Germany recently approved its budget, thus starting, as far as the Defense sector is concerned, the technological upgrade of 15 Eurofighters. Airbus itself confirmed the news by announcing the upgrade of its fighter aircraft to electronic warfare. The aircraft will therefore be equipped with an advanced localization and self-protection system for [...]
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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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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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The two fighters of the 4th Wing were ordered to take off immediately to intercept an aircraft that had cut off communications. national aircraft, carried out an intervention on immediate take-off orders (in [...]
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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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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 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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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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The funeral rite, officiated by the Bishop of Trapani, SER Monsignor Pietro Maria Fragnelli, will be held at 14 pm in the presence of military, civil and religious authorities. The funeral of pilot officer Fabio Antonio Altruda will be held today, Saturday 30 December, at 17 pm in the Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Trapani. At the funeral ceremony, which will be open [...]
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The search continues, both from the ground and with an HH139 helicopter of the Trapani Search and Rescue Center, for the pilot of the Eurofighter single-seat fighter of the 37th Stormo of Trapani, who crashed due to currently unknown causes during the return phase to the mother base from a training mission. Work is underway to limit the impact area […]
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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 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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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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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Inaugural flight, at Leonardo's Flight Test Center in Turin-Caselle, of the first Eurofighter in the Instrumented Series Production Aircraft (ISPA 6) configuration developed for the Kuwait Air Force. The aircraft is the first to take off with the innovative Captor E electron-scanning radar and upgrades to the Phase Enhancement P3Eb standard. Yes […]
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Two German Air Force Eurofighters collided in flight at Jabel in the land of Mecklenburg-Pomerania during an exercise. The two pilots managed to launch with the ejection seats. According to what was announced by the German military authorities, it was a collision that caused the two Eurofighters to crash. 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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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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Two Eurofighter fighters of the 36 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force, in NATO alarm service, took off this morning from the Gioia del Colle (BA) air base to intercept an aircraft of the German airline TUI Fly flying over the skies of the Montenegro, bound for Hurghada (Egypt), which had lost radio contact with [...]
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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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A pair of Eurofighter fighters of the 4th Wing of Grossetto, on alarm service to protect the national airspace, intercepted an A-320 aircraft of the Spanish company Iberia, on the Split - Madrid route, which had lost radio communications with the authorities of air traffic control. At about 21.00 pm yesterday, Thursday [...]
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Two Eurofighter fighter aircraft of the 36 ° Stormo di Gioia del Colle (BA) intercepted a CESSNA aircraft of Portuguese nationality, on the Geneva - Brindisi route, which had lost radio communications with the air traffic control bodies in the Arezzo area. At about 10.00 today the two fighters of the Italian Air Force, [...]
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Two F-2000 Eurofighter fighters of the Italian Air Force, in readiness for the airspace surveillance service, took off quickly today morning from the Istrana air base (TV), headquarters of the 51st Wing, to intercept a AirFrance's Boeing 777 aircraft, which had suddenly lost radio contact with the Italian traffic agency [...]
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Two F-2000A Eurofighter fighters of the Italian Air Force, in readiness for the airspace surveillance service, took off quickly today morning from the Grosseto air base, home of the 4th Wing, to intercept an Egyptian aircraft, took off from Paris (France) and headed for Almaza (Egypt), which had lost contact [...]
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Bae System is thrilled that Saudi Arabia is increasingly interested in the Eurofighter program. Probably the order of 48 aircraft will regain vigor favoring the production of the aircraft. The new perspective was anticipated during the visit to London of the heir to the Saudi throne Mohammed bin Salman. In fact, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Riyadh and [...]
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In Bulgaria also the Italian Eurofighter Typhoons to kick off the Enanched Air Policing operation in Bulgaria called “Bulgarian Horse”. In the three months of stay in Bulgaria - from 15 July to 15 October - the Italian fighters will fly together with the Mig-29 of the Bulgarian Air Force to implement and ensure, under the umbrella of the mission [...]
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Two F-2000 Eurofighter fighters of the Italian Air Force, in readiness for the airspace surveillance service, took off quickly in the early afternoon today from the Gioia del Colle air base (Ba), home of the 36 ° Stormo Caccia , to intercept a Belgian Embraer 450 aircraft, which took off from Ibiza (Spain) and headed for Larnaca [...]
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