aboard a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing to reach the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome. The emergency medical transport of a young 15-year-old woman concluded late yesterday afternoon. from Catanzaro to Ciampino, carried out with an Air Force Falcon 50 aircraft [...]
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Despite the adverse weather conditions, the intervention made it possible to identify the coordinates of the man's phone. Late yesterday evening, Friday 24 November, an HH-139B of the 83rd SAR (Search and Rescue) Centre, of the 15th Wing of Cervia, took off in search of a 65-year-old man missing in the Monte Torano area (Massa-Carrara), at the request of [...]
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Having left the Pisa base, the aircraft of the 46th Air Brigade allowed the emergency vehicle, with the patient on board, to arrive more quickly from Milan to the Bari Polyclinic. The aircraft landed at Bari airport yesterday evening from C-130J tactical transport which transferred from Milan to Bari a […]
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The little girl, in very serious conditions, needed to be transferred from Cagliari to Genoa. Departing from the Ciampino base late yesterday afternoon, the Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force allowed the rapid transport, from Cagliari to Genoa, of an 18-month-old girl in imminent danger of her life. The […]
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The event will be held on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 November with the participation of major experts in the sector from the world of Defense and the Italian aerospace sector, as well as teachers and students from the most prestigious Italian and foreign universities "A new challenge: developing the capacity hypersonic”, this is the title of the technical-scientific symposium organized by the Air Force within [...]
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Also at the ceremony were a member of five RSAF engineers from the Pozzuoli Air Force Academy. On Monday, at the 72nd Wing in Frosinone, pilot licenses were awarded to 4 members of the Saudi Royal Air Force (RSAF) who, after a training, they completed the piloting course at the Flight Schools of the 72nd Air Force […]
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The recovery operation of the injured woman was carried out with a helicopter from the 85th SAR Center in Pratica di Mare. It ended in the early hours of this morning, with an HH-139B helicopter from the 85th SAR Center (Search and Rescue ) of Pratica di Mare, the recovery of a hiker who was stuck on Monte Miletto, one of the peaks […]
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The aircraft, belonging to the Canadian company Air Transat, had taken off from Montreal and was headed to Athens. The take-off of the two fighters from the Gioia del Colle air base was arranged by the NATO Combined Air Operation Center of Torrejon Two Eurofighter fighters of the 36th Wing of Gioia del Colle took off this morning [...]
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A seventy-year-old man, in imminent danger of his life, was transferred to the Sant'Anna hospital in Castelnovo ne' Monti thanks to a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing of Ciampino. The medical transport of emergency of a patient from the Vito Fazzi Hospital in Lecce, in imminent danger of life for [...]
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A 69-year-old man suffering from a serious and life-threatening heart problem was transported yesterday afternoon with an Air Force Falcon 50 from Pescara to Venice, and was then urgently transferred to the hospital in Padua for transplant or artificial heart implant. The ambulance flight, requested by the Prefecture [...]
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Participation in Axiom Space's Ax-3 mission will allow us to increase the best national skills related to human activities in space, both in the medical and technological fields, through microgravity experiments. The Ax-3 mission, directed towards the International Space Station (ISS - International Space Station) in 2024 and in which Defense participates with [...]
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Prevention and fight against violence against women and support for financial inclusion and overcoming gender-related differences: with these objectives the Minister for the family, birth rate and equal opportunities, Eugenia Roccella, and the President of the Italian Banking Association , Antonio Patuelli, have signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department for Equal […]
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Intervention conducted in synergy between the Sicilian Alpine and Speleological Rescue and the 82nd SAR Center of the 15th Wing of the Air Force. The joint intervention between the Air Force and the Sicilian Alpine and Speleological Rescue to recover a remaining Friulian tourist ended in the late afternoon today. wounded on the island of Marettimo. The accident occurred in the peak area [...]
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The life-threatening baby girl was urgently transferred to be admitted to the Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital in Rome. A Falcon 50 from the 31st Wing of the Air Force recently landed at the Roman airport of Ciampino (RM) with a Falcon XNUMX on board. a one-day-old baby girl for whom he made himself […]
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The rescue carried out by an HH-139B helicopter of the 84th SAR (Search and Rescue) Center of the 15th Wing of the Air Force in favor of a 70-year-old woman with serious heart problems ended a few minutes ago who was on board a Maltese cruise ship off the coast […]
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The exercise involving the Armed Forces of over 10 countries took place in Gioia del Colle. 35 years after the last time, next October our country will host the exercise which will see around 80 aircraft from over 10 countries redeployed at Gioia del Colle Airport, home of the 36th Fighter Wing of the Air Force Military It will be held from 2 […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Two Russian Su-30 Flanker fighters took off on September 21st with their transponders turned off so as not to be intercepted by Alliance radars. It's a shame for them though because NATO satellites and planes are always operational day and night 365 days a year. Once the two intruders […]
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Two life-saving flights were carried out yesterday by Air Force aircraft for the benefit of a child and a sixty-year-old. The first urgent flight, requested by the Prefecture of Bari and concluded just before 18pm yesterday, Friday 00 September, was was carried out with an HH15 helicopter belonging to the 139th Wing of Cervia. The aircraft, in […]
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The ceremony naming the 15th Wing of the Gold Medal for Aeronautical Valor was held this morning, Friday 60 September, at the military airport of Guidonia Montecelio, T. Col. pilot Arturo Ferrarin, one of the pioneers of Italian military aviation and among the most important figures in the centenary history of the Air Force. The event was chaired […]
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Defense industry leaders in the UK, Japan and Italy have finalized the terms of trilateral collaboration to meet the requirements of the conceptual phase of the next generation air defense system under the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP). The Global Combat Air Program is a strategic partnership between the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan which sees the three nations and their respective defense industries united to collaborate on shared objectives, linked to the creation of a new generation air defense system by 2035 .
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The crew used special night vision goggles. The man was recovered on board the helicopter with the winch and then transported to the Brotzu hospital in Cagliari. During the night, an HH-139 B helicopter from the 80th SAR Center (Search and Riesce – Search and Rescue) of the Air Force Military, based on the military airport of Decimomannu (Cagliari), intervened to recover and rescue from [...]
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Emergency transport with a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Wing for a newborn girl from Alghero Military Airport for urgent hospitalization at the Gaslini hospital in Genoa. An urgent medical transport took place in the middle of the night, on 7 September, with a Falcon 50 of the Italian Air Force took off from Alghero airport and headed to the military airport of Genoa [...]
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To receive the flight license, in addition to Air Force officers, also a component of foreign students and other Armed Forces, Armed Corps and State organizations With a ceremony held in the late afternoon today in the center of Galatina, in the province of Lecce, the pilot licenses were delivered [...]
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The National Acrobatic Patrol will fly over, as in previous editions, the starting grid of the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix of Italy on the Monza National Autodrome On Sunday 3 September the consolidated union between the world of Formula 1 and the Air Force. On the occasion of the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, in fact, […]
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A 22-year-old woman accused stabbing pains in her stomach and was no longer able to move, the intervention of the Air Force and the Alpine Rescue On the morning of today, Tuesday 29 August, an HH-139B helicopter of the 82nd SAR Center of the 15th Wing of Trapani intervened to urgently transport a 22-year-old tourist [...]
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Numerous Armed Forces entities throughout Italy have joined the sporting initiative whose proceeds will be donated to the Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC) Among the many events organized by the Air Force during 2023 to celebrate its first 100 years, on 17 September twenty-nine departments of the Armed Forces, located on [...]
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The immediate take-off of two fighters of the 4th Wing of Grosseto was ordered to intercept a small civil aircraft which had interrupted communications with the air traffic authorities The pilot of a small twin-engine touring aircraft does not respond to radio calls while flying in the national airspace, the alarm goes off for [...]
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An HH-139A helicopter of the 85th SAR Center of the 15th Stormo carried out the emergency transport after embarking a medical team in Latina Tonight, Thursday 17 August, an HH-139A helicopter of the 85th SAR Center ( Search and Rescue) of the 15th Wing of the Air Force carried out the emergency transport of a pregnant twenty-nine year old in imminent danger of life from the island [...]
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A 2-day-old baby girl, in imminent danger of her life, traveled aboard an aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force The emergency medical transport of a 2-day-old baby from Cagliari ended in the middle of the night at Milan Linate, carried out with an Air Force F900 EASY aircraft. The child, […]
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The immediate take-off of the two fighters of the 51st Wing was ordered to intercept a civilian aircraft which had interrupted communications Yesterday afternoon, 12 August, two Air Force Eurofighter F-2000 fighters, on alert service for the defense of the national airspace, have carried out an intervention on immediate take-off orders (in [...]
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Also two pregnant women among the people recovered from a cliff on Lampedusa thanks to the intervention of an HH-139 helicopter of the 82nd SAR Center 29 people were rescued this afternoon thanks to the intervention of a helicopter of the 82nd Center SAR of Trapani, which took part in a major operation involving personnel and [...]
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Departing from the Pisa base, the aircraft of the 46th Air Brigade allowed the rescue vehicle, with the little patient on board, to arrive more quickly from Bari to the "Bambino Gesù" hospital in Rome It landed shortly after 19pm on Friday 4 August, at the Ciampino airport, the C-130J tactical transport aircraft which [...]
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At 05.09 this morning at the 31st Wing of Ciampino an Air Force Boeing 767 brought home the Italians who decided to leave Niger. The news was reported by the Ansa news agency. At the ladder of the aircraft to welcome the compatriots the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani who with squeezes [...]
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The crew of the 31st Wing at Ciampino transported a 2-day-old newborn from Alghero to Genoa to allow the doctors at the "Gaslini" hospital to provide her with the necessary care. The urgent medical transport carried out by an Air Force Falcon 50 which allowed a little girl of just 2 days [...]
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In the afternoon, a training mission of an HH139B, which took off from the 82nd Search and Rescue Center in Trapani, became a real operation with the rescue of a 26-year-old woman. In the afternoon, shortly after 17:30, the mission of an HH-139B helicopter of the 82nd SAR Center (Search and Rescue - Search and Rescue) of the Air Force, [...]
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Through a complex logistical operation, the Air Force will deploy multiple assets in Japan for training activities, including four F-35 aircraft. The joint exercise will take place from 4 to 8 August at the Japanese Komatsu air base will see Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft train together on different tasks in an operational scenario. For […]
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An Air Force Falcon 50 aircraft that took off in the middle of the night from the 31st Wing of Ciampino carried out the emergency medical transport The emergency medical transport carried out by a Falcon ended yesterday night, around 1:30 50 of the 31st Stormo of the Italian Air Force, which took off from the military airport of Cagliari and landed in that of Linate (MI), with [...]
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In the afternoon a training mission of an HH139A, which took off from the 85th Search and Rescue Center of Pratica di Mare, became a real operation with the rescue of a 68-year-old man In the afternoon, around 16:30, an HH-139A helicopter of the 85th SAR Center (Search and Rescue - Search and Rescue) of the Air Force, stationed on the base [...]
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Sicily. Fourteen year old transferred from Catania to Milan with Falcon 900 of the Italian Air Force
A Falcon 900 Easy aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force landed at the Milan-Linate airport about an hour ago. On the Catania-Milan route, the plane carried out the emergency medical transport of a 14-year-old boy in imminent danger of life. The young patient, previously hospitalized at the "Sant'Elia" Hospital in Caltanissetta, needed specific life-saving treatments [...]
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Yesterday at the 72nd Wing in Frosinone, the command change ceremony took place between Colonel Pilot Marco Boveri (outgoing) and Colonel Pilot Alessandro Fiorini (incoming). The ceremony, presided over by the Air Force General Silvano Frigerio, commander of the AM / 3rd Air Region Schools of Bari, was attended by the highest civil and military authorities [...]
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The AM, present with numerous assets, will for the first time carry out a search and rescue mission demonstration outside the national borders with the HH-139 The Italian Air Force participates in this year's edition of the Royal International Air Tattoo (Fairford , United Kingdom, 14-16 July) with a massive presence of aircraft and helicopters, as part of the celebrations for the XNUMXth anniversary of [...]
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Second intervention in two days conducted with an HH-139B helicopter of the 82nd SAR Center of Trapani in synergy with personnel of the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps of Sicily Another air rescue intervention for a crew of the 82nd Search & Rescue Center of the 15th Wing stationed in Trapani. In the early afternoon of today, Saturday [...]
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The intervention was conducted with an HH-139B helicopter of the 82nd SAR Center of Trapani in synergy with personnel of the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps of Sicily An HH-139B helicopter of the 82nd Search & Rescue Center of Trapani intervened to lend rescue of a 62-year-old man who, engaged in an excursion in a mountainous area of the municipality [...]
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The airport “G. Moscardini”, headquarters of the 72nd Wing of the Italian Air Force, hosted the main SAR training event organized in Italy. The "Grifone 2023" exercise which took place at the 72nd Wing of Frosinone of the Air Force starting from 3 July ended today. The impressive international, inter-agency, inter-agency and inter-ministerial training activity is planned and conducted annually [...]
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In relation to the publication of some articles that have recently appeared in certain press organs which report the alleged application of state secrecy on the accident that caused the death of Major Fabio Altruda, who tragically disappeared aboard a Eurofighter aircraft on 13 December 2022 , the AM specifies that these statements are not true. Indeed […]
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The initiatives continue which, on the occasion of the Centenary of the Air Force, have the sole purpose of making known the multitude of values that characterize the men and women who compose it. The Air Force bases its genetic code on the shared awareness of possessing a common history, a "continuum" of values, traditions, sacrifice and [...]
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The first Italian suborbital mission with a crew of the Air Force and the CNR The ninety-minute flight, aboard Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spacecraft, made it possible to carry out scientific research and experiments in microgravity conditions It left today at 16.30, from Virgin Galactic's America spaceport (in New Mexico - [...]
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The immediate take-off of the two fighters of the 51st Wing was ordered to intercept a civilian aircraft that had activated the hijacking code. In the morning of today 25 June, two F-2000 Eurofighter fighters of the Air Force, in alarm service for the defense of the national airspace, carried out an intervention on take-off orders [...]
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A baby born one day old and in imminent danger of life, traveled aboard an Air Force aircraft The emergency medical transport of a 21-day-old baby from Cagliari to Ciampino was concluded shortly before 1 pm, carried out with an Air Force F50 aircraft. The little patient, in imminent danger […]
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The air show held in Pratica di Mare this weekend, which had among its guests the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and representatives of the Government and Institutions, recorded the record participation of over three hundred thousand people The three-day organized party ended today by the Italian Air Force at the “M. De Bernardi” of Practice […]
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Scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday 17 and Sunday 18, the Airshow organized by the Air Force at the M. De Bernardi Airport to celebrate its first 100 years. The two-day event that will keep adults and children looking up is almost there now. An unmissable event that will allow you to admire historic and new generation aircraft, visit exhibition areas and assist […]
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The Museum of the Air Force in Vigna di Valle (MUSAM) will reopen to the public on Friday 16 June 2023 will be reopened to the public from the morning of Friday 16 June. The […]
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A Falcon 19 aircraft of the 50st Wing of the Italian Air Force landed shortly after 31 pm in Milan Linate. The plane, which took off from Ciampino, carried out the emergency medical transport of a two-month-old baby on the Cagliari-Milan route in imminent danger of life. The little one, previously hospitalized at the Monserrato University Hospital "Duilio Casula" (CA), [...]
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A Falcon 50 aircraft from the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force landed a few minutes ago at Milan Linate airport. The plane, which took off from Ciampino, carried out the emergency medical transport of only three-month-old twins on the Cagliari-Milan route, in imminent danger of life. The two children, previously hospitalized at the Monserrato University Hospital "Duilio Casula" [...]
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Overflights open with Bologna for the Centenary of the Air Force Emilia Romagna, on Thursday 8 June, will be the first regional capital to see the overflight of the National Acrobatic Patrol as part of the "AM thanks Italy" initiative. with which the Armed Forces wants to express its gratitude to all citizens for the support received in these [...]
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The baby, embarked inside a thermal cradle, was transported from Alghero to Genoa with an Air Force Falcon 50 aircraft. A newborn just one day old, hospitalized at the University Hospital of Sassari, was transported emergency in the early afternoon from Alghero (SS) to Genoa, on board an aircraft [...]
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The crews of the 15th Wing of the Italian Air Force stationed at the Cervia base, a department specialized in air search and rescue, are still engaged tirelessly in supporting the population of Emilia-Romagna hard hit by the flood that affected the region The numerous transports of feed to Casola Valsenio, a small […]
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In relation to the latest events in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict with Wagner's taking of the Bakhmut stronghold, the trespassing of alleged Russian revolutionary troops in Belgorod and the request for F16s accepted by the West, we asked General Pasquale Preziosa, president of the The Eurispes Security Observatory an analysis from a military strategic point of view. General, […]
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Just finished the day entirely dedicated to the public at the military airport of Frosinone "Girolamo Moscardini", organized as part of the celebrations of the Centenary of the Air Force. Heli-Day 2023 was a unique opportunity to tell and share with thousands of visitors, in an immersive way, the activity of the 72nd Stormo which remained open from 10.00 to 18.00. From the purely joint spirit [...]
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Emilia-Romagna bad weather: 15th Air Force Wing helicopter rescues mother with three children and transfers cancer patient for medical treatment , are still engaged tirelessly in supporting the population of Emilia-Romagna hard hit by the flood that […]
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It is the second recovery of this type carried out in a few hours by the crews of the 82nd SAR Center of the 15th Wing of Cervia off the western coast of Sicily. A 46-year-old Australian woman, in imminent danger of her life due to a serious illness , was recovered from the cruise ship World Europe. The […]
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The crew of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force landed at Linate airport to allow the subsequent transfer to the Niguarda hospital in Milan The Falcon 16 aircraft landed at Linate airport around 00:900 Air Force that carried out the emergency medical transport of a 69-year-old woman who needed life-saving treatment. The mission […]
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The three international days dedicated to aerospace promoted by the Italian Air Force have officially begun at the "La Nuvola di Fuksas" congress center in Rome. The Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, was present. The AeroSpace Power Conference, the international convention promoted by the Air Force to discuss developments [...]
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International conference and aerospace exhibition organized by the Italian Air Force at the "La Nuvola di Fuksas" congress center in Rome from 12 to 14 May 2023. Experts from all over the world discuss new technologies and future developments in the aerospace field In the centenary year of the establishment of the Armed Forces, the Air Force organized a conference with [...]
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Girolamo Moscardini Airport, headquarters of the 72nd Stormo, opens its gates to the public to celebrate the Centenary of the Air Force with a day dedicated to the world of helicopters. In the program of scheduled events, on the occasion of the celebrations of the Centenary of the Air Force, the 72nd Wing of Frosinone opens its doors to the public again after the success achieved [...]
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Throughout the weekend, helicopters and crews of the 15th Wing of Cervia are in action at the request of the regional Civil Protection and the Prefecture of Ravenna The crews of the 15th Wing of the Air Force stationed at the base of Cervia, a department specialized in search and air rescue activities, have been engaged since last Friday in the activities [...]
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Joint intervention between an HH-139B of the 85th SAR (Search & Rescue) Center of Pratica di Mare and CNSAS Lazio personnel An air rescue intervention carried out by an HH-139B helicopter of the 85th ended in the early hours of this morning ° SAR (Search and Rescue) Center of the Air Force stationed on [...]
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The little patient, in imminent danger of life, traveled aboard a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force The emergency medical transport of a 6-year-old boy from Lamezia Terme to Capodichino (NA) has just been completed ), carried out with a Falcon 900 transport aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force. […]
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The traditional event of 1 May in Rivolto for the opening of the aerobatic season has been canceled The Air Force, on learning of the tragic accident involving a civilian aircraft in which the two occupants unfortunately lost their lives yesterday afternoon, between which Captain Alessio Ghersi, pilot in service at the 313 ° Training Group [...]
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The woman was transported from Bari to Venice with an Air Force F900 aircraft A life-saving flight, carried out by a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino, has just concluded, to urgently transport an Italian citizen of 42 years in imminent danger of life from Bari to Venice. The transport request, […]
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A newborn of only one day of life, in imminent danger of life, traveled in a thermal cradle on board a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force The medical transport of urgency of a one day old baby from Lamezia […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The United States has completed the evacuation of the staff of its embassy in Sudan. The American media reported it, quoting some sources, according to which the families of the embassy staff were also evacuated. The evacuation was conducted via a US military aircraft, but it is still unclear where embassy staff are headed. With […]
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Cagliari and Catania the two airports used by the Air Force to embark the two very small patients in imminent danger of life The double life-saving flight which involved an Air Force Falcon 900 ended in the late afternoon today. The first medical transport, from Cagliari to Ciampino, allowed a very small patient [...]
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The "One Hundred Years of the Air Force in Comics" series designed to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of its foundation is enriched with a new volume "Firestorm". Author, screenwriter and illustrator an Air Force pilot, "Joe Draft", who tells through the powerful language of comics one of the most recent air operations conducted by the Armed Forces in Libya [...]
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127 student marshals swore allegiance to the Italian Republic in the suggestive Piazza San Lorenzo in Viterbo This morning, Friday 14 April, the Oath and Baptism ceremony of the 25th Corso Normale Student Marshals of the Air Force "Fobos II" was held which, in occasion of the Centenary of the Air Force, was held for the first time in [...]
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Yesterday the first 2023 edition of the "Mare Aperto" exercise, the main training cycle of the Navy, organized and conducted by the Command-in-Chief of the Naval Squadron, which will involve forces and personnel from 23 nations (12 NATO countries and 11 Partners), 41 naval units between ships and submarines, as well as aircraft and helicopters of Naval Aviation, departments [...]
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An 8-day-old newborn, in imminent danger of life, traveled aboard an aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force The urgent medical transport of an 8-day-old baby from Alghero to Genoa ended in the early afternoon of today. carried out with a Falcon 50 military transport aircraft of the 31st [...]
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The intervention was carried out in collaboration with the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps In the very early afternoon of today, a crew of the 82nd Search and Rescue Center (SAR) of the Italian Air Force took off from the military airport of Trapani to rescue of a 60-year-old man who was seriously injured during an excursion inside the […]
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A 50-year-old man, in imminent danger of his life, traveled aboard an aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force The urgent medical transport of a 50-year-old gentleman from Lamezia Terme (CZ) to Milan ended in the early afternoon of today Linate, carried out with an Air Force Falcon 900 aircraft. The patient in imminent […]
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The intervention took place late yesterday evening; the man was recovered from the ship and transported to the hospital. , intervened to recover and rescue a man of […]
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Sunday 2 April in Rome the "fencing for autism" event, the first edition of an integrated fencing competition The team competition will be held from 10 to 16 at the Urbe Airport, in the "Hangar 44" of the Air Force Sport as a tool for social inclusion and an ideal bridge between fragile subjects, their families and […]
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An Open Day different from the others at the "Girolamo Moscardini" Airport in Frosinone, headquarters of the 72nd Wing, because today, March 28, 2023, the Air Force celebrated its first 100 years of life, marking decisive milestones in history for what has now become a modern, versatile and technologically advanced armed force, considered among the best [...]
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A helicopter of the 82nd SAR Combat Center of the 15th Wing carried out the transfer of a woman from Lipari to Messina This afternoon an HH-139B helicopter of the 82nd Search and Rescue Center (SAR) of Trapani of the 15th Wing of the Air Force took off for an urgent medical transport. The intervention of the helicopter was made [...]
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Inaugurated in Piazza del Popolo, "Air Force Experience", the aeronautical village dedicated to the first 100 years of the Armed Forces. From 24 to 29 March, the exhibition will allow citizens to experience the world of aeronautics, in anticipation of the celebration of the 28th birthday on XNUMX March. The inauguration of the "Air Force Experience" was held today, the exhibition space that the Air Force [...]
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The eight commemorative stamps were presented to the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy, in the presence of the Minister Adolfo Urso and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General of the Air Force Luca Goretti Eight stamps dedicated to the Centenary of the Air Force which occurs on 28 March 2023 were issued today, Thursday 23 March, […]
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The Meteorological Service of the Air Force meets school children to address the theme of the future of Time, Climate and Water across generations Today, March 23, World Meteorological Day is celebrated and for the occasion the Air Force organized in Rome, at the CONI Hall of Honor from 16 to 17 pm, a meeting with […]
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"Air Force Experience" - Aeronautical village dedicated to the first 100 years of life of the Armed Forces. The exhibition will allow citizens to experience the world of the Air Force, in anticipation of the celebration of the 28th birthday on 23 March. Thursday XNUMX March, at the Shrine of Flags at the Altare della Patria, the traveling exhibition "One hundred years of the Air Force" "Air [...]
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The military ceremony will be held from 11 on the Pincio Terrace, in the presence of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella The splendid setting of the Pincio Terrace, in Rome, will host the military ceremony on Tuesday 28 March for the celebration of the centenary of the establishment Military Aeronautics, which took place on 28 March 1923. The event will [...]
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A 7-day-old baby girl, in imminent danger of her life, traveled in a thermal cradle on board a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force. The emergency medical transport of a baby girl ended in the early afternoon of 7 days from Cagliari to Ciampino, carried out with a transport aircraft […]
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The very small patient was transported from Cagliari to Rome with a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Wing. In the late afternoon of today, a child of just one day of life in imminent danger of life, was urgently transported from Cagliari airport Elmas in Rome, aboard a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st [...]
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The Global Combat Air Program's (GCAP) ISANKE & Integrated Sensing and Non-Kinetic Effects & Integrated Communications Systems (ICS) domain brings together defense electronics excellence from three nations. At the ongoing DSEI Japan exhibition in Tokyo, leading defense electronics companies from Japan, the United Kingdom and Italy announced […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The defense chiefs of Great Britain and Italy will visit Japan this week to hold meetings with their local counterparts, Japanese defense minister Yasukazu Hamada said yesterday. A trilateral meeting with the British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and the Minister of Defense is scheduled for Thursday [...]
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The first 3 specialty instructors of the Italian Army were trained for subsequent employment in the Frosinone Flight School on RH206C helicopters. In recent days, at the 72 ° Stormo of Frosinone, the delivery ceremony of the PIT (Pilot Instructor Training) certificates was held in favor of 3 flight instructor pilots and [...]
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The funeral rite was officiated by SER Monsignor Santo Marcianò, Military Ordinary for Italy, in the presence of the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto and numerous military, civil and religious authorities. As a sign of profound respect, mourning and closeness to the families of two Officers, today the Flags of all the Air Force bases have been [...]
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In a note, the Air Force General Staff announced that following the accident that occurred in the late morning, Lieutenant Colonel Cipriano Giuseppe and Major Meneghello Marco, both in service at the 60th Stormo of the Air Force, lost their lives. based in Guidonia (RM). The news was communicated to the families of the two officers, [...]
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The South China Morning Post reported the result of an astonishing AI test in an attempt to simulate a hypersonic air battle, offering innovative tactics to win air combat at the speed of Mach 11. To defeat the enemy in air combat, the hypersonic aircraft should move forward and launch missiles backwards, according to the simulation [...]
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A 6-year-old girl was urgently transported from Alghero to Genoa with a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force for immediate hospitalization at the Gaslini hospital In the early afternoon of today, Monday 27 February, the transport took place emergency medical from Alghero to Genoa, with a Falcon 50 transport aircraft of [...]
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A seven-year-old boy, in imminent danger of his life, traveled aboard the Air Force aircraft inside an ambulance assisted by a team of the "Bambino Gesù": he will be treated thanks to a cooperation program between the Center national national and Greek transplants The transport [...]
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A 3-day-old newborn, in imminent danger of life, traveled inside an ambulance loaded directly on board the aircraft of the 46th Air Force Brigade The emergency medical transport of a 3-day-old baby from Reggio Calabria to Ciampino, carried out with [...]
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The little girl was transported from Naples to Genoa with a Falcon 50 jet of the 31st Wing in Genoa, on board a Falcon 1 aircraft of the 50st Wing of the Italian Air Force. The […]
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It is the first appointment in the context of the celebrations of the Centenary of the establishment of the Armed Forces, which will take place on 28 March 2023 Tomorrow, Wednesday 15 February, at the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, in Florence, the first of the official events organized for celebrate the centenary of the establishment of the Air Force, which will occur on March 28 [...]
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Protected by the thermal cradle, it was transferred with an Air Force Falcon 50 that took off from the 31st Wing at Ciampino The life-saving flight has just ended with a 13-day-old baby on board who, in imminent danger of life, is was rushed from Cagliari to Ciampino (RM) with a Falcon aircraft [...]
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In the early afternoon of today, Thursday 9 February, the emergency medical transport from Catania to Bergamo carried out with a Falcon 900 transport aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force in favor of a seven-year-old child. The emergency flight, requested by the Prefecture of Catania, was immediately arranged and coordinated by [...]
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The medical transport was carried out with a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing of Ciampino The life-saving flight carried out by a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force has just concluded, which took off from Reggio Calabria airport and landed at Ciampino (RM) airport with a 44-year-old man on board in imminent danger of [...]
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In the early afternoon of today, Friday 3 February, the emergency medical transport from Cagliari to Venice carried out with a Falcon 900 transport aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force in favor of a man in imminent danger of life. The emergency flight, requested by the Prefecture of Cagliari, was immediately arranged and [...]
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From 25 January, the meteoam.it website and the "Meteo Aeronautica" App change their face and are renewed: real-time observations, geo-referenced maps and interactive features The Air Force, in kicking off the celebrations for its Centenary, which will officially occur on March 28, renews its meteorological information platforms. The new website www.meteoam.it […]
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In the early afternoon of today, Tuesday 17 January, the emergency medical transport, from Cagliari to Milan, carried out with a Falcon 900 transport aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force in favor of a newborn girl of just over a month and a half of life. The emergency flight, requested by the Prefecture of Cagliari, [...]
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A C-130J transport aircraft of the 46th Air Force Brigade landed at Rome-Ciampino airport today with a 4-month-old baby on board in imminent danger of life for which it was necessary transport from the military airport of Lecce-Galatina, headquarters of the 61st Wing to the Roman airport. […]
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During the holidays, the work of the Armed Forces continued both at home and abroad with over 12.000 soldiers engaged in the various operational scenarios, to protect national interests, international security and the main metropolitan areas of the country. On the national territory, as part of the "Safe Streets" operation, about 5.000 soldiers guard the streets and squares [...]
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The interception, by the Eurofighters that took off from the base of the 51st Stormo Caccia in Istrana. In the late afternoon of today, Monday 2 January, a pair of Eurofighter interceptor fighter aircraft of the Italian Air Force, on alert service, took off from the Istrana air base, home of the 51st Wing, to reach and identify a Cessna 525 civil aircraft taken off […]
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This morning at the Sacro Cuore church in Frosinone the religious ceremony of the Precept of Christmas took place organized by the 72nd Stormo of the Air Force, in its quality of military garrison command. The Holy Mass was officiated by the bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino and of Anagni-Alatri, HE Mons. Ambrogio Spreafico, in the presence of the civil and military authorities […]
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The little patient, in imminent danger of life, traveled aboard a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing The emergency medical transport from Cagliari to Genoa, carried out with a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing, ended this afternoon Wing of the Air Force in favor of a three-month-old baby. […]
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The newborn, in imminent danger of life, traveled inside a thermal cradle on board a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing. The emergency medical transport from Cagliari to Ciampino, carried out with a Falcon aircraft, ended in the evening 900 of the 31st Stormo of the Italian Air Force in favor of a newborn of little more [...]
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An evening event at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome to present the initiatives linked to the celebrations of the Centenary and to launch the charity project "A gift from Heaven for Airc" It was held today in Rome, in the evocative setting of the Auditorium Parco della Musica Music, an event to present the complete program of activities and […]
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A 14-year-old girl, in need of specialized rehabilitation following the serious injuries sustained in a bad road accident that occurred last September, was transported this morning with an Air Force Falcon900 from Catania to Milan, from where she was then transferred at the Lecco hospital. The ambulance flight, requested by the Prefecture of [...]
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Yesterday late afternoon a helicopter of the 85th CSAR Center (Combat Search And Rescue) of Pratica di Mare took off from Capodichino Airport to carry out the recovery of a passenger from the "Venezia" ferry departing from Genoa and bound for Malta Sunday 27 November, a HH139B helicopter of the 85th CSAR Center of the 15th Wing stationed [...]
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A C-130J lands on the airstrip designed and built by ENEA and the Air Force, the first on the Antarctic continent on a moraine First test landing this morning on the new Antarctic airstrip designed and built by ENEA and the Air Force, in collaboration with the Fire Brigade , thanks to a dedicated funding from the Ministry of University and Research. […]
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Joint training for personnel and 5th generation fighters of three nations The Falcon Strike international joint exercise, organized by the Air Force, began on November 14 and will end on November 25, the objective of which is to consolidate tactics, techniques and procedures in field of air defense. The military airport of Amendola, headquarters of the 32nd Stormo, [...]
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The sixth edition of the annual military-historical publicist awards took place today in the auditorium of the Palazzo Aeronautica in Viale dell'Università - Rome. The air brigadier general Giovanni Francesco Adamo, Head of the V Department of the Air Force General Staff, opening the event, explained that the unique initiative of its kind in Italy, was born by the Institute [...]
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Restored in synergy with the engine museum of the Palermo University museum system in view of the centenary of the armed force 22 completely restored historic aeronautical engines were presented today at the Historical Museum of Engines and Mechanisms of the Palermo University Museum System in view of the Centenary of the Air Force of 2023, on the basis of [...]
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Yesterday the President Chief of Petty Officers, Graduates and Troops of the Air Force, 1st Lgt. Giuseppe Giannetti, accompanied by the presidents of the SMA and the ISV, was at the 72nd Wing of Frosinone, as part of the fact-finding visits scheduled at the Armed Forces Bodies and Departments. After attending the presentation of the Department briefing, presented by [...]
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A few minutes ago a Falcon 900 military transport aircraft belonging to the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force landed on the Naples-Capodichino airport with a child of just 10 days on board in imminent danger of life. The life-saving flight was arranged, at the request of the Prefecture of Catanzaro, by the Top Situation Room of the Squad Command [...]
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1923 - 2023: 100 years of history told in an unprecedented way through an ambitious artistic project, conceived by the editorial staff of the Aeronautical Magazine in collaboration with two Italian excellences, Italdesign and Giunti Editore Through 12 tables created by Alessandro Trombin and Massimo Borrelli, designer of the team creative of Italdesign, retrace each other - in a sort [...]
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The urgent medical transport was carried out with a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Air Force Today afternoon, 7 November, a crew of a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Air Force took off from Ciampino (RM) to carry out a transport emergency health service, on the Brindisi - Bologna route, to transfer a young 21-year-old boy [...]
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The child, in danger of life from a serious heart dysfunction, traveled inside a thermal cradle aboard a Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo The emergency medical transport of a child of just one day old that he was hospitalized with a serious dysfunction [...]
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The urgent medical transport was carried out with a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force In the late morning of today, 2 November, a crew of a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force took off to carry out a emergency medical transport, on the Catania - Ciampino route, to transfer a child of [...]
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The emergency medical transport from Alghero to Genoa, carried out with a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force in favor of a newborn just seven days old, ended in the late afternoon today. The emergency flight, requested by the Prefecture of Sassari, was immediately arranged and coordinated by the Situation Room [...]
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It will be presented "One hundred years of Aeronautica Militare in comics", 12 graphic novels that talk about the Armed Force made by young authors and cartoonists. The comic series will be presented on 30 October at Lucca Comics & Games and is one of the numerous initiatives that the Air Force has organized to celebrate the now upcoming anniversary of the cent [...]
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The urgent medical transport was carried out with a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force. During the morning of today, October 25, the emergency medical transport carried out by a crew of a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force that took off on the Lamezia Terme route was completed - [...]
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The lifesaving flight carried out from Catania to Rome with a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing ended in the late evening of October 14 The emergency medical transport carried out in favor of a very small patient of only six days in imminent danger of life, from Catania [...]
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Air defense: civil aircraft loses radio contact, the Eurofighters of the Italian Air Force intervene
The interception by the Eurofighters took off from the base of the 51 ° Stormo Caccia di Istrana. In the late afternoon of yesterday, Wednesday 12 October, a pair of Eurofighter interceptor fighter aircraft of the Italian Air Force, in alarm service, took off from the Istrana air base, home of the 51st Wing, to reach and identify a civil aircraft taken off from Malta [...]
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During a solemn ceremony, the honors were conferred on the flags of war and on the staff. The event was held inside the hangar of the 60 ° Stormo di Guidonia (Rm) and was chaired by the Chief of Staff of the AM, Air Squad General Luca Goretti, in the presence of numerous civil, military and religious. It took place [...]
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The little patient, only 4 months old, embarked on a Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo was transported in the morning to the Genoa airport for the subsequent transfer to the Gaslini Hospital in the Ligurian capital. It has just ended, around 9.30 am, the mission of a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force with a [...]
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The emergency medical transport was carried out aboard an Air Force Falcon 50 initially taken off from the 31st Wing of Ciampino The life-saving flight, carried out with the Air Force Falcon 50 jet, has just ended. transported, from Catania airport to Genoa, a child of just 2 years in serious danger [...]
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The third volume of the series that celebrates the centenary of the Air Force will be presented at the XXIX Edition of Romics The "Return of the Heroes" is the title of the third volume of the comic series "100 years of Aeronautica Militare a comic", created by the Office Armed Forces Historian to pay homage to the aviators of yesterday and today [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia and Giuseppe Paccione) The Atlantic Council of NATO this morning released a statement highlighting that the accident in the Baltic took place in international waters, where there is no national jurisdiction: "Damage to the Nordstream 1 gas pipelines and Nordstream 2 in the international waters of the Baltic Sea are of deep concern. All the […]
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A weekend marked by intense operational activity for the Air Force crews. Transport, air rescue and air defense aircraft engaged On the morning of Saturday 24 September a KC767A of the 14th Wing took off from the military airport of Pratica di Mare for Pakistan, precisely to Karachi, to transport about 16 tons of material [... ]
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The Air Force, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of its foundation, has strongly promoted the production of author comics by conceiving a collection of twelve publications dedicated to compelling aeronautical-themed stories that unfold along the prestigious milestone of its hundred years , with the aim of thrilling young audiences but also everyone [...]
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In the late morning of today, an Air Force Eurofighter interceptor fighter aircraft took off from the Istrana air base, home of the 51st Wing, to reach and identify a private aircraft of German nationality, which took off from Hamburg and headed for Corsica which during the Broken had temporarily lost radio contact with the national bodies of [...]
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The National Aerobatic Team will fly over the starting grid of the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix of Italy. On Sunday 11 September, the well-established union between the world of Formula 1 and the Air Force will be renewed at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. In fact, on the occasion of the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, 9 MB-339 PAN aircraft will fly over the starting grid [...]
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A Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force took off in the middle of the night to allow for urgent hospitalization.Shortly after midnight, a Falcon 900 aircraft from the Italian Air Force landed at Ciampino airport (RM). about an hour earlier, from Lamezia Terme with a child of just 11 months on board in imminent danger [...]
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During the morning of today, 5 September, the emergency medical transport carried out by a crew of a Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force that took off on the Alghero - Genoa route to transfer a baby girl of a few months in imminent danger of life. The transport request, [...]
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On Saturday 27 August, a C-130J carried out two emergency transports for two people in danger of life, from Naples to Venice and from Cagliari to Milan Two consecutive medical transports, for people in imminent danger of life, have seen busy during the day yesterday, Saturday 27 August, a crew of the 46 ^ Air Brigade of Pisa. [...]
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Directly from the United States, the nephew of the pilot lieutenant Alberto Testa (Aquila II), the over seventy-year-old Alex Tiseo, wanted to visit the site of the plane crash near the 61st Wing of Galatina (LE) and touch the jealously guarded relics. at the "Historical Hall" of the 72nd Wing of Frosinone, where the pilot had a past [...]
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The little girl, in danger of life from respiratory failure, traveled inside an ambulance loaded directly on board a C130Jel of the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa. year from Lamezia Terme (CZ) to Ciampino (RM), carried out with a C130J aircraft […]
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Gianluca Di Feo interviewed the Chief of Staff of the Italian Defense, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone on La Repubblica, on the story of Russian submarines and ships found patrolling in our waters, in the Adriatic Sea. The Admiral wanted to point out that our Navy has always kept the ships under control and at bay [...]
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In a note, the Defense General Staff announced that, in compliance with the directive of the Minister of Defense on the "Security and Defense Strategy for the Mediterranean" issued in May 2022, it was decided to expand on the strategic, operational and tactical, of the maritime surveillance operation "Mare Safe", launched on 12 March 2015, in [...]
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The little patient, after the military aircraft landed at Ciampino airport, was urgently transferred to the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome The mission of a Falcon 13.45 of the 900st Wing of the Aeronautica Militare carrying a baby girl just 31 days old on board for which [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) A long war is expected in Ukraine despite the Russian difficulties reported by the Western media. Yet Russia is increasingly present in the Middle East, Africa (Congo) South America (Venezuela in the lead) and the Balkans, but also in Iran and India not to mention China. Western sanctions, apparently, seem not to have [...]
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The rescue of the injured person was carried out with a HH-139B helicopter of the 82 ° C / SAR Center in cooperation with a team of the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps.On the afternoon of 8 August today, a crew of the 82 ° CSAR Center ( Combat Search and Rescue - Search and Rescue) of the 15th Wing of the Air Force, stationed in Trapani, carried out [...]
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The Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, HE Msgr. Ambrogio Spreafico asked the Air Force Staff to be able to use the facilities of the 72 ° Stormo in favor of the young people of the parishes of the episcopal diocese, receiving in response the full availability of the Armed Force. The 6th edition of Grest 2022 (Summer Group) ended on Saturday 19 August 2022 [...]
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The Senate yesterday definitively approved (with 196 votes in favor, 12 against and 2 abstentions) the law revising the model of fully professional armed forces. The provision contains the extension to 2033 of the deadline for the reduction of the total staffing resources to 150.000 units and the delegation to the government for the revision [...]
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The rescue of the injured person was carried out with a HH-139B helicopter of the 82nd Center C / SAR in cooperation with a team of the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps. (Combat Search and Rescue - Search and Rescue) of the 1th Wing of the Air Force, stationed in Trapani, carried out [...]
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The resentments between Serbia and Kosovo have by no means subsided after so many years since the war of the 90s. Over the years there have been many moments of friction, but last night the situation became very tense when the Kosovo authorities closed two border crossings with Serbia due to blockades [...]
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The Falcon900 of the Air Force carried out the transport of the child, a parent and the medical team The emergency medical transport from Catania to Rome of a newborn of just 14.15 months, in imminent danger of life. The mission was carried out with a Falcon5 by a [...]
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This afternoon a helicopter from the 82 ° CSAR Center (Combat Search And Rescue) of Trapani, took off to carry out a double rescue at the Riserva dello Zingaro (TP) A crew of the 82 ° SAR Combat Center of Trapani, in readiness for alarm with HH-139B helicopter, received the mission order from the Operations Room of the Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) of the Command [...]
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This afternoon a helicopter from the 82nd CSAR (Combat Search And Rescue) Center of Trapani took off to rescue two girls at the Riserva dello Zingaro (TP) A crew of the 82nd SAR Combat Center of Trapani, in readiness alarm with HH-139B helicopter, received the mission order from the Operations Room of the Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) [...]
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The tiny patient of just one day old was transported in a thermal cradle with a Falcon 900EASY aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino The flight from Cagliari to Rome of the Falcon 900EASY aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino was concluded in the late morning to ensure emergency medical transport to [...]
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The child, positive for the virus and in danger of life from serious respiratory problems, traveled inside an ambulance loaded directly on board the aircraft of the 46th Air Force Brigade of the Italian Air Force. 'urgency of a 23.10 year old girl from Cagliari to Fiumicino (RM), [...]
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First experimental flights for an Air Force aircraft powered by a fuel mixture containing up to 25% biofuel The tests were conducted at the Aeronautical and Space Experimentation Division (DASAS) of Pratica di Mare on an AMX fighter by pilots and specialized personnel of the Air Force, belonging to the Experimental Flight Department [...]
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The agreement was signed by the Chief Executive Officer of ENAV SpA, Eng. Paolo Simioni, and by the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Air Force General Aurelio Colagrande on Monday 27 June, the Chief Executive Officer of ENAV and the Deputy Head of State Major of the Air Force met at the General Staff of the Armed Force, in Rome, to seal the renewal [...]
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The emergency medical transport from Alghero to Genoa, carried out with a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force in favor of an 8-year-old girl suffering from a serious pathology, ended yesterday evening. The emergency flight, requested by the Prefecture of Sassari, was immediately arranged and coordinated by the Hall [...]
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The 19-day-old little girl was loaded into a thermal cradle on a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing Today a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing of the Air Force carried out an emergency medical transport for a child of just nineteen days, in need of urgent specialist care, from the Policlinico Umberto I of [...]
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The man, in very serious conditions, was transported with a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino The lifesaving flight, performed by an Air Force Falcon 900, which carried a man into the night ended in the early hours of the morning in imminent danger of his life. The 43-year-old patient was admitted to the civil hospital [...]
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First at the island of Marettimo and immediately following in Erice, the rescue carried out in the province of Trapani in collaboration with the National Corps of Alpine and Speleological Rescue A rescue mission for a crew of the 82nd Combat Center has just ended. Search and Rescue (CSAR) of the Italian Air Force which took off from the military airport [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The Italian ambassador to Niger, Emilia Gatto, on the occasion of the celebrations of 2 June, the Italian Republic Day was interviewed by the most important newspaper in the African country, La Nation. As happens in Italy, on the occasion of the events commemorating the referendum of June 2, 1946, the commitment is also highlighted abroad [...]
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The tiny patient of just one day old was transported in a thermal cradle with a Falcon 900EX aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino The flight carried out by a Falcon 900EX aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino for the urgent transport of a newborn from Cagliari to Rome. The […]
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"Wild Hearts" the theme of the XXXIV edition of the Turin Book Fair: the Air Force tells stories of men, skills and courage, which represent a heritage for the entire country. It has just ended, in the late afternoon, at the International Exhibition of the Book of Turin (SalTo22) the presentation of the two main editorial projects that the Air Force has [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Until yesterday, Russia has flaunted its superiority to the world in the hypersonic armaments sector. Last month, Moscow announced that it was using Kinzhal, hypersonic ballistic missiles with nuclear or conventional capability, launched from a modified Mig-31 for the first time in Ukraine. One of the six "next generation" weapons [...]
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The intervention of a HH-139A helicopter of the 85th Combat Search & Rescue Center of the 15th Wing in collaboration with the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps An HH-139A helicopter of the 85th Combat Search & Rescue Center of the 15th Wing of the 'Air Force intervened in the middle of the night to help a boy in difficulty and in a state of hypothermia who [...]
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The development of virtuous synergies continues between articulations of the State at the service of the community Tuesday 17 May, in the Sala delle Crociere of Palazzo Aeronautica in Rome, the Commander General of the Guardia di Finanza, General of the Army Corps Giuseppe Zafarana, and the Head of State Major of the Air Force, Air Squad General Luca Goretti, have signed [...]
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In the early afternoon today, a crew of the 82nd Combat Search and Rescue Center (CSAR) of the Italian Air Force took off from the Trapani military airport to help a 63-year-old man seriously injured during an excursion to the inside the Zingaro nature reserve. The Air Force crew, on national SAR readiness service with the HH-139B helicopter, [...]
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The open sea exercise 3 (MA22), the largest training event of the Italian Navy, began in the Mediterranean on 22 May. In the next three weeks, more than 4.000 women and men from 7 NATO nations and over 65 ships, submarines, aircraft and helicopters, will operate between the Adriatic, the Ionian, the Tyrrhenian and the Channel [...]
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At the beginning of May, the Task Group Air Sahel was set up as part of Misin, a bilateral support mission in the Republic of Niger. The Task Group, directly reporting to the Commander of MISIN, Air Brigade General, Davide Cipelletti, will allow the mission to expand its operational and logistical capabilities in the Sahel. The […]
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Changeover to the Command of the Air Task Force at the ceremony. General Figliuolo met the military personnel of the NATO mission of enhanced Vigilance Activity On May 5, at the Mihail Kogălniceanu airport in Constanta - Romania, the changeover to the command of the TFA "Black Storm" took place, engaged in the framework of the NATO mission of enhanced Vigilance Activity (eVA). The ceremony took place [...]
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32 students of the "Giulio Douhet" Military Aeronautical School swore allegiance to the Italian Republic at the flag square of the Institute of Military Aeronautical Sciences In the presence of the Minister of Defense, Hon. Lorenzo Guerini, the 32 students of the 1st Course of the Aeronautical Military School "Giulio Douhet" of Florence have sworn allegiance to the Italian Republic and the institutions, pledging to honor [...]
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The National Aerobatic Team will roll out the longest Tricolor in the world on the starting grid. Emilia Romagna". The National Aerobatic Team, with its 24 MB 1 PAN aircraft, [...]
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With the "Bolidi & Nuvolette" event, an illustrated author's book and a board game commemorating the Schneider Cup and the series "100 years of Aeronautica Militare cometti" will be presented. From 22 to 25 April, for the entire duration of the XXII International Exhibition del Comics in Naples (COMICON), for the first time the Air Force will be present at the [...]
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In the middle of the night, a crew of the 82 ° CSAR (Combat Search And Rescue) Center of the 15 ° Stormo, based in Trapani, intervened to transport a one-day old baby from the "Riuniti Bianchi-Melacrino" hospital in Reggio Calabria to the San Vincenzo Hospital in Taormina (ME) to allow him to benefit from the necessary care following a [...]
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The solemn oath, sealed by the traditional passage of the Frecce Tricolori, took place in the presence of the Undersecretary of State for Defense, Hon. Giorgio Mulè Today, Wednesday 13 April, the Oath and Baptism Ceremony took place at the Air Force Academy of Pozzuoli of the students of the 1st class of the Institute's Regular Courses, the Centauro VI Course. [...]
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6-month-old baby in imminent danger of life was transferred urgently aboard a Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo di Ciampino The flight of the Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force has just ended, which transported a very small patient of just six months in imminent danger of life. The […]
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Presented today at the 28th edition of Romics, the comic series "100AM" The comic series "Centenario Aeronautica Militare", created by the Historical Office of the Air Force to pay homage to the aviators of yesterday and today in view of the centenary of the Force Armata, was presented today at the 28th edition of Romics - International festival of comics, animation, cinema [...]
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The editorial project will be presented at the 28th edition of Romics, on April 10, 2022 The comic series "Centenario Aeronautica Militare", created by the Historical Office of the Air Force to pay homage to the aviators of yesterday and today in view of the centenary of the Force Armata, will be presented on Sunday 10 April 2022 at the 28th edition of Romics - [...]
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The intervention, in a particularly inaccessible and dense area of vegetation, was possible thanks to the use by the crew of special night vision goggles In the middle of the night, a woman of about seventy years, with fractures to a limb and in of initial hypothermia, was recovered by an HH-139B helicopter of the Italian Air Force inside a [...]
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According to Interfax reports, Moscow warns that it has used "another hypersonic missile against Ukrainian military targets". While 'The Kyiv independence' accuses the Russian military forces of having transferred "thousands of Ukrainian civilians" to "camps" where their cell phones and documents are "checked" and then "deported to remote cities of Russia". But on Telegram, the authorities [...]
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A covert program run by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which began shortly after the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014, is said to be helping Ukrainians repel the Russian military advance. According to Yahoo News, the CIA began training Ukrainian special forces personnel, starting in 2015, when the Kremlin took away Crimea [...]
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On Cusano Tv to 'The Entrepreneur and the Others', General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and today president of the Eurispes Security Observatory, treated the question of the war in Ukraine with disarming lucidity, giving a most studied version of the global situation. An analysis that differs from that written on [...]
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The donation of medical materials and technical devices to carry out the reclamation service of the areas considered to be at high risk took place on 11 March at the Ministry of Public Health and Social Affairs of Niamey, at the end of a Civil-Military Cooperation project. (CIMIC), aimed at supporting the public health sector [...]
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One month old girl urgently transported from Brindisi to Rome with a flight by the Italian Air Force
The child in imminent danger of life traveled in a thermal cradle inside an ambulance loaded directly on board the C-130J of the 46th Air Brigade A C-130J of the 46th Air Brigade landed at Rome Ciampino airport during the night of the Air Force with a one month old baby on board for the [...]
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On the occasion of the centenary of the establishment of the Regia Aeronautica as an independent Armed Force, which took place on March 28, 1923, the Air Force Staff intended to enrich an already large editorial production through further publications aimed at deepening the numerous issues relating to the history of flight. The goal is to tell who we have been, for [...]
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An Air Force Falcon 900 has been activated to urgently transport a woman in the 25th week of pregnancy in imminent danger of life The emergency medical transport from Alghero to Pescara on board a Falcon 900 aircraft of 31 has just ended ° Stormo di Ciampino in favor of a woman of [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) International analysts argue that Putin's strategy, on a global level, is to acquire extended spheres of influence in various parts of the world, through the establishment of "puppet" governments prone to the will of the Kremlin. After applying this new doctrine to several African countries, it is now the turn of Ukraine, where the modern czar of [...]
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SATER 1-22, a joint and inter-agency exercise organized annually by the Air Force The mountain area of Mugello will host the "SATER 14-16" between 1 and 22 March next, an important exercise by the Armed Forces with the aim to train military crews of the Defense and other institutional realities in the field of Search and Rescue. The [...]
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The Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness Department (DAAA) has given the green light in recent days to the contract for the technical-logistical support of the C-130J fleet of the Italian Air Force. The agreement, lasting 5 years and worth a total of 380 million euros, was signed on January 28 between the Air Force and the Group [...]
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In the presence of the Commander of the Bilateral Support Mission in Niger (MISIN), Pilot Colonel of the Air Force Davide Cipelletti and the Nigerian military authorities, the final exercise and the ceremony for the conclusion of the combat techniques course in favor of the National Gendarmerie of the Republic of Niger. The news was reported on all [...]
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The little patient, accompanied by her mother and a medical team, was transported urgently with an Air Force Falcon 900 aircraft that took off from Ciampino In the late evening, around 22:20 pm, an aircraft belonging to the 31st Wing of the Aeronautica Militare took off from Galatina (LE) to Ciampino (RM) to urgently transport a 10-year-old girl, imminent [...]
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A 6-year-old child was rushed aboard a Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo di Ciampino The flight of the Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force has just ended, which transported a 6-year-old child to imminent danger of life. The transport, which took place with the utmost urgency [...]
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France and its European partners operating in Mali have announced the coordinated withdrawal from the country, where they are present with Operation Barkhane and the European special forces Takuba. "The political, operational and legal conditions are no longer satisfied" and the countries, according to a joint statement, have decided "coordinated withdrawal" from the country [...]
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Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, in a hearing in the Defense Committees of the Chamber and Senate, on 8 February last reported on the crisis in Ukraine: "Italy could send up to two thousand soldiers, but further activities will obviously be subjected to parliamentary confrontation," together with any further moments of discussion in relation to the evolution of the crisis ". To […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The invasion of Georgia in 2008, the annexation of Crimea in 2014, the "peace" interventions in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2021 and in Kazakhstan in January of this year, the intervention in Syria in 2015 in support of Bashar Assad, in Libya in 2017 to protect Khalifa Haftar and the Wagner mercenaries scattered from Cyrenaica [...]
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The rescue of the two hikers took place in collaboration with the technicians of the National Corps of Alpine and Speleological Rescue and the National Fire Brigade A helicopter HH-139B from the 83rd Combat Search & Rescue Center of the 15th Wing of the Italian Air Force intervened yesterday evening, Thursday 10 February, for search and rescue [...]
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General Precious: "Africa, a bedrock of instability"
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(by Andrea Pinto) Last week, French Defense Minister Florence Parly said during a radio interview that France is not forced to maintain its military presence in Mali at all costs. Open sources say that the transalpine government's decision to withdraw from Mali could be taken as early as the next two weeks. [...]
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The child traveled in a special isolation stretcher with her mother, who was also positive for the virus, assisted by a medical bio-containment team from the Air Force. A few minutes ago, a C-130J of the Italian Air Force landed on the Brescia Montichiari airport with a baby girl of just six months on board, positive for Covid and in need [...]
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In the Sahel, Italy looks to Niger as a strategic partner, a stable and resource-rich country that also offers excellent investment opportunities and profitable partnerships between private and public sectors, as long as it “arrives on time”. Thus the ambassador of Italy to Niamey, Emilia Gatto, presents the African country to Italian companies, in an interview with AGI. "Italy is among those [...]
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The child, positive for the virus and in danger of life from serious respiratory problems, traveled inside an ambulance loaded directly on board the aircraft of the 46th Air Brigade A C-130J of the 'Air Force with a two-year-old girl on board, positive for Covid [...]
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"France cannot maintain a military presence in Mali at all costs". This was said by the French Defense Minister, Florence Parly, during a radio interview. "What we want is to be able to continue the fight against terrorism because this is not the end of the fight, terrorism is also conquering the border states of Mali", [...]
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The Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo landed a little while ago in Genoa where the tiny patient was able to complete the transfer to the "Giannina Gaslini" pediatric hospital. A little girl of only 3 months old, suffering from serious heart problems and in imminent danger of life, in the early afternoon of today it was urgently transported [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) In the middle of the Mediterranean on November 21st our Armed Forces participated in an important and exclusive exercise, reserved only for those who are now able to integrate their capabilities, thanks to modern weapon systems and fully interoperable. The aircraft carrier of the British Navy Queen Elizabeth and the [...]
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Winds of war are in the air in Eastern Europe with Washington and Moscow tightening up their positions by the hour. "Russia cannot ignore the activity of NATO and the risk that the Ukrainian armed forces will stage provocations in the Donbass is now higher", thundered Vladimir Putin's spokesman, [...]
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El Pais revealed the sanctions that European countries would be discussing in the event of an invasion of Ukraine by Moscow. The plan will be dealt with in full tomorrow in Brussels at the meeting of EU foreign ministers. We are talking about the complete closure of European capital markets for Russian companies and financial institutions, and [...]
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The Gao Advanced Operations Base in Mali was hit by mortar fire from forces hostile to the French-led international coalition, which operates in the Sahel as part of Operation Barkhane. , there are no Italian injuries and the staff are safe. The soldiers of [...]
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The intervention of a HH-139A helicopter of the 85th Combat Search & Rescue Center of the 15th Wing in collaboration with the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps of Umbria An HH-139A helicopter of the 85th Combat Search & Rescue Center of the 15th Wing of the Air Force intervened yesterday evening, Wednesday 19 January, to rescue a lumberjack who was injured in an area [...]
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On 14 January, as reported on the twitter profile of the Italian Embassy in Niger, our country, in the presence of local authorities, donated, through the military mission MISIN, 1000 surgical kits to the maternity ward of the Issaka Gazobi hospital in Niamey . The surgical devices will serve as an aid to the ward's health staff to ensure a better [...]
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The medical transport in favor of a small patient of only 31 days was carried out by a Falcon 900 aircraft of the Italian Air Force. The emergency medical transport from Naples to Genoa was concluded in the afternoon, carried out with a Falcon 900 aircraft of the Italian Air Force in favor of a 31-day-old baby, in imminent danger [...]
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In Israel, Arab-Israelis can also not enlist while the rest of the population has the obligation of conscription for 30 months. A relatively long period where all young people actively participate in what is believed to be the most important service for the nation. A fundamental role in the armed forces of Tel Aviv has [...]
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The life-saving flight from Alghero to Pescara is the fourth carried out by the Italian Air Force in the last 48 hours The emergency medical transport from Alghero to Pescara on board a Falcon 18 aircraft of the 50st Wing of the Italian Air Force ended just before 31pm in favor of a pregnant woman hospitalized at the Company [...]
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It is the third life-saving flight carried out in the last 24 hours by the Italian Air Force The medical transport of a man in imminent danger of life was concluded in the afternoon, who was transported from the military airport of Galatina (LE) to that of Tessera (VE) with a C-130J aircraft of the 46th Air Brigade. [...]
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The little patient was admitted to the "Bambino Gesù" Hospital A Falcon 50 from the 31st Wing of the Air Force carried out today, the last day of the year, a humanitarian transport mission from abroad in favor of an Italian child of 5 years old, suffering from a serious pathology that led to the need for urgent dedicated transport. The […]
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Our country is present in Africa with the "Bilateral Support Mission in the Republic of Niger - MISIN" (with the geographical area of intervention also extended to Mauritania, Nigeria and Benin) in order to increase the capacity to combat the phenomenon of illegal trafficking and security threats, as part of a joint European and US effort [...]
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The Air Force Staff, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Arma Azzurra, which will fall in 2023, wanted to create, for all the passionate public of comic strips, a comic series consisting of 12 volumes, dedicated to different characters or particular episodes that have characterized the glorious history of the Air Force. It is in this [...]
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The emergency medical transport in favor of a 3-month-old girl, in imminent danger of life, was carried out on board a Falcon 900 of the Italian Air Force A Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force has just completed a mission of emergency medical transport in favor of a small patient of only 3 months [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Hypersonic technology, missiles and aircraft that can travel at a speed between 5.000 and 25.000 km per hour (between 5 and 25 Mach). The thermal effects, typical of hypersonic speeds, impose on these vectors aerodynamic arrangements such as to create strong shock waves in the atmosphere on which, thanks to the upward thrust, they glide for [...]
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The emergency medical transport in favor of a young patient, in imminent danger of life, was carried out on board a Falcon 900 of the Italian Air Force The mission of a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force has just ended carrying on board a small 10-year-old patient for whom [...]
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On 17 December, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 63rd anniversary of the birth of the Federal Republic of Niger, President Mohamed Bazoum gave a long speech to the nation, highlighting the economic efforts to fight the pandemic and the scourge of terrorism. For the first time, Italy was counted among the contributing countries [...]
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A Falcon 50 aircraft of the Italian Air Force took off from the 31st Wing of Ciampino carried out the emergency medical transport The emergency medical transport carried out by a Falcon 17 of the 00st Wing of the Air Force ended around 50:31 Military man who flew from the military airport of Gioia del Colle (BA) to that of Linate (MI) with [...]
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A senior US government official told Reuters that US and Israeli defense chiefs are discussing possible joint military exercises in preparation for an attack aimed at destroying Iranian nuclear facilities. The talks scheduled in the United States with the Israeli Defense Minister, Benny Gantz, follow a briefing [...]
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The medical transport was carried out with a Falcon 900 aircraft belonging to the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force In the middle of last night, the Falcon 900 of the Air Force landed at the Ciampino (RM) military airport and took off from Lamezia Terme with a baby girl on board. in need of urgent life-saving care. The medical flight was ordered, [...]
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In a press release, the Defense General Staff announced that the “Aquila Omnia-Bis” operation has started. The objective of the operation is the transfer to Italy of about 500 people, including former Defense collaborators and their respective families, who are currently in the neighboring countries of Afghanistan or who are in possession of the necessary documentation [...]
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The British newspaper The Sun revealed the mystery about the crashed F-35B just after taking off from the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. ascertained that the rain cover has not been removed, as expected before take-off. The plane was [...]
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The first of a series of meetings aimed at raising awareness of the history and role of the Armed Force was held in Lecce. The initiative is part of the preparatory activities for the celebrations for the Centenary of the Arma Azzurra. The conference hall of the "Ecotekne" university campus in Lecce hosted, on the morning of November 25, the conference "Why [...]
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The little patient was transported from Cagliari to Rome aboard a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino The air rescue carried out with the Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino for the urgent transport from Cagliari in Rome of a newborn of [...]
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(by Mario Galati) On the deck of the porti Cavour the day before yesterday were present the Chief of Staff of Defense, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Admiral Enrico Credendino, the Chief of Staff of the Aeronautics, Air Squad General Luca Goretti and the operational commanders of the Navy and Air Force. [...]
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The day before yesterday, November 17, an F-35B of the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth crashed in the Mediterranean, in international waters. Thus, in a note from Her Majesty's Ministry of Defense: “A British pilot of HMS Queen Elizabeth F-35B was ejected during routine flight operations in the Mediterranean this morning. The pilot is [...]
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Commemorative day for the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa, for the 60th anniversary of the Kindu massacre, a town in the Congo where on 11 November 1961 the killing of thirteen aviators of the then 46th Aerobrigata, on a peace mission on behalf of the UN, took place . The Military Ordinary HE Monsignor Santo Marcianò celebrated a Mass of suffrage in the presence of the Head of State [...]
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The Meteorological Service of the Air Force attributes the name "Apollo" to the cyclonic perturbation that is affecting the southern Ionian regions, in particular Sicily, and which has undergone a new intensification in these last hours, thus identifying the meteorological event with this name on all the graphic and textual production related to the topic. The disturbance, which originated on [...]
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The Air Squad General Luca Goretti takes over the leadership of the Air Force in place of the Air Squad General Alberto Rosso The ceremony of rotation at the top of the Air Force between the Air Squad General Alberto Rosso and the Air Squad General Luca Goretti has took place this morning at the Ciampino military airport [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The Pentagon is concentrating a large part of the resources allocated to Defense to the development of hypersonic weapons to maintain and strengthen leadership in the new global strategic sector. The main objective is to counter China and Russia which, very quickly, are acquiring new capabilities to develop their own versions. The day before yesterday, the Department [...]
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The little patient of only one day of life boarded on a Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo arrived in the evening at Rome Ciampino airport The mission of a Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force has just ended with on board a very small patient of just one day to live for [...]
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A Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo carried out the emergency medical transport in the middle of the night The Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force landed at the Genoa airport in the middle of the night with a newborn girl of just two on board days of life for which the medical transport of [...] was necessary
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The Unity23 mission will be carried out in 2022 following the completion of technical checks and aircraft upgrades for Virgin Galactic's suborbital flight As announced by Virgin Galactic, the "Unity 23" mission - the 23rd flight of the VSS Unity space plane - will be rescheduled in course of 2022, after the completion of a series [...]
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The baby was immediately transferred to the "Giannina Gaslini" Pediatric Hospital. An urgent medical flight of a C-15J of the 30 ^ Air Brigade of the Italian Air Force ended at 130:46 today, which it transported from the airport of Cagliari to that of Genoa a child of only two weeks in imminent danger of life. The request of [...]
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Gen. Rosso: "Today's Air Force is the result of the work and investment made by yesterday's Air Force" Aircraft and helicopters in "operational configuration" to show, in 12 shots, the most modern and technological face of the Air Force Military, accompanied by as many historical images of aircraft that preceded the birth of the AM, in a singular evolutionary interpretation of the vehicle [...]
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The one-day-old baby was transported in a thermal cradle with the Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino The air rescue carried out with the Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino for the urgent transport of a newborn from Alghero, Sardinia, to Rome. The small, […]
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Organized by the Italian Air Force with the support of the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps, the GRIFONE 21 exercise involved means and men of Defense, Corps and State Administrations. The "Grifone 2021" exercise ended today in Sardinia, after a busy week of activity. Organized by the Air Force, it represents a collective and coordinated effort [...]
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The newborn child was embarked in a thermal cradle on a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing On the first morning of Sunday 19 September, a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force carried out an emergency medical transport for a child of just one day, in need of urgent specialist care, from the Polyclinic of [...]
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The child was immediately transferred to the "Giannina Gaslini" Pediatric Hospital. An urgent medical flight on board a C-14J of the 00th Air Force Brigade ended shortly after 17:130 today, Friday 46 September. Military, who transported a nine-year-old boy from Lamezia Terme airport to Genoa in [...]
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The baby, embarked with his mother, on a Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo, arrived in the early afternoon at the Genoa airport, for the subsequent transfer to the Gaslini pediatric hospital. A Falcon landed in the afternoon, at the Genoa airport. 50 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force with a forty-five-day-old child on board for which [...]
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A KC-767A transport aircraft of the 14 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force took off on the morning of Sunday 12 September from the military airport of Pratica di Mare (RM) to Port-au-Prince (Haiti), to support the population affected by the earthquake and tropical storm that hit the island a few weeks ago. The plane, a strategic transport aircraft [...]
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Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, on a visit to London, met with UK Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace. The meeting, after the one that took place on 11 June last aboard the Nave Cavour of our Navy, allowed the two defense chiefs to discuss the international situation "at 360 degrees" [...]
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The overflight of the National Aerobatic Team on the Monza racetrack will be carried out one week before the celebrations for the 60th Anniversary of the Frecce Tricolori. The now historic union between Formula 1 and the Air Force in Monza is renewed again this year. On Sunday 12 September, in fact, the 9 MB-339PAN aircraft of the main formation of the Frecce Tricolori will fly over the [...]
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In the middle of the night a crew of the 82 ° CSAR Center (Combat Search And Rescue) of Trapani, intervened to transport a team of Firefighters to Pantelleria to be able to rescue the population hit yesterday afternoon by a sudden and violent trumpet of 'air. The crew, in alertness with the HH-139B helicopter, received, following [...]
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On the occasion of the centenary of the Italian Air Force, the engines of the aircraft that made it possible to obtain speed records and Atlantic cruising will be back in operation after 90 years. On the occasion of the XNUMXth anniversary of the Air Force, the Armed Force and the Cultural Association in Ancient Mechanics "Il Magnete" have started a collaboration to restart the historic engines [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Turkey and Qatar today have become the referents of the Western world in Afghanistan, their diplomatic and intelligence network is growing day by day within the country. Main objective: to counter, as far as possible, competition from China and Russia, the only countries, together with Pakistan, which have kept open the [...]
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The emergency medical transport from Alghero to Pisa, carried out with a Falcon 21 aircraft of the Air Force, of a pregnant woman ended shortly after 50 yesterday. The patient, hospitalized at the Santissima Annunziata Civil Hospital in Sassari, needed to be transferred with extreme urgency to the “G. Pasquinucci "of [...]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa - President of the Security Observatory - EURISPES) Overall, the Costs of War Project has estimated that 241 thousand people died as a result of the war in Afghanistan. Among them, over 2.400 members of the US armed forces and at least 71 civilians, as well as 78.000 Afghan soldiers and policemen and 84 fighters from insurgent groups. [...]
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The first Italian scientific suborbital mission will be presented in Rome on Thursday in Rome at the headquarters of the Air Force General Staff. Sixty years after the first suborbital flight carried out by the Mercury capsule, the joint initiative between [...]
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The last flight of the Italian Air Force for the humanitarian airlift between Afghanistan and Italy landed at Fiumicino airport, carrying 110 people, including 58 Afghans. Also on board the ambassador Pontecorvo, the consul Claudi and the carabinieri of Tuscania. Pontecorvo explained that 120 thousand people were taken away from the town and, now that [...]
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“In just 14 days and under difficult conditions, we evacuated and rescued 4.890 Afghan citizens, including many women and children. We did our best, in the afternoon the last C130 also left with the Italian soldiers who were involved in this operation, the Joint Evacuation Task Force, on board. With today ends [...]
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The pilot carried out, as required by the operating procedures, an evasive maneuver to protect the aircraft and passengers. No injuries and no damage reported by the aircraft. In a note, the General Staff specified that with regard to what was reported by the press about the event that involved after take-off from [...]
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The difficult day in Kabul was marked by a series of explosions. The first at one of the airport gates where Afghan civilians are crowded, reported by CNN. It would be a suicide attack that resulted in the wounding of some civilians and numerous victims. Although the budget will tend to increase, at [...]
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The Operational Command of the Joint Defense Force Summit is coordinating the phases of the Aquila Omina operation, to bring the Italian personnel and Afghan collaborators back to Italy (to date over 2000 have been transported). In all there are 8 aircraft of the Italian Air Force engaged in this difficult mission which since last August 15 have formed the backbone [...]
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In an era where computer violations and data thefts become more and more frequent and risk immobilizing the economic and social functions of a state, our country has equipped itself with a National Cybersecurity Agency, with the aim of protecting national interests. in the field of cybersecurity and [...]
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Last night the first flight of the Air Force departed from Kabul, thus starting the evacuation plan developed by the Defense in the context of the operation called “Aquila Omnia”. "That party is the first of the flights that will continue to take off from Kabul in the coming days for the repatriation of our compatriots and Afghan collaborators". It [...]
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Today 15 August 2021, on a day of celebration and rest for the Italians, our soldiers of the COVI (Operational Command of Vertice Interforze), appropriately supported by elements of the Army, will reach the Afghan capital aboard a KC767 of the Air Force and will have the task of directing and coordinating the return to the homeland of [...]
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LAST HOUR. The Taliban are entering Kabul from all fronts, the Afghan interior ministry reports directly. Shots are heard in the streets of the city, but there is no fighting. The militiamen launched the decisive attack: the prison was attacked and thousands of prisoners were released. According to some sources, he specifies [...]
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An eighty-year-old, in very serious condition due to extensive burns, was transported aboard a Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo di Ciampino on the evening of Saturday 14 August. An 14-year-old man was transported in emergency on the evening of Saturday 82 August, 50% of whom suffered severe burns [...]
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The woman, in very serious conditions, was transported with a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino The emergency flight of a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing of Ciampino (Rome) which carried during the night ended in the early hours of the morning a woman in very serious condition. The patient, aged 28, hospitalized with [...]
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The patient embarked on a 50 ° Stormo Falcon 31 arrived late in the evening at Ciampino airport for subsequent transfer to the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome The mission of a 50 ° Falcon 31 ended late yesterday evening. Flock of the Air Force carrying a small patient of 5 [...]
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The woman, accompanied by a medical team, was transported with a Falcon 50 aircraft of the Italian Air Force In the early afternoon a woman, in imminent danger of life, was urgently transported from Pescara to Pisa aboard a Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force. The patient, accompanied by a team of specialized health personnel, is [...]
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The Spanish newspaper EL Pais reported the news of two Russian aircraft that flew in the skies of Lithuania, not far from the NATO air base in Šiauliai. By coincidence, the joint press conference between Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was taking place at that moment. The conference […]
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The mission was carried out with a HH-139B helicopter in cooperation with a team of the National Alpine Rescue and Speleological Corps At 14.20 yesterday, a crew of the 82 ° CSAR (Combat Search And Rescue) Center of the Italian Air Force based in Trapani took off for a rescue mission with HH-139B helicopter to retrieve a man who was caught [...]
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A Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing of the Air Force landed in the middle of the night on the Roman military airport of Ciampino with a newborn baby on board of very few hours of life for which emergency medical transport from the Hospital was necessary. University of Cagliari at the Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital in Rome. The life-saving flight, [...]
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The little patient embarked on a Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo arrived in the late evening at Linate airport for the subsequent transfer to the San Donato Hospital The mission of a Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo dell 'ended late yesterday evening. 'Air Force with on board a very small patient of 2 days for [...]
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Who controls the Italian airspace? Who intervenes where the measures envisaged by international air traffic regulations have been violated? Not everyone knows that the sky above our heads is controlled for all 24 hours and 365 days a year by the Air Force. There is not even a second a day [...]
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Aircraft and personnel from four nations train together to improve integration and standardization Continuous, from the Amendola air base, home of the 32 ° Stormo, the multinational air exercise 'Falcon Strike 2021', one of the most important training events of the year organized by the 'Air Force to promote standardization between air forces of different nations in terms of training methodologies [...]
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The multinational air exercise 'Falcon Strike 32' kicks off in Amendola in the province of Foggia, home to the 2021 ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare. Until June 15, over 50 aircraft will be engaged for the impressive aerial exercise, including fighters, transport and refueling aircraft in flight and other support assets. For the first time in Europe, as part of [...]
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Islam, Islam, jihadism and many others are the terms that identify a global ideological-religious movement that in some extremist derivations has sworn death to the Western world inhabited by so-called infidels. A careful examination of Islam was made by General Pasquale Preziosa on the Eurispes website, an analysis that of the former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and [...]
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A UN report on the civil war in Libya revealed that drones and artificial intelligence were used to track down and kill opponents. In these operations, the militias fighting General Haftar's troops would use Turkish drones equipped with artificial intelligence, including facial recognition technology. They launched drones like [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The US-China competition is global and every day reveals a strategic novelty in the different environments of confrontation, from the space to the economic one, from the geopolitical to the military positioning. In these days, writes The Times, the first images of a Chinese bomber have emerged, invisible to radar and capable [...]
Read MoreThe Air Force Academy of Pozzuoli was the chosen venue to present the best practices and results of the project "Technology and training: the contribution of the Air Force for the protection of the environment and human health" on Monday 24 May. . The event, which is part of a series of extra-curricular training courses on topics [...]
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(by Mario Galati) In this month the bill S n. 650. on “Reorganization of the heads of the Ministry of Defense and related structures. Delegations to the Government for the revision of the operational model of the Armed Forces, in relation to the personnel of the Armed Forces, as well as for [...]
Read MoreTwo hundred soldiers, 20 land vehicles, 6 helicopters (four Mangusta). Italy is thus ready to strengthen its presence in the Sahel, fully joining the Takuba Task Force, which will be operational by the summer. The mission will be to support local security forces in contrasting the growing jihadist phenomena in the area between [...]
Read MoreThe flight of the Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force took place this morning, transporting a 35-year-old woman in imminent danger of life from Cagliari to Milan. The Falcon 50, one of the assets always ready every day and at any time for urgent medical transport, took off from Ciampino airport [...]
Read MoreThe fourteen-year-old in imminent danger of life was hospitalized at the Gaslini Pediatric Hospital in Genoa Yesterday evening the mission of the Falcon 50 of the 31st Wing of the Air Force which transported from Alghero airport to Genoa took place a 14-year-old boy in imminent danger of his life. The request […]
Read MoreTo celebrate its first 90 years, the Air Force, among the various initiatives to enhance the historic Palazzo di Forza Armata, wanted to dedicate an exhibition to the artist Marcello Dudovich (1878-1962). There will be 200 works by the artist from Trieste that can be admired for free from 8 May to 11 July on weekends and public holidays from eight to [...]
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Among the global challenges is that of domination in the missile field, a new strategic challenge that places the parties in strong competition to achieve world primacy. To clarify our ideas, an unpublished analysis, published on formiche.net made by General Pasquale PREZIOSA, today president of the Eurispes Security Observatory, former head of state [...]
Read MoreThe medical transport in favor of a woman suffering from COVID-3 took place yesterday, Monday 19 May, who was transported from Cagliari to Bologna aboard a C-27J aircraft of the 46th Air Force Brigade of Pisa of the Italian Air Force. The transport in high biocontainment was requested by the General Directorate of Civil Protection Sardinia [...]
Read MoreTransported from Sardinia with a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Wing, the little boy was hospitalized at the Gaslini Hospital in Genoa. 'inside a thermal cradle, a newborn of just four days in imminent danger [...]
Read MoreThe two PVDs of the Italian Air Force are part of the EOS operation, commissioned by the Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini and directed by the Operational Command of the Joint Forces Summit to combat the spread of Covid-19. A new Vaccinal Defense Presidium (PVD) has been operational since yesterday morning in Milan, at the Command of the 1st Air Region of the Italian Air Force, within [...]
Read More(by Mario Galati) I often read in national newspapers colleagues who improvise themselves as military analysts and even more as experts in budgeting and military programs by writing about billions of euros spent on defense vehicles and infrastructures rather than building bridges and schools. Too much demagogy abused for a context, that of Defense, which deserves greater [...]
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Surprise visit yesterday to Kabul by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the day after Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by 11 September. An inevitable decision for the American president, but probably made not without some stomach ache within his administration. According to some sources close to the House [...]
Read MoreA supersonic presidential aircraft, capable of flying over 2.200 kilometers per hour, with futuristic technology and futuristic design. A Californian startup, Exosonic, is working on it, to which the US Air Force - the USAF - has entrusted the project to develop the Air Force One of the future. The images of the prototype of the new supersonic jet, [...]
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In the early afternoon a C130J of the 46th Air Brigade and two interceptor fighters of the 51st Wing of Istrana (TV) respectively complete an ambulance flight for a very small patient of 5 months and an interception over the skies of Bolzano. On the eve of Easter, a C130J of the 46th Air Brigade of the Italian Air Force transported a very small [...]
Read MoreLeonardo and CAE announce the birth of "Leonardo CAE Advanced Jet Training" Srl, the Joint Venture created to support the activities of the International Flight Training School (FTS), from logistical technical support to M-346 aircraft and ground simulation systems ( Ground Based Training System) up to the operational management of IFTS infrastructures. IFTS is an initiative [...]
Read MoreAn almost century-old history in the service of the country which will be celebrated at Palazzo Aeronautica on Tuesday 30 March, together with the oath of the students of the Air Force Academy Tomorrow, 28 March, is the 98th Anniversary of the establishment of the Air Force, officially born as an autonomous Armed Force and independent on the same day of 1923, with the Royal Decree No. 645. The […]
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The medical transport, from Naples to Linate, was carried out with a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Air Force In the early hours of Sunday 14 March, a 61-year-old man was urgently transported from Naples airport to of Linate, aboard a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of Ciampino. The [...]
Read More(by Andrea Pinto) Draghi has only one goal, 600 vaccinations a day to save the next school year and try to reopen Italy already in the summer. Now it's up to the new head of the Civil Protection Fabrizio Curcio to reorganize a car that had rusted over the months. Let's talk about putting an army back into the system [...]
Read MoreThe Air Force Meteorological Service among the first in the world in the use of fully automatic radiosonde systems for meteorological observations at altitude With the first automated launch of a balloon, which took place at midnight sharp last night from the military airport of Galatina (Lecce), the process of automating the meteorological observation stations officially starts [...]
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Transported from Calabria with a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31 ° Stormo, the little girl was hospitalized at the Bambino Gesù hospital in Rome. The mission of the Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force ended in the late afternoon yesterday. It transported a five-day-old baby girl in a thermal cradle in [...]
Read MoreMarch 1, 1961: for sixty years the symbol of "made in Italy" in the world It was March 1, 1961 when the first six F-86E "Saber" aircraft with the livery of the patrol of the "Prancing Horse". The six "Sabers" came from Grosseto, today one of the bases dedicated to the defense of the Italian skies [...]
Read MoreThe child in imminent danger of life was admitted to the "Bambino Gesù" Hospital in Rome. The emergency medical transport carried out by a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Air Force that flew from the Air Force ended yesterday evening. Olbia airport to Ciampino airport with a 9 year old child on board in [...]
Read MoreThe goal of AM, INAF and INGV is to collaborate in the development of an autonomous operational capacity for Space Weather, with national assets, increasing synergies, skills and competences in the sector. On February 4, the agreement in question was signed, in separate digital form, by the President of INAF, Prof. Marco Tavani, by the President [...]
Read MoreEvery Friday the new Meteo #WeekEnd column on the social channels of the Air Force Starting from Friday 5 February, the weather forecasts of the Air Force will also be available on the social channels of the Armed Force with the Weather #WeekEnd column. Thus, the offer of the Meteorological Service of the AM expands, a fundamental asset for military and civilian flight assistance but [...]
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The medical transport was carried out with a Falcon 900 of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force In the early afternoon of yesterday, Saturday 30 January, a 15-year-old girl, hospitalized at the "Vito Fazzi" Hospital in Lecce, was transported to 'urgency from Brindisi airport to Ciampino airport, aboard a 900st Falcon 31 aircraft [...]
Read MoreCompleted the instructional phase provided for by the agreement between the Army and the Air Force, eleven pilots of the Army Aviation (AVES) who have obtained the military helicopter pilot license issued by the Arma Azzurra. (by Mario Galati) At the time of Covid-19 in Italy as in the rest of the world, our way of living, working and above all of [...]
Read MoreThe crew of the HH139A helicopter took off from Trapani Birgi air base in the night to urgently transport the patient to the Civic Hospital of Palermo Last night a crew of the 82nd CSAR (Combat Search And Rescue) Center of the Air Force Military from Trapani took off for a rescue mission with HH139A helicopter to save a 20-year-old girl [...]
Read MoreThe little girl was transported, inside a thermal cradle, with a C-130J aircraft of the 46th Air Brigade to be admitted to the Infant Jesus of Rome. The flight of the C130J of the 46th Air Brigade of the Italian Air Force has just ended, transporting a child of less than a month in imminent danger [...]
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(by Mario Galati) ANSA announced that the Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini, the Secretary of State for Defense of the United Kingdom Ben Wallace and of Sweden Peter Hultkvist, signed a trilateral agreement for development on 21 December of the new Tempest weapon system, decisive for the balance of military capabilities [...]
Read MoreThe little one, embarked with a cradle, ends on a Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo, arrived in the evening at Capodichino airport, for the subsequent transfer to the Santobono Hospital. A Falcon 50 of the 31st has recently landed at Capodichino airport ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare carrying a four-day-old girl on board, for which [...]
Read MoreGuerini: Armed Forces serving the country. The defense's commitment in this emergency continues unabated. The flight brought back two Covid-19 patients from Albania to Italy On the night between Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 December, two men with COVID-19 were repatriated from Tirana, with a transport in biocontainment, carried out by a [... ]
Read MoreLeonardo and Aeronautica Militare kick off the works for the construction of the most advanced flight training center, an international reference in the training of military pilots The laying ceremony of the aircraft was held today at the Decimomannu Air Force base in Sardinia. cornerstone of the new International Flight Training School. Present between [...]
Read MoreOn the evening of Saturday, December 12, a 56-year-old man suffering from COVID-19, due to his worsening condition, was urgently transported from the “S. Pio da Pietrelcina ”of Vasto at the“ Mater Domini ”of Catanzaro aboard a C-130J of the 46th Air Brigade of the Italian Air Force. The transport was requested by the Prefecture of [...]
Read MoreThe result of a collaboration between the University of Milan, the Milan Polyclinic and the Italian Air Force, the discovery of the molecular marker is able to predict the severity of the clinical picture in subjects affected by COVID-19 and to optimize efforts. therapeutic treatments for the individual Born in Milan, one of the cities most affected by [...]
Read MoreIn a press release, the Air Force announced that the first three Drive Through stations set up as part of the "IGEA Operation", strongly desired by the Ministry of Defense to increase, through health personnel, are operational from today in Lecco, Meda and Caponago specialized of all the Armed Forces, the daily capacity of the National Health Service to carry out [...]
Read MoreThe Air Force General Staff announced that on the occasion of the visit by Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini to Doha concluded a few days ago, in the context of which - among others - various issues concerning bilateral military and technical industrial cooperation were addressed between the two countries, an important technical agreement was signed between the Italian Air Force [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) We cannot forget some of our brothers who lost their lives for duty and attachment to service. With their sacrifice they have consigned to history one of the saddest pages that perhaps not everyone knows. Let's talk about the Kindu massacre, where 13 soldiers of the Italian Air Force lost their lives in a plane crash [...]
Read MoreThe 26nd level Master in Aerospace Medicine organized by the Federico II University of Naples and the Air Force under a specific agreement between the two institutions started today, 2020 October XNUMX, in remote teaching mode. This is the first national Master's degree in this sector, a [...]
Read MoreThe most advanced of its Eurofighter Typhoons delivered to the Air Force, the heart of the Italian and European sky protection system Taken off from the Caselle (Turin) plant, the latest and most advanced Eurofighter Typhoon produced by Leonardo for the Italian Air Force is was delivered today during a ceremony and will be one of the interceptor fighters on a daily basis [...]
Read MoreThe agreement was signed by the President of ENAC, Dr. Nicola Zaccheo, and by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Air Force General Alberto Rosso In a joint press release, ENAC and the Italian Air Force announce that today the President of the National Agency for Civil Aviation and the Head of SM of the Air Force had a brief meeting in the [...]
Read MoreThe oath, sealed by the traditional passage of the Frecce Tricolori, took place in the presence of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Air Squad General Alberto Rosso With the traditional "I swear", 77 students of the Aquila VI course swore loyalty to the homeland On the square of the Gold Medals of the Air Force Academy of Pozzuoli, in the presence of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, [...]
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(by Mario Galati) Even Tom Kington on Defense News spoke from the other side of the world, from the United States, of the "querelle", which is affecting the Italian Navy and Air Force: the object of the dispute is the F-35B, that vertical take-off. The timing of the article makes you smile considering the appeal of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Alberto Rosso, who spoke at the hearing at the IV [...]
Read MoreTest activities were conducted on the “Zefiro 9”, the engine for the space propulsion of stage 3 of the Vega launcher, at the Capo San Lorenzo detachment of the Interforce Polygon of the Salto di Quirra. After the recent successful tests on the "Zefiro 40" and "Zefiro 23", the test [...] took place yesterday, Thursday 1 October.
Read MoreThe giant of the Air Force, the C-130J from Pisa, trains at the 72nd Wing of Frosinone on the longest grass semi-prepared runway in Italy
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The child was transported together with a medical team on board an aircraft belonging to the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force. Yesterday evening, 23 September, a 1 and a half year old child was hospitalized at the "Di Cristina" specialized pediatric hospital of Palermo, was transported from Palermo to Genoa, aboard a Falcon aircraft [...]
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A formation Eurofighter fighter aircraft with the prancing horse on the fuselage will fly over the starting grid on Sunday 13 September before the start of the race
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Intervention carried out in synergy with CNSAS teams on the Bolognese Apennines The HH139 helicopter of the 83rd CSAR Group (Combat Search and Rescue) with four crew members took off just before 23pm last night from Cervia airport, succeeding to rescue two hikers and their two dogs stranded on the Bolognese Apennines. The two hikers [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) In these midsummer days while the sun in the sky makes any outdoor activity almost impossible and part of the Italians try to return to a normality that in recent months seemed to have been lost forever, is causing so much sensation the news of a group of soldiers assigned to training, [...]
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The woman was identified in Castiadas in southern Sardinia and transferred to the San Marcellino hospital in Muravera Today, Sunday 2 August, a crew of the 80th CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) Center of the 15th Wing, in national alertness, he took off from Decimomannu airport, aboard a HH-212 helicopter for [...]
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The intervention was carried out in collaboration with the National Corps of Alpine and Speleological Rescue Yesterday evening, Wednesday 29 July, a crew of the 84th Combat Search and Rescue Center (CSAR) of the 15th Wing of the Italian Air Force took off from the military airport of Gioia del Colle (BA), to assist a twenty-seven year old hiker injured on the mountain [...]
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On the occasion of the fifty-one anniversary of the landing of man on the moon, the Ministry of Education hosted on its social channels a video of the ESA astronaut, the European Space Agency, Luca Parmitano who is also a pilot officer of the Air Force . "July 20 is a particularly important date for me: a year ago I was sitting inside my [...]
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In a press release, the Arma Azzurra announces that the countdown for the celebrations of the centenary of the Air Force starts today, which will officially occur on March 28, 2023. This countdown will be marked by a virtual clock on the official website of the Force Army that, day after day, will mark the approach to this historic anniversary. Thus began a journey that, in 1000 [...]
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The Command of the Schools AM / 3rd Air Region "graduates" the students of the flight schools of Galatina and Frosinone. Among them also the new helicopter pilots of the Fire Brigade and the Port Authority. They are part of different organizations, they will fly different aircraft and carry out different jobs but, since June 26, they have in common a '[...]
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The baby, only one day old, was transported from Sardinia with a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31 ° Stormo The flight of the Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force has just ended, transporting a child of only one day of life in imminent danger of life. The transport, which took place [...]
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Protected by a thermal cradle, the little girl was transported from Cagliari to Rome on board a Falcon 900 of the 31 ° Stormo A twenty-day-old baby girl in imminent danger of life was rushed this morning from Cagliari to Ciampino aboard a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force [...]
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During the night, a 25-year-old man in imminent danger of life was transported from Bari Palese to Turin aboard a C-130J transport aircraft of the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa for subsequent hospitalization at the "Le Molinette" Transplant Center in Turin. . The Air Force aircraft, after having boarded the ambulance with [...]
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On 12 June 1999, the first NATO forces entered Kosovo on a UN mandate at the end of the Alliance air campaign that had put an end to the bloody inter-ethnic conflict between Kosovars and Serbs. For having contributed uninterruptedly for 21 years to the security and freedom of movement of all citizens of Kosovo, respecting [...]
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During the night, an HH-139A helicopter of the 82 ° CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) Center of the 15 ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare was alerted to carry out the emergency transport of a woman from the island of Ponza (LT) suffering from respiratory failure. The helicopter, on the orders of the Poggio Renatico Aerospace Operations Command, took off shortly after from the air base of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Space Economy, since yesterday a new development opportunity for a sector that today is worth 300 billion in global turnover and is expected to increase by 5 or 10 times in the next 3 decades. Elon Musk's rocket, Crew Dragon started on May 30, 2020, at 21.22:XNUMX pm Italian time, [...]
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On Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 May the remote award ceremonies of the competition "The mission of the Air Force at the service of the community" will take place. Initially scheduled for last March for the celebration of the anniversary of the Air Force, the awards ceremonies have been postponed due to the precautionary measures in place for [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The 72nd Wing of Frosinone, flagship of the Air Force in the training of helicopter pilots of the Arma Azzurra, of the other Armed Forces and Armed Corps of the State, as well as foreign visitors, has never interrupted the its training and education activities. Despite the emergency period due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Stormo implementing all [...]
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Leonardo is pleased to announce that the Aeronautical and Airworthiness Armaments and Airworthiness Directorate (DAAA), certification body of the Italian Ministry of Defense, has issued the 'Initial Certification' for the M-345 training aircraft. The certification represents the goal of an intense activity that involved about 200 flights and the fundamental support of the Experimental Flight Department, of [...]
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On the centenary of the proclamation of the Virgo Lauretana as Patroness of Aeronauts, the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) issued the celebratory stamp. As part of the celebrations for the centenary of the Blessed Virgin of Loreto as "Patroness of the Aeronauts", among the various cultural, religious and charitable initiatives, the Air Force intended to commemorate the important event by requesting [...]
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The Italian Space Surveillance and Tracking Operation Center managed by the Italian Air Force, as already happened for the Chinese station Tiangong-1 in 2018, successfully monitored the return of an object from space During the Easter weekend, the Italian Space Surveillance and Tracking Operation Center (ISOC) of Pratica di Mare, jointly with the Joint Jumping Polygon of [...]
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Having carried out 14 medical transport missions so far, Pisa becomes a reference hub for bio-containment flights. The airlift continues: 17 missions, eight regions reached, over 100 tons of material transported Two more positive people to Covid transported this morning in bio-containment with an Air Force aircraft, a C-130J of the 46th Air Brigade, from […]
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As part of the support activities, strongly desired by the Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini, which the Armed Forces are providing in competition to the Department of Civil Protection and to the other Dicasteries committed to coping with the Coronavirus emergency, a C-130J of the 46th Brigade Aerea dell'Aeronautica Militare is flying from Fiumicino to Malpensa with about 5 [...]
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On March 28, 1923, the Regia Aeronautica was born, which gave way in 1946 to the Air Force. 97 years of history that the Armed Force celebrates today, in consideration of the emergency in progress, without any military ceremony and official event, but honoring the Flag and joining forces to concretely offer its contribution to the country [...]
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The two people, affected by Covid, were transported with a C-130J of the 46th Air Brigade from Bergamo to Dresden The air rescue machine does not stop, in these days busy with all the resources of the country for the Coronavirus emergency. There are already several transport missions carried out by the Air Force aircraft on the territory [...]
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Peace, social serenity and security are the founding values of civil society. The geopolitics of security rests its studies on many sectors, but that of disasters is by election. Only by mitigating the effects of disasters are those of national security also mitigated. Thus stated in a statement the former head of state [...]
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The field hospital made available to the Civil Protection three days ago by Samaritan's Purse (SP), an evangelical Christian humanitarian organization from the United States, is operational from today in Cremona. The first American DC8 landed last Tuesday 17 March at the airport of Villafranca - Verona with health and logistic personnel and medical equipment on board, [...]
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The airspace surveillance and defense service by the Air Force does not stop at this moment of national emergency. In fact, two Eurofighter fighters of the 4th Wing of Grosseto intervened to intercept an Airbus 320 Easyjet which took off from England and headed for Malta, which had lost [...]
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(Andrea Pinto) The current health emergency situation imposes severe restrictions on the freedom of movement of citizens, workers and professionals to stem the spread of the COVID-19 virus. In this context, the Air Force adheres to the "digital solidarity" project promoted by the Ministry for Technological Innovation and Digitization, making available the browsable electronic version of the number [...]
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Maria Teresa Meli on Il Corriere della Sera interviewed the Minister of Defense, Lorenzo Guerini, on the Covid-19 emergency and on the contribution of the Italian military since the emergency began. The words of the Minister of Defense provide greater clarity on the commitment of our Armed Forces which, in silence, have never left the territory and are also ready [...]
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"#Coronavirus emergency, there are three interconnected risk factors that afflict all countries, from health to economic and social. The country that manages to mitigate risk levels in the best possible way will win the future ”. Thus in an article published by Eurispet.it Magazine, General Pasquale Preziosa, President of the Eurispes Security Observatory, [...]
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"Scholars have been warning decision makers for years: 'Pandemics are real threats to humanity" but decision makers are always found unprepared and people do not follow them ". So wrote in an article published by Eurispes, Pasquale Preziosa formerly head of the Italian Air Force and today President of the Observatory on Security. "What is systematically surprising - he specifies [...]
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With regard to what was reported by the La Presse Agency on 10 March 2020 at 20.04 pm regarding the communications addressed to the volunteer nurses of the Red Cross, the Air Force and the Inspector of the Corps of Voluntary Nurses of the Red Cross jointly specify that the temporary suspension some collaboration activities were necessary to fulfill the [...]
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The commitment of the Armed Forces in favor of compatriots in the context of the coronavirus emergency continues, yesterday afternoon, an HH-101A helicopter of the Italian Air Force, in readiness service since yesterday at the Cervia base, headquarters of the 15th Stormo "SAR" (Search and Rescue, Search and Rescue), intervened, at the request of the Lombardy Regional Emergency and Urgency Agency, to transport [...]
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The Coronavirus bis decree, launched by the Council of Ministers last Friday and in force since yesterday, costs about 420 million euros in 2020 and 1,380 million euros a year from 2021. Among the covers, the Government has included cuts to the aeronautical defense program for the construction and supply of Eurofighter fighters, and cuts [...]
Read MoreEurispes, Institute of Political, Economic and Social Studies, has launched a permanent Observatory on Security, entrusting its presidency to General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and one of the leading experts in geopolitics and international security. General Preziosa is a university professor, during his prestigious military career [...]
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An HH-139A helicopter from the Italian Air Force intervened in the middle of the night between 28 and 29 February to recover two hikers, one of whom was seriously injured on the Marche side of Monte Vettore. The military helicopter, one of the assets of the armed force always ready for take-off on the national territory also for this [...]
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Computerized the access keys of the Umberto Nobile Archive kept at the Historical Museum of the Military Air Force in Vigna di Valle. From today it will be possible, in real time, to carry out searches within the archival complex. This is the first result of the enhancement and fruition project that the National Research Council is conducting on the papers of [...]
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The 4th edition of the Elirunning sporting event took place last Sunday at the “G. Moscardini ”of Frosinone, seat of the 72 ° Stormo. Hundreds of athletes who participated in the two races, the Provincial Road Racing Championship and the Fulvio Villa Trophy 2nd race run, organized by the Italian Athletics Federation [...]
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Fausto Biloslavo in il Giornale talks about a secret defense plan. 19 would be the barracks identified for quarantine with 3.500 beds available. Two thousand would be the military in an "alarm" position, that is immediately available and usable for the emergency. In the meantime, the repatriation of compatriots from areas at risk abroad continue, even all [...]
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This morning at about 06.37 at the military airport of Pratica di Mare, the KC-767A aircraft of the Italian Air Force, coming from Tokyo Haneda (Japan) landed at 14.34, Italian time on 21 February. The flight carried 37 domestic and international passengers. Therefore, before landing at Pratica di Mare airport, the Air Force flight [...]
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Two RH-2016C helicopters of the Italian Army landed at the 72 ° Stormo of the Air Force of Frosinone to kick off the provisions of the agreement signed last November 29 between the Command of the Schools of the AM / 3rd Air Region and the Army Aviation Command (AVES). Air Force instructor pilots, the only Armed Force responsible for issuing the Military Patent [...]
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Very interesting for the contents and for the analysis made, the article by General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force until 2016, published by Formiche.net. (by Pasquale Preziosa) In an article in the Nikkei Asian Review (Hiroyuki Akita) of 4 February, the concerns of Japan and South Korea for the [...]
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On 28 March 2023, one hundred years (1923 - 2023) will pass from the elevation to the rank of independent Armed Forces of the Air Force, which took place with Royal Decree of 28 March 1923, n.645. For the occasion, the Air Force Staff has launched two calls for competition for the design and creation of an original and unpublished graphic-artistic proposal, of a logo and [...]
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He left. The Boeing KC767A of the 14 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force this morning at dawn detached the wheels from the runway near the Roman coast to head towards China. https://www.facebook.com/150994628399911/posts/1480227765476584/?vh=e After about 11 hours, the aircraft will land in Wuhan to carry out a delicate mission that in just over 30 hours will bring home about 67 [...]
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A KC767A aircraft belonging to the 14 ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare will be the only Italian carrier authorized to leave on Monday for China. Under the coordination of the crisis unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, through the Defense Staff - COI - Operational Command of Vertice Interforze - together with the Ministry of Health [...]
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The World Health Organization, Reuters reports, has just declared that the coronavirus epidemic in China now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director general, announced the decision after a meeting of his emergency committee, an independent group of experts, after evidence that the virus has [...]
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The Space 19+ ministerial conference, organized by ESA - European Space Agency - last November in Seville highlighted the need to start gradually increasing the budget for the 22 member countries. The desired increase is expected to reach approximately 45%, equal to 14,4 billion euros over the next three years. An effort, writes the Sole24Ore, which [...]
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What would happen if one of our countrymen abroad were infected? Fortunately, or foresight, we have a unique ability worldwide. (Andrea Pinto) Italy, together with Great Britain and the United States is the only nation in the world that possesses a very special and essential capacity in modern times, safe air transport in bio-containment. A capacity [...]
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In the evocative setting of the 72nd Wing of the Air Force of Frosinone, Zonta International - Club Roma Parioli III organized the conference "Women in flight" in memory of Amelia Earhart's first solo flight. Pilot Colonel Davide Cipelletti, commander of the 72nd Wing, after receiving the two delegations showed the groups and helicopters [...]
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The entire district of Frosinone, also for 2020, will be able to count on the important airport offered by the Air Force, for all those health emergencies that require emergency transport. A few days ago, the HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) memorandum of understanding between the 72nd Wing of Frosinone, ARES 118 Lazio, the ASL of Frosinone and the ELITALIANA company was renewed. [...]
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The Air Force, with the participation of the Ministry of Education, University and Research, has launched a competition for pupils in the classes of first and second grade secondary schools. The proposed theme, "The Mission of the Air Force at the service of the community", aims to be an opportunity to deepen what is done daily by the men and women of the weapon [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The US military leaders in Iraq have informed their Iraqi counterpart that US troops are starting preparations to "leave" the country. Brigadier General William Seely, head of the US task force in Iraq, wrote a letter to the Iraqi chief of joint operations, viewed by the AFP. The Iraqi Parliament, in reaction to the killing [...]
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An emergency transport was carried out with a Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica to save a man in danger of life. This is the second surgery in two days. The commitment of the Air Force, which intervened today in favor of a man caught by a very serious illness in the Pescara area, does not stop. Another emergency flight was [...]
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A Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force has just completed an emergency flight to save a newborn girl in danger of life The medical transport carried out by the Air Force to save the life of a small born ended this afternoon only ten days ago in the S. Giovanni Monreale Hospital (CA). The plane, a Falcon [...]
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In the late afternoon today, Tuesday 31 December, a crew of the 83rd CSAR Center (Combat Search and Rescue) in readiness of national alarm took off from Cervia airport, home of the 15th Wing, aboard a helicopter HH-139A to assist two hikers in difficulty in an inaccessible area in Pintura di Bolognola, in the province of [...]
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The opinion of General Pasquale #Preziosa on the hypersonic # is authoritative. The article by the former head of the # Aeronautica Militare globally analyzes this new and disruptive strategic weapon, whose effects on future inter-state balances are only imaginable and difficult to predict. In 2014 a first symposium was held in Italy from which it emerged that the hypersonic would have a [...]
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The New York Times reported that Russian military announced last Friday that it had deployed a hypersonic weapon that manages to escape American missile defense systems, kicking off a new chapter in the long arms race between the two most important nuclear powers. in the world. American officials are hesitant about [...]
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Leonardo, at its Luton site in the UK, demonstrated the capabilities of a new radar receiver / warner technology as part of ongoing development activities for Tempest, the fighter aircraft system program new generation that will see the United Kingdom, Italy and Sweden collaborate for [...]
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AIRtificial Intelligence is a 48-hour technology marathon that involved start-ups, developers and researchers, with the contribution of Oracle as a technological partner Intelligence, automation and interconnection: these are the keywords of a revolution that aims to improve through technology and make large-scale work processes more efficient. A [...]
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From today available at the promotional point of sale of Palazzo Aeronautica in Rome and online on the Amazon showcase of the Air Force; part of the proceeds to support the charity initiative "A gift from heaven" in favor of three important pediatric hospitals Presented on the day of the celebrations of Our Lady of Loreto, protector of all Aeronauts, the 2020 Calendar [...]
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The Air Force celebrates on 10 December the Blessed Virgin of Loreto, the "Patroness of Aeronauts". In Rome, the Eucharistic celebration dedicated to the event will take place in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. The Rite will be officiated by the Military Ordinary for Italy, His Excellency Monsignor Santo Marcianò, in the presence of the Chief of Defense Staff, General Enzo Vecciarelli, of the Chief [...]
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The Air Force is an Armed Force which, for tactical needs, must always be projected forward and does so also in the world of communication. Much attention is paid to the new means that social networks make available to those who want to inform and always be on the wave of digital information in a timely manner, almost in "real time". The Blue Weapon [...]
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An in-depth study on the enormous potential of Artificial Intelligence applied to aeronautical systems will be at the center of the event to be held in Florence on 11 and 12 December, at the headquarters of the Institute of Military Aeronautical Sciences. AIRtificial Intelligence, this is the name of the initiative, is a 48-hour technological marathon in which Leonardo and Aeronautica Militare will facilitate the meeting with [...]
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Food for astronauts, the topic was dealt with by ilfattoalimentare.it. Food in space was extensively narrated at the Technology Festival which was held in Turin from 7 to 10 November. The food our astronauts are used to today is totally different from that used in the past: it is getting closer [...]
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(Francesco Matera) It was signed today, 29 November 2019, by Brigadier General Luigi Casali, Chief of Staff of the Command of the Schools of the AM / 3rd Air Region, and by Brigadier General Paolo Riccò, Aviation Commander of the 'Army, the technical agreement to implement an "inter-force" synergy in the training activities for the achievement of the Military Pilot License of [...]
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Two TH-500B helicopters, a team of instructors and staff of the 72 ° Stormo carried out a series of training missions at Vigna di Valle Airport, home to the Air Force Historical Museum. Air rescuers from the 85th CSAR (Combat Search And Rescue) Center in Pratica di Mare and the staff of Vigna Airport also took part in the exercise [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The Vigna di Valle Airport Command promotes, through the Historical Museum, the research, collection, acquisition and eventual restoration of historical materials of interest to the Air Force and ensures with the Sports Center, the training of the athletes of the Air Force in the various competitive disciplines. A unique role that allows you to keep intact and visible [...]
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The Undersecretary of State for Defense Angelo Tofalo, representing the government, accompanied the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Hon. Roberto Fico, on the occasion of the celebration of the Day of National Unity and the Armed Forces which was held in the Military Memorial of the Overseas Fallen. "Today a message starts from this sacred place [...]
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Concluded the emergency medical transport for a newborn in danger of life The flight of the Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare has recently concluded, transporting a little girl of just one day in imminent danger of life. The transport, which took place with the utmost urgency from Alghero to Ciampino, ended [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The “G. Moscardini ”in Frosinone, home of the 72nd Wing of the Air Force, after many years has opened its doors to citizens, on the occasion of the celebrations of the“ Day of National Unity and Day of the Armed Forces ”. Despite the weather conditions, which were uncertain until a few hours before the event, the airport recorded a turnout of about 2000 [...]
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The intervention in the Venetian Lagoon near Chioggia An HH-139A helicopter of the 15th Wing of the Italian Air Force intervened during the night to rescue two fishermen in difficulty on their boat in the Venetian Lagoon, near Chioggia. The alarm crew, after being activated by the Rescue Coordination Center of the Italian Air Operation Center in Poggio Renatico, took off [...]
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A project resulting from a synergy with industry, universities and start-ups for the application of immersive reality and blockchain solutions to the aeronautics sector The Air Force continues the exploration of disruptive technologies to enable more streamlined and effective logistic processes, necessary for face, as a responsible public administration and Armed Force serving the country, the challenges of [...]
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The 4th of November is celebrated the Day of National Unity and Day of the Armed Forces. Many initiatives organized by the Ministry of Defense throughout the national territory, which will culminate in Naples on the Lungomare Caracciolo. It will be the city of Naples this year to host the final celebrations dedicated to November 4th. After Trieste, the Day of National Unity [...]
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After about twenty years, the Air Force aircraft return to Antarctica to support the 2019/2020 Italian research campaign of the National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA). In fact, a collaboration agreement was signed in recent days between the Armed Force and ENEA (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Economic Development [...]
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The goal is to carry out joint scientific and technical initiatives to promote the digital transformation of operational processes thanks to the introduction of "disruptive" technologies It was held this afternoon, at the Council Hall in the Rectorate of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata ", the signing ceremony of an agreement between the University and the Air Force regarding the organization [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Russia, the United States, China and now even Europe with some projects are always competing to equip their armies with increasingly advanced weapons. The supremacy in the military field is one of the main objectives for competing and asserting one's influence in the international arena. Aeronautics, in this context, constitutes the [...]
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The TFA 32nd Wing formed by F35A aircraft has reached Full Operational Capability (FOC) and will guarantee the airspace surveillance service in Iceland for three weeks as part of NATO Air Policing operations. The “Northern Lightning” operation was officially started. The important milestone reached, which sees Italy as the first country [...]
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Agreement between the Italian Air Force and Virgin Galactic The first contract between the Italian Air Force and Virgin Galactic for the purchase of a suborbital scientific research flight was signed today at the Italian Embassy in Washington. The flight will depart from the New Mexico Spaceport in the US in December 2020. To sign [...]
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The sound of the bell, aboard the International Space Station, today made official the change of command of the orbiting space base to the Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano. During a short ceremony, consumed in a matter of minutes, the outgoing commander, cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin, entrusted the next three months of mission in [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force until March 2016, was interviewed by Difesa Online, where he analyzed in all contexts, the various industrial programs that have affected the Italian Air Force . More than an interview, it is a "unique" document to be read and made to be read [...]
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With a solemn flag-raising at the military airport of Keflavik in Iceland, the NATO operation of Interim Air Policing called Northern Ligtning officially began. For the first time, a fifth generation fighter will be deployed on an Air Policing mission, giving Italy the privilege of being the first Alliance country to use the F-35 aircraft in a NATO operation. They will in fact be [...]
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Illustrated, in the presence of the Undersecretary of State for Defense, Hon. Angelo TOFALO, the path of change taking place within the Armed Force This morning in Rome, at the Air Force Palace, the event "Innovation Day 2019 - Evolution of Change Strategies in Organizations ", promoted by the Managerial Innovation Office of the Italian Air Force as part of the initiatives [...]
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During the event, representatives of the National Research Center, SDA Bocconi, Accredia, the University and the Armed Force will intervene. Thursday 26 September at 10:00, at Palazzo Aeronautica in Rome, the event "Aeronautica Military: Innovation Day 2019 - Evolution of Change Strategies in Organizations ". Through the direct testimonies of the protagonists who [...]
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The collaboration aimed at developing the technology of innovative small satellite launchers for aerial platforms continues. Tuesday 17 September at 16:00, in the "Baracca" room of the Aviator's House, in the presence of the President of the National Research Council (CNR), Prof. Massimo Inguscio, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General of Squadra Aerea Alberto [...]
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Aeronautics: international air rescue exercise kicks off in Umbria From today, Monday 9 and until 13 September, 13 aircraft and 27 search and rescue teams on the ground will be present at the Foligno airport for the "Grifone 2019" exercise. the start yesterday, Monday 9 September, and will continue until Friday 13 September, in the province [...]
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The Frecce Tricolori kicked off the Italian Grand Prix by spreading the Tricolor on the starting grid of the Monza racetrack. Green, white and red colored fumes on the starting grid of the Italian Grand Prix in Monza: this is how the National Aerobatic Team of the Italian Air Force opened the Italian stage of Formula 1. The nine [...]
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The plane was shot down while carrying aid to besieged Sarajevo On September 3, 1992, the aircraft used to transport humanitarian aid for the people of Sarajevo was shot down by two surface-to-air missiles. The G-222 Lyra 34 belonged to the 46 ^ Pisa air brigade of the Italian Air Force. The Lyra 34 operated from the perspective of a [...]
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The National Aerobatic Team will roll out the Italian flag on the starting grid of the Monza racetrack This year too, the union between the world of engines and Formula 1 and the Italian Air Force is renewed. On Sunday 8 September, the MB-339PAN aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori will fly over the starting grid of the 2019 Italian Grand Prix, spreading the [...]
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An HH139A helicopter of the 82nd SAR Center (Search and Rescue) of the 15th Wing of the Air Force took off a few minutes from Trapani airport to search for the diver still missing off Isola delle Femmine, in the province of Palermo. The crew in alertness H24 received the mission order from the Rescue Operations Room [...]
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A man and a girl in imminent danger of life were transported from Sardinia to two different hospitals in Lombardy. Double life-saving intervention yesterday, 23 August, for the Air Force aircraft. The first flight ended around 12:00 and allowed for urgent transport from Olbia to Milan [...]
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The baby was transported in a thermal cradle, from Sardinia, with a Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31st Wing A Falcon 900 aircraft, which departed from the Ciampino military base, home to the 31st Wing of the Air Force, took off a few hours ago at a time of Cagliari to embark a newborn of only 20 days of life in need of [...]
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Today alone all the alarm services were activated: Air Defense, Search and Rescue, Emergency medical transport and organ transport Today's busy day for the ready crews of the Air Force. All H24 alarm services have been activated for the safety and rescue of the civilian population. Air Defense Due [...]
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Air rescue is just one of the services that the Air Force carries out, non-stop, every day, for the community and for the safety of the country. August 82th is a day like any other for those who save lives. A helicopter and the crews of the XNUMX search and rescue center of the Trapani Birgi Air Force are engaged by this [...]
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The air rescue crews of the Air Force are still in action, engaged in this case in a complex mission to recover a young Roman hiker who had accused an illness inside the Zingaro Reserve, in Sicily. An HH-139 helicopter from the 82 SAR Center (Search and Rescue) of the Trapani Birgi air base intervened, one [...]
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The rescue took place in the early hours of dawn in the Valle Agricola area, in the province of Caserta, by a crew of the 85th Research and Rescue Center of Pratica di Mare An HH-139 helicopter of the 15th Wing of the Air Force Military intervened at the first light of dawn today in Valle Agricola, in the province of Caserta, [...]
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The interest of national and foreign tourism for Salento continues to grow and is confirmed as a favorite destination where you can spend pleasant moments of relaxation and fun. Salento, considered a region in the region, rich in small towns with ancient traditions jealously guarded and proposed to tourists who have come to this wonderful land and welcomed, with great hospitality, by the population [...]
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The patient was transported with a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31 ° Stormo to be admitted to the Bambino Gesù in Rome The flight of the Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force has just ended, which transported a child of just one month in imminent danger of life. The transport, which took place with the [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Hon. Raffaele Volpi (Lega), Undersecretary of State for Defense is increasingly a staunch supporter of the F-35 program, so much so that he repeats almost like a mantra at all levels a sentence: "it is technological-military development and strengthening of the Euro- Atlantic. I believe, Volpi points out, that the F35s are not only a military instrument but also [...]
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A Phase IV flight training was planned at the International Flight Training School of the 61 ° Stormo dell'Aeronautica Militare based in #Galatina, in the province of Lecce with the aid of the Training Management and Information System (TMIS). This is Leonardo's advanced management software with the precious collaboration of the Air Force School Command. The TMIS system is currently [...]
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An HH-139A from the 82nd CSAR Center took off from Trapani to recover a thirty-seven year old woman suffering from illness in the "Zingaro" Reserve Yesterday afternoon, 5 August, a crew from the 82nd CSAR Center (Combat Search and Rescue - Research and Soccorso) of the 15 ° Stormo of the Air Force carried out the recovery of a woman suffering from very strong colic [...]
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The patient was transported with a Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31 ° Stormo to be admitted to a hospital in Udine. Last night a 49-year-old man in imminent danger of life due to a serious illness was rushed from Brindisi to Rivolto aboard a Falcon 50 plane of the 31st Wing of the Italian Air Force for [...]
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The drones of the Air Force, which constitute the eyes from the sky of the fire prevention device of the land of fires, have identified in time a fraudulent attempt to cause a fire that is dangerous and harmful to the health of the population. The timely communication to the structure of the Commissioner delegated to the Terra dei Fuochi, Gerlando Iorio, and after [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Today in Colleferro, a town south of Rome, the funeral of the general of the Air Force, Aldo Nanni, took place. Aldo Nanni, the "general", as his fellow citizens liked to call him, suddenly passed away at the age of 82, during the night of July 31st. Born in Colleferro on 28 December 1937, he is [...]
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The leaders of Defense and the Air Force were present After having dealt with the top figures in the first event: from the supreme head of the Armed Forces, the President of the Republic, to the political authority, the Minister of Defense and the Undersecretaries of State, the Armed Forces, the Chief of Defense Staff and now the [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Let's go, "Let's go", so yesterday at 18.28 yesterday the colonel of the Air Force and ESA astronaut, Luca #Parmitano communicated to colleagues Aleksandr Skvortsov and Andrew "Drew" Morgan, the beginning of the mission. The Soyuz rocket took off towards space, starting the #Beyond mission of the European Space Agency which for six months will hold in [...]
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An F-2000 Eurofighter of the Italian Air Force, in readiness for the airspace surveillance service, quickly took off this morning from the Istrana air base (TV), headquarters of the 51st Wing, to intercept a civil aircraft Gulfstream IV took off from Tel Aviv - Ben-Gurion Airport (Israel) and bound for Samedan (Switzerland), which during [...]
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The agreement integrating the Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities was signed today at Palazzo Chigi. After the positive results of the first experimental environmental monitoring activities with reconnaissance aircraft assets of the Air Force, carried out during the month of May, the Defense decided to expand the experimentation also to the Remotely Piloted Assets (APR) and [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Perhaps it is appropriate to remind everyone of the “primary” task of the Italian Armed Forces. “The primary task of the Armed Forces is the defense of the state. They also have the task of operating for the purpose of achieving peace and security in accordance with the rules of international law and the decisions of [...]
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Aeronautica Militare: humanitarian flight in favor of an Italian citizen in serious condition
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On 23 June on Rai1, the historic Raisport program “Azzurro Tricolore”, organized in collaboration with the Italian Air Force, dedicated to the Frecce Tricolori and the world of aviation. The cameras will follow, starting at 15.40 pm, the evolution of the numerous military and civil aircraft and helicopters that will take part in the air show organized by the Aero Club "Francesco Baracca" of Lugo [...]
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Two emergency medical transports carried out in less than 24 hours by Falcon 900 aircraft of the 31 ° Stormo on the Cagliari-Ciampino and Ronchi dei Legionari-Cagliari routes. The # Aeronautica #Militare carried out two emergency medical transports between 18 and 19 June. The first flight ended yesterday around 18:00 and allowed the transport [...]
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The Air Force and the Wefly! Team, the only air patrol in the world in which two of the three pilots are "disabled", together for the first time for a major flight event dedicated to overcoming barriers. Saturday 22 June, from 9.30 to 17.30, the Military Airport of Guidonia (Rome) will be the scene of a day "Pilot for a [...]
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An F-2000 Eurofighter of the Italian Air Force, deployed at the base of Istrana (TV), headquarters of the 51st Wing, with airspace surveillance tasks, intervened today to intercept a civil aircraft of Lauda Air, that during the overflight of the national airspace had lost radio contact with the [...]
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Cyber Eagle 2019 completed: the Air Force tests the cyber defense of its air transport departments
The "Cyber Eagle 2019", the Cyber Defense exercise of the Italian Air Force, which took place between 10 and 12 June under the direction of the Re.SIA (Automated Information Systems Department) of Acquasanta, ended today - Rome, the aeronautical department in charge of the cyber defense of the Armed Force. Also this year, like the 2018 edition which [...]
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The Operational Center for Meteorology of Pratica di Mare (COMET) provides information to the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Since June, the information elaborated by the Operational Center for Meteorology of Pratica di Mare (COMET) on estimates of the instantaneous precipitation observed by satellite are used by the European Organization for the Exploitation [...]
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An F-2000 Eurofighter of the Italian Air Force, in readiness for the airspace surveillance service, quickly took off in the early afternoon today from the Istrana air base (TV), headquarters of the 51st Wing, to intercept a private civil aircraft DA42 took off from Roma Urbe and headed for Baden - Baden (Germany), [...]
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Italy with the # Aeronautica Militare wants to launch micro satellites into space with the help of fighter aircraft. Let's talk about the # Aviolancio. The idea is to use #Typhoon fighters as 'launchers' to put satellites into orbit, at an altitude of about 250 kilometers, mainly intended for Earth observation, therefore for controlling the territory, both in terms of defense [... ]
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Life-saving flight for an American passenger transported to the Brotzu Hospital in Cagliari with a HH212 helicopter from the 80th CSAR Center of the 15th Wing Today morning, Thursday 30 May, an HH-212 helicopter from the 80th CSAR Center ( Combat Search and Rescue) of Decimomannu (Cagliari) intervened to assist an American woman who was seriously ill on the [...]
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The editorial products are now on sale on the e-commerce site and, for the first time, also in eBook format From today, Friday 24 May, the editorial products of the Air Force are on sale on Amazon.it, in the showcase available at the following link: https://www.amazon.it/aeronauticamilitare. In a social and communicative context increasingly oriented to use, from [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) In Florence at the Institute of Military Aeronautical Sciences about one hundred captains from all Italian bases, attending the 25th Specialization course, organized a charity evening in favor of the Meyer Pediatric Hospital Foundation. In the presence of the commander of the Institute, air brigade general Vincenzo Nuzzo and the entire permanent staff, special guest [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) As every year, La Difesa participates in the 32nd edition of the Turin Book Fair to promote and advertise the products and editorial initiatives of the Armed Forces. The theme of this year's edition of the International Book Fair is “The Game of the World”. A world for which the Italian Armed Forces [...]
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A Falcon 50 of the 31 ° Stormo di Ciampino transported the man in imminent danger of life from Pescara to Milan A Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31 ° Stormo di Ciampino carried out an urgent medical transport from Pescara to Milan in favor of a 45-year-old man years in imminent danger of life waiting for [...]
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On May 2, the new Air Defense radar installed at the 134th Remote Radar Squadron of Lampedusa was inaugurated. The inauguration ceremony was chaired by the Undersecretary of State for Defense, Hon. Angelo Tofalo, accompanied by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Air Squad General Alberto Rosso. The event was also attended by [...]
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The collaboration is part of the support activities for the creation of the “New National Trust Network” of GNSS sensors. An executive agreement was signed in recent days by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, air squad general Alberto Rosso, and by the Extraordinary Commissioner of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Prof. Piero Benvenuti, an executive agreement aimed at adapting and [... ]
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An HH-139A from the 84th CSAR Center in Gioia del Colle, on readiness service, rescued the couple who had been lost in a mountainous area of Campania Last night an HH-139A helicopter from the 84th CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue ) of the Air Force found a couple of young people who had got lost in an inaccessible area [...]
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The Frecce Tricolori will roll out the Tricolor on the starting grid of the Roman circuit in the EUR district. Also this year the collaboration between the “Formula E” and the Air Force is renewed. On Saturday 13 April, for the first time in the history of Formula E, the MB339PAN aircraft of the Italian Air Force's Frecce Tricolori will fly over the starting grid of [...]
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The Undersecretary of Defense Angelo Tofalo spoke at the event, organized by the Air Force to systematize knowledge and technological projects The first national Workshop on Platforms was held today, Friday 5 April, in Rome, at the Aviator's House. Stratospheric, an event organized by the General Office for Space of the Air Force to start a discussion, together [...]
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“We are ready, there are a few days left and the Italian Military Aeronautics Union - SIM AM - will open the campaign for registrations. Many phone calls and requests arrived from all over Italy to join the SIM AM, the enthusiasm increases day by day. We opened the Facebook page last March 14 and to date already [...]
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Worldwide investments in drones will be around 12,3 billion dollars in 2019. The boom in these small remote-controlled aircraft has led those involved in air traffic to think seriously about safety as well. This year some international airports in England have had to stop traffic more than once [...]
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Regarding the article published this morning in Il Fatto Quotidiano, entitled "The Air Force has 4 aircraft at risk, but they still fly" by Toni De Marchi, the Air Force intends to affirm, with absolute firmness, that the four Boeing KC-767A on line at the 14 ° Stormo of Pratica di Mare - as well as all the aircraft of the [...]
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The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, sent a message to the Air Force Chief of Staff, Air Squad General Alberto Rosso, on the occasion of the 96th anniversary of the establishment of the Air Force. "I address a thought of gratitude and gratitude to the airmen who have served our country with honor, dedication and sacrifice and I pay homage [...]
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Late yesterday morning, Wednesday 26 March, at the Ahmed Al Jaber base, the air squad general Ferdinando Giancotti, Commander of the Air Force Squad, representing the Chief of Defense Staff, attended the passage of deliveries - in "transfer of authority" technical jargon - between AMX aircraft [...]
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Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta met the military unions for the first time in the afternoon. SIM Aeronautica, SIM Marina, SIM Carabinieri, the Free Representation of the Military Union (LRM) and the Italian Union of Military Workers - (SIULM) were present. Representing the SIM AM, Lieutenant Colonel Sinibaldo Buono (next President) intervened, [...]
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The man was recovered with the winch, the crew worked with special night vision goggles A fisherman suffering from illness on board his fishing boat was rescued by a HH-212 helicopter of the 80th C.SAR Center. (Combat Search and Rescue) of the 15th Wing of the Italian Air Force. The helicopter, on the orders of the Poggio Renatico Air Operations Command and [...]
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On Sunday 17 March, the aircraft of the National Aerobatic Team will fly over the city of Rome for the traditional tricolor passage on the Altare della Patria to open the official celebrations for the Day of National Unity, the Constitution, the Hymn and the Flag. The overflight, scheduled shortly after 10:00, will honor the symbolically highest moment of the celebrations, that is [...]
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The Air Force is also in the Italian Military Union (SIM). The statute was approved by Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta on 8 March. As the Statute mentions, SIM AM will represent, promote, look after and protect the moral, economic, regulatory, legal, professional, social security interests in every location - trade union, social, historical, judicial and administrative - interests [...]
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The baby was transported in the late evening aboard a Falcon 900 of the Air Force at the request of the Prefecture of Reggio Calabria The urgent transport from Reggio Calabria to Genoa of a few days old baby was concluded around 22:30 yesterday evening , for which an intervention was necessary [...]
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The high technological value of projects in the ATM (Air Traffic Management) sector in Italy is recognized. Madrid, 13 March 2019 - The European Commission has awarded the Italian Air Force and ENAV (the company that manages civil air traffic in Italy) for a joint project on safety in the management of national air traffic. The special [...]
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The woman in serious condition suffered severe burns on most of her body following a violent news case of which she was victim A Falcon 50 aircraft of the 31st Wing of the Air Force took off a few minutes from Lamezia Terme airport (CZ) to urgently transport a woman to Bari airport [...]
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The fighters took off during the night to intercept a civil aircraft that had interrupted communications with the air traffic control bodies Last night, shortly after 23:30 pm, two F-2000 Eurofighter fighters of the Italian Air Force, in readiness for the airspace surveillance service, took off quickly from the base [...]
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An HH139 helicopter of the Italian Air Force is engaged in the search and rescue operations of the operator involved in the accident that took place this morning on the Barbara F platform of ENI, off the coast of Ancona. The helicopter, belonging to the 83rd CSAR Group (Combat Search and Rescue) of the 15th Wing of Cervia, is operating jointly with a patrol boat of the Ancona Harbor Master's Office. The intervention [...]
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Published notice for the collection of expressions of interest from companies, research bodies and universities, for collaboration in the field of small satellite aviation The notice for the collection of expressions of interest with which the Air Force opens to companies has been made public , the research institutions and universities concerned have the opportunity to collaborate, [...]
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