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Base Tuono Does It Right
Base Tuono exemplifies “Living History” at its best, offering a dynamic range of activities while educating the public about Italy’s Cold War defense history in collaboration with NATO. […]
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Italian Air Force Centenary Air Show
by Moreno Aguiari The Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding as an independent air arm this past weekend (June 16th/19th, 2023) with three-days of fabulous flying and festivities […]
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Happy Birthday to the AERONAUTICA!
by Gregory Alegi How does one spell “one hundred” in the air? Well, if you are the Italian Air Force, you fly six Lockheed F-35As to form the “1”, eight Eurofighter Typhoons to create the “0”, […]
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Planning Underway for Italian Air Force Centenary Celebrations
In 2023, the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI, the Italian air force) will celebrate their centenary with events and celebrations across the nation, recognizing the founding of the original Aeronautica Militare on March 28, 1923. As […]
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Aeronautica Militare Marks 40 Years of Panavia Tornado Operations
The Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) held an event in September to celebrate their 40 years of Panavia Tornado operations. However, before we describe that special day, we thought our readers might enjoy reading a brief history […]
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Pilot Report: The Night Looping
Pilot Report is a collection of flying experiences sent by our readers and readopted as article for this website. If you are interested in sharing your memories and stories with us please contact us HERE. […]
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The Last Piston Fighters of The Italian Air Force
The end of the World War Two, saw the Regia Aeronautica ranks practically destroyed and the once powerful air force had to be completely rebuilt from technical, human and moral aspects. In his latest book […]
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Base Tuono Adds an F-104 Starfighter
text by Christian Vaccari images: Fernando Larcher & Maurizio Struffi As we mentioned in a previous article, Base Tuono is the only museum in Europe which is dedicated solely to the Nike-Hercules NATO missile defense […]
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100th Anniversary of the Epic Rome-Tokyo Flight
by Luigino Caliaro Over the course of 2020, celebrations will take place commemorating the centenary for an aviation event of exceptional magnitude in its day, and a noteworthy moment in Italian aeronautical history. In 1920, […]
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Supersonic Glider – Piloting the F-104 Starfighter In An Emergency!
Pilot Report: This another in our series of recorded flying experiences that we have received from readers and adapted for our website. We will publish further accounts from time-to-time, but are eager to record more for […]