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	Air Force Technology - AMX Fighter Bomber - Brazil/Italy
		The first AMX aircraft was delivered to the Italian Air Force in January 1989 and to the Brazilian Air Force in 1990.
		Italian Air Force AMX fighters were deployed as part of the NATO forces in Operation Allied Force against Serbia in 1999.
		The AMX in operation with the Brazilian Air Force is equipped with the Fiar/Tectelcom SCP/01 radar.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/amx (1248 words)

	Aviation Wings and Badges of WW2 - Italian Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first is the story of the Regia Aeronautica, the Royal Air Force, from the invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 until the Armistice of September 1943.
		In general, the Regia Aeronautica fared poorly in its encounters with Allied forces and was not a significant factor in the war.
		Two separate air forces came into existence after the Armistice, each structured along the lines of their respective allies (the Luftwaffe in the North and the USAAF and the RAF in the South).
	www.ww2wings.com /wings/italy/italymain.shtml (1961 words)

	British Submarines of World War Two - Malta Force Submarines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ultra-shallow seas forced submarines to caution in those areas where the depth was such to allow the laying of mines, and closer to the coast they would be avoiding hordes of small craft housed in many bases to hunt down and attack submarines.
		Air raids, night attacks, low-level minelaying and dive-bombing were all employed against the island, its defenders and inhabitants.
		Force K was reduced to one cruiser and three destroyers, Malta's three airfield were for long periods out of action through bombing or bad weather which reduced the ground to mud, and Rommel's convoys were getting through regularly with a much heavier escort.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /chalcraft/sm/malta.html (3879 words)

	Edwards Air Force Base - Team effort - Italian, U.S. air forces join together, boost C-130J capabilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Italian Air Force Warrant Officer Michele Casipoli spot checks connections in the fuselage of an Italian C-130J on the Edwards ramp.
		Italian Air Force Warrant Officer Vincenzo Rivoli runs a maintenance procedure in the cockpit of an Italian C-130J on the Edwards ramp.
		Alessandro De Lorenzo, an Italian test pilot with the group, said working with the U.S. Air Force on a real-world project is a good experience for the Italian crew and agreed with his American counterparts that the data collected is of mutual benefit to both countries.
	www.edwards.af.mil /archive/2002/2002-archive-italy_c130.html (682 words)

	Italian air force Tornados get strike and reconnaissance upgrade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Italian air force has asked Alenia Aeronautica to further enhance the capabilities of the country's Panavia Tornado IDS fleet in parallel to its recent contract award for the upgrade of 55 Alenia/Embraer AMX light-attack aircraft.
		Meanwhile, the air force has asked Alenia to pick a reconnaissance pod for its Tornado and AMX fleets.
		The air force has defined its requirements for the Tornado MLU programme, which is expected to involve 57 IDS and ECR models in addition to the 18 "first upgrade" aircraft.
	www.flightinternational.com /FALANDING_193916.htm (296 words)

	Comando Supremo: Giulio Douhet
		An early supporter of strategic bombing and the military superiority of air forces was General Giulio Douhet.
		He argued that command of an enemy's air space and subsequent bombing of industrialized centers would be so disruptive and destructive that the pressure for peace would be overwhelming.
		Central to his theory was the premise that control of the air alone could win a war regardless of those armies on land or at sea.
	www.comandosupremo.com /Douhet.html (1470 words)

	KFOR: KFOR Chronicle:
		The Italian Minister of Defence tasked the Air Force to build and manage an airport that would assist in transporting personnel and equipment, thus eliminating the need for long road convoys.
		The airport became operational within 55 days, with the first aircraft, the G222 of the Italian Air Force, landing on the semi-prepared runway of 1500 meters by 30 meters.
		The Italian Air Force is continuing to further enhance the airport with the addition of a new immobile Control Tower.
	www.nato.int /kfor/chronicle/2002/chronicle_13/03.htm (616 words)

	The Royal Australian Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The forerunner of the Royal Australian Air Force, known as the Australian Flying Corps, was dispatched to Mesopotamia on 8 February 1915.
		Administration of the Defence Force is the joint responsibility of the CDFS and the Secretary of the Department of Defence.
		The Air Office is responsible for doctrine and policy, similar in many ways to the USAF Air Staff, and also performs most of the functions of the USAF Systems Command in the developing of requirements and selection of major capital equipment.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1977/mar-apr/burt.html (3486 words)

	Italian air force fighters intercept Air China passenger plane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Two Italian air force fighters on Friday intercepted a non-identified plane that entered Italian air space, but it turned out to be an Air China passenger jet on a scheduled flight to Milan, military sources said.
		The China Air Boeing 747's authorisation to enter the country's air space was out of date, the sources said.
		The Italian air force has carried out 70 such missions since the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington in which hijacked passenger jets were flown into buildings.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040521095710.nkuv7ik8.html (103 words)

	Air Force Times - News - More News
		The plane that was the center of attention Monday is one of four that will be delivered to the Italian air force, Boeing’s first customer for the tankers.
		Roberto Poni of the Italian air force said he was concerned because his country was the first to order Boeing’s 767 tankers.
		Boeing is expected to deliver 100 refueling tankers to the U.S. Air Force in a leasing deal worth $16 billion.
	www.airforcetimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-2103883.php (458 words)

	Guardian \| Italian air force hid pilot's body in fridge
		Italian air force officers concealed the body of a Libyan fighter pilot in a refrigerator for three weeks as part of an attempt to hide the cause of the crash of a civilian airliner 19 years ago, an Italian newspaper reported yesterday.
		The Corriere della Sera said the cover-up was intended to prevent investigating magistrates linking the crashes on the night of June 27 1980 of the Itavia DC-9 passenger jet near the island of Ustica, off the northern coast of Sicily, and a Libyan MiG.
		The newspaper claims the airliner was shot down when it became caught up in an aerial dogfight between Libyan MiGs and Nato planes, and that the Italian air force then tried to conceal evidence of the air battle by trying to suggest that the Libyan plane was downed much later.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,3900413-103681,00.html (294 words)

	Mario Calderara
		The other Italian pilots which attempted to participate did not manage to lift their machines in the air, except Anzani on a French airplane which crashed beyond repair.
		The famous Italian poet Gabriele d' Annunzio was interested in human flight and had come to Brescia hoping to be carried on an airplane as a passenger.
		World war one was approaching and the Italian Navy imposed on Mario Calderara an interruption of his aeronautical activities, and a return to his naval assignments.
	www.calderara.com /mario (2151 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Italian firm signs contract with Nigerian air force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		An Italian company, Alenia Aeronautica, has signed a 74.5-million-dollar contract with the Nigerian air force for the maintenance of five 1980s-vintage G222 transport aircrafts and the provision of a further second-hand one.
		Alenia Aeronautica, a subsidiary of Italy's Finmeccanica, said in a statement obtained Saturday that the two-year agreement was for the technical training of Nigerian air force's personnel like pilot instructors and technicians.
		Ibrahim Kure, spokesman for the air force, however, denied knowledge of the contract.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200508/01/eng20050801_199509.html (225 words)

	Albanian Air Force
		The air force is currently equipped with a variety of elderly aircraft, and defence expenditure remains a low priority.
		The Air Force is administered by the army, with an Aviation Command reporting directly to the Ministry of Defence in Tiranë.
		Apart from the main six air bases, there are also a number of smaller airports and airfields around the country which are sometimes used by the Air Force.
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/albania/albaf2.htm (820 words)

	Hill prepares F-16s for Italian air force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tommaso Ferro, air defense and defense cooperation attaché for the Italian air force, lead a delegation of military and diplomatic dignitarie">
		Tommaso Ferro, air defense and defense cooperation attaché for the Italian air force, lead a delegation of military and diplomatic dignitaries in accepting aircraft purchased under the Defense Department's foreign military sales program.
		Brought up from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., the five F-16s, which will be delivered to Italy in the next few weeks, have undergone 220 days of refurbishment and upgrades, according to Wayne Hansen, F-16 production chief here.
	www.af.mil /news/story_print.asp?storyID=123004928 (555 words)

	The Birth of the Swedish Air Force 1 (3)
		Nowadays a strong defence meant a strong air force that was able to take over a number of missions from the navy, like giving close air support to the commercial fleet and halting invasion forces heading for Sweden over the Baltic.
		The clear advantages of dive bombing were soon to result in the acquisition of the B 5 aircraft, and later to force the transforming of the L 10 project from a reconnaissance plane into a dive bomber.
		In the autumn of 1938 the Air Force (flygförvaltningen) started to plan a project that later turned out to be the B 18 aircraft.
	www.ungermark.se /elarm.html (7110 words)

	Italian Air Force - Pilot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Italian pilots that went north to fly with the Germans, cut the crown off their normal badges.
		The Italian term for this symbol is "Fascio Littorio" which tanslates to the Lictorian Fasces.
		It was designed and sent to the Republican Airforce (Mussolini's Republic of Salo after the surrender of the Royal Italian Armed Forces on 8 September 1943) Secretary of Defense in October 1944.
	www.ww2wings.com /wings/italy/italypilot.shtml (586 words)

	Italian Air Force gets its first Eurofighter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft has been delivered to Cameri Air Base after the Italian Air Force and Alenia Aeronautica concluded the necessary acceptance procedures.
		The Typhoon, a two-seat aircraft called IT001, is the first of 121 Eurofighters to be delivered to Italian Air Force, while Grosseto AFB, home of 4th FW, will shortly receive the second jet (IT002).
		The Italian Eurofighter, developed and produced in Italy by Alenia Aeronautica (aircraft) and Avio S.p.A. (engine), is an air superiority fighter aircraft that will replace the F-104 Starfighter in the air defence of Italian airspace.
	defence-data.com /eft/eftpage38.htm (213 words)

	Italian Air Force 1999 Air Show at Grosseto Air Base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During 1999, there was just one military air show in Italy, organized on 26 September at the Grosseto air base by the resident 4th Wing.
		The event, dubbed Giornata Azzurra 1999 (blue day), was also the occasion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of NATO and some air forces in the alliance came in with their aircraft.
		Italian Air Force gathered all the aircraft types in its inventory, both in static and flying display; aircraft of the other Italian Armed Forces and Corps were also present at Grosseto.
	www.fly-net.org /aeromedia/gros99gb.html (286 words)

	INTERNATIONAL AIR FORCE DIRECTORY 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The single air defence/ground attack squadron which uses these aircraft is at the capital's Bamako-Senou airport, the air force's principal airfield.
		The other Cessnas and the rest of the air force are operating for transport and patrol duties.
		Mauritania's air force is based at the capital, Nouakchott, but deploys to 10 other airports.
	www.mylima.com /airforce/m.htm (831 words)

	Air Force Technology - Predator - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV
		Italian company Meteor was responsible for assembly of five of the six.
		In February 2001, the Hellfire-C laser-guided missile was successfully fired from a Predator air vehicle in flight tests at Nellis air force base, Nevada.
		The air vehicle is equipped with UHF and VHF radio relay links, a C-band line-of-sight data link which has a range of 150 nautical miles and UHF and Ku-band satellite data links.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/predator (1298 words)

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		The Institute of Forensic Medicine of the Italian Air Force (Decree of the Ministry of Defence 18-04-90 and DPR No. 566 of 18-11-1988) subjects pilots and other people working in the Air Force to programmed periodical controls to ascertain whether they are suitable for flying.
		Those samples drawn by the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the Italian Air Force that proved positive to the preliminary tests were divided into two groups, which were sealed and provided with a code number to guarantee the anonymity of the tested persons.
		The Institute of Forensic Medicine of the Italian Air Force was informed about the date when the samples were expected to be opened and the confirmation analyses carried out.
	www.unicri.it /min.san.bollettino/bulletin/2001-2/toxicological_analysis.html (1801 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Jets force plane down near Rome
		Italian military jets have intercepted a plane flying over the capital Rome, where world leaders had gathered for the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
		Thousands of police, backed by the Italian army, were deployed to ensure public safety and the security of dignitaries for the funeral - one of the biggest in history.
		Air traffic was diverted away from the airspace over Rome during the Pope's funeral, and Ciampino airport was closed to commercial traffic on Friday.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/world/europe/4425631.stm (260 words)

	Aviano Air Base
		In 1954 the Italian and American governments signed a joint use agreement and by 1955, HQ United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) had moved its Italian operations from Udine to Aviano.
		The layout of Aviano is unique because the community consists of seven areas, which include the administrative, community and support areas, the 16th Air Force command compound, the flight line area, a munitions storage area, a civil engineering complex, a recreational area and a decommissioned fuel railhead.
		Aviano Air Base is divided into nine areas stretched between the towns of Aviano and Pordenone, nine miles south of the base.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/aviano.htm (642 words)

	F-16.net - Photo Library: Italian Air Force F-16s (2)
		Italian Air Force F-16A ADF #MM7245 from the 5°Stormo in a HAS at Cervia AB.
		Italian Air Force F-16s on the 5° Stormo flight line at Cervia AB shot through what seems to be the remains of the F-16s predecessor, the venerable F-104ASA.
		Italian F-16A ADF, #MM7252 of the 23°squadron, 5°wing during landing on runway 30 at Cervia on January 29th, 2004 (Photo by Tacchi)
	www.f-16.net /f-16_photos_album46-page2.html (290 words)

	::.. Curriculum - Il Portale dell'Aeronautica Militare Italiana ..::
		From 1991 to 1994 he was assigned to the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., as Defence, Air and Defence Cooperation Attaché, and from 1994 to 1995 was appointed as Vice Commander of the 2nd Air Region.
		From october 1995 to september 1997 he was appointed as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force.
		Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force from the 5th august 2001 to the 4th august 2004.
	www.aeronautica.difesa.it /csma/curriculumFerracutieng.asp (478 words)

	Museums in Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Italian Air Force Museum, besides being the most important in Italy, is also one of the most interesting of its kind.
		Hosted in the hangars of the old seaplane station of Vigna di Valle, Museum conserves some 50 valuable pieces, most of Italian origin, and a restoration and maintenance center for historical planes.
		The display ends recurring the recent history of post-war Italian AF, with a FIAT F86K end two FIAT G91, the first in PAN version, used by Aerobatic Wing "Frecce Tricolori" and the second in twin-engined version G91Y.
	aeroweb.lucia.it /en/museums/vigna.htm (299 words)

	REPORTAGE - AT BAGRAM WITH THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE…. WAITING FOR ALPINI - analisi difesa - year 3 nr 27 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Evasive manoeuvres of the C 130J of the AMI (Aeronautica Militare Italiana – Italian Air Force) to elude possible portable anti-aircraft missiles tells imminent landing in Bagram, the air base north of Kabul which accommodates the headquarter and large part of the US and allied forces in Afghanistan.
		The problem of the security hasn’t been certainly solved from the US engaged in opposing the Taliban and Al Qaeda forces remained and in buy the collaboration or at least not hostility of various militias.
		The base is protected from a garrison that controls an area upto 3km from the perimeter while motorized units patrol the area upto 20km from the airport to avoid artillery attacks.
	www.analisidifesa.com /numero27/eng/cover1.htm (286 words)

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