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...
Test pilot Peter Weger makes his maiden flight in the Eurofighter Typhoon on 27 March 1994. (Photo: Eurofighter) The first Eurofighter development aircraft, DA1, performed its maiden flight on March 27, 1994 in Manching, Germany. The Eurofighter Typhoon celebrates today the...
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...
Turkish Air Force F-4E 2020 Terminator launching from Istrana. (All images credit: Alessandro Fucito) The Turkish Air Force Phantoms joined U.S. F-16s and other Italian assets for Exercise Poggio Dart 23 (PODA 23). On Dec. 15, 2023, the two-week combined NATO...
A screenshot from the Russian MOD video edited to show the positions of the various assets. The Russian Ministry Of Defense has released footage of a close encounter between Su-27 Flankers and RAF Rivet Joint with Typhoon escort. On Oct. 19,...
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...
An F-2000A of the 36° Stormo takes off during “Typhoon Flag 2023” (All images credit: Giovanni Maduli and Alessandro Borsetti) The two-week “Typhoon Flag 2023” exercise gathered F-2000s from all the Italian Air Force units flying the Eurofighter. From Aug. 28...
he Italian VC-319 arriving at Rome-Ciampino airport. (Photo: ANSA) In the box: one of the Eurofighters escorting the Airbus as it arrived in Italy, (Screenshot from Twitter), a P-72A (ITAF) and some of the tracks from the flight tracking websites Military...
The Italian personnel poses for a group photo to celebrate the achievement of the 7,000 flight hours. (Photo: Italian Air Force) Since 2019, the Italian Eurofighter aircraft have performed more than 850 missions which took them to recon more than 19,000...
