In this page you can find the link to some special reports/stories posted on The Aviationist and magazines all around the world.
U.S. stealth drone captured in Iran:
- Captured Stealth Drone: a link to all the articles about the story of the Lockheed RQ-170 Sentinel drone captured in Iran.
Osama Bin Laden Raid mystery chopper:
- Stealth Black Hawk: a link to all the articles and renderings about the mysterious helicopter exposed by the raid to kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.
Turkish Phantom downed by Syria:
Libya Air War 2011:
Various:
Italian Air Force:
- Italian Typhoons: all you need to know on the Italian Eurofighter Typhoon F-2000s.
- Italian F-16s in details: the detailed history of the Italian F-16s with painting details, weapons, pictures (ground and a/a) and walkaround.
- Axalp 2006 report: a detailed report (available in both Italian and English) about the Axalp demo and Meiringen airbase.
- Memories of a fighter pilot: Col. Agrusti recalls his pilot’s life as interceptor in the midst of the Cold War.
- Tornado IDS in action: a gallery of pictures of the Tornado IDS of the 155° Gruppo from the end of the ’80s to the mid-’90s, from the Gulf War to the SEAD role with the IDS-HARM.
- Darwin AB, Italy…: an abstract of an article on the Italian contribution to the INTERFET mission in East Timor.
- 71° Gruppo: the Electronic Warfare “made in Italy”: An analysis of the Italian Electronic Warfare capabilities following the retirement of the PD-808GE.
- Ghibli – Italy’s AMX: the description of the AMX involvement in the Allied Force operation.
- Starfighter Swan Song: the last year of service of the F-104 Starfighter.
- Ferrari vs Eurofighter Typhoon: a report of the speed race between Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari and a Eurofighter Typhoon piloted by Maurizio Cheli.
- Italian Vipers: the story of the first F-16s delivered to the Italian Air Force.
- Italian F-104 versions explained: internal and external differences of the various F-104 versions flying with the Italian Air Force.
- Flying with the TF-104G-M: a description of my formation and aerobatic flight with a TF-104 of the 20th Gruppo.
- Grosseto airbase, home of the 4th Stormo: an article providing a view of Grosseto based 9th and 20th Gruppo, equipped with F-104s, in year 2000.
- Zombies: a collection of pictures of the ItAF with F-104 intercepting Russian aircraft.
- Ghiblis over the boot: the story of the AMX in the Aeronautica Militare Italiana.
- Italian F-104 patches: a collection of all the Italian F-104 related patches.
- Aerobatic flight with the C-27J: a report of my flight inside an Alenia C-27J Spartan.
- Italy’s terrorist scare: On July 21-22 2001, Italy hosted the G-8 summit and because of a terrorist attack, the Italian Air Force and the other Armed Forces provided a defensive shield to the summit.
- Italy at War: a detailed report about the ItAF involvement in Operation Allied Force.
- 72° Stormo: the Italian helicopter school based at Frosinone.
- The Italian shuttle flights to Kabul: the Italian C-130J airlift to Afghanistan
- 71° Gruppo: Master of many tasks: a detailed report on the 71° Gruppo operates a diverse fleet to undertake several different roles.
- F-104 pictures from the Troupe Azzurra archive: a collection of some 250 pictures of the F-104 taken in 40 years by the Troupe Azzurra of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force).
- A day in the life of the 9° Stormo of Grazzanise: a photostory of 2 days spent in Grazzanise in 2003, the last year of service of the F-104 in the Italian Air Force.
- Burka Tigers: a detailed analysis of the 21° Gruppo operations in Afghanistan.
- Italian Air Force (Museo Storico dell’Aeronautica Militare) – Vigna di Valle: an unusual view of the Italian Air Force Museum, located on the Bracciano lake, near Rome.
- USS Enterprise port visit to Livorno – 1999: the description of a visit aboard USS Enterprise visiting Livorno harbour in 1999 during her Med Cruise.
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