An F-2000 of the 9° Gruppo (Squadron) takes off for a mission. (All images credit: Stefano D’Urso / The Aviationist) The three-week exercise was preparatory for Red Flag Alaska 24-1 and also saw the participation of the F-35 fleet. The Italian...
An F-2000 of the 10° Gruppo takes off for a morning mission. (All images credit: Stefano D’Urso / The Aviationist) The exercise precedes the deployment of the Typhoon fleet to Red Flag – Akaska in the U.S. The Italian Air Force...
Personnel from Air Force and Navy pose for a photo after the graduation in front of both services’ F-35Bs. (Photo: Italian Air Force) The pilots attended the ground school at MCAS Beaufort and then continued their training at Amendola Air Base,...
The HH-212 MM81160/9-60 with the special markings to celebrate the last flight (Image credit: Alessandro Pandolfi/@Pando_spotter) The AB-212 (HH-212) Twin Huey helicopter made its last flight today ending a 40-year career in the Italian Air Force. The last HH-212 (as the...
STREGA 50 on the display of the SCCAM, the Military Air Traffic Control Center. (Image by The Aviationist, using ItAF photos). During an experimental flight, an MQ-9A Predator B of the Italian Air Force, under control of the military ATCC, flew...
File photo of the Gulfstream G650ER. (Photo: Gulfstream Aerospace) The new G650ER aircraft will take over the urgent medical transport missions performed by the 31° Stormo, while also having a fleet commonality with the G550 already in service. An unclassified document...
An Italian Air Force fires a Meteor missile during a test in the UK (Image credit: ItAF) An Italian Air Force TF-2000A was involved in the live firing campaign at the UK‘s Hebrides range. In the last weeks, the Italian Air Force...
The Italian Eurofighter Typhoon in special color scheme for NTM23. (Image credit: @italianscalemodels) Gioia del Colle Air Base will host 80 aircraft from 13 countries which will perform Large Force Employment training events from October 2 to 13. One of the...
The Russian Su-30SM intercepted by the Italian F-35As deployed to Poland on Sept. 21, 2023. (ItAF via NATO) We have obtained a photo of one of the two Su-30 Flankers intercepted by the Italian F-35 jets over the Baltic Sea last...
Two screenshots from the video of the crash. A video posted online shows the aircraft crashing seconds after the formation take off. The pilot managed to eject but the aircraft hit a car killing a little girl and injuring her family....