Portuguese Air Force F-16s train with Polish Air Force Mig-29s during NATO Assurance Measures 2020 exercise 24 September 2020
Airmobile operations with Italian Army 7th Aviation Regiment “Vega” UH-90 and AH-129 Mangusta helicopters 24 September 2020
Northrop Grumman recently inducted the first US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) P-3 Orion aircraft for depot level maintenance 23 January 2021
General Atomics successfully completes newly developed self-protection system demo on MQ-9 23 January 2021
Italian Leonardo Seaspray AESA maritime radar to be integrated on GA-ASI MQ-9B SeaGuardian 19 January 2021
Leonardo and the Italian Air Force start building the most advanced flight training centre in Decimomannu 16 December 2020
Leonardo and the Italian Air Force start building the most advanced flight training centre in Decimomannu 16 December 2020A groundbreaking ceremony for the new International Flight Training School was celebrated today at the Italian Air Force’s base in...
The successful Leonardo C-27J Spartan sheds its skin with Next Generation update to reach new performance heights 11 November 2020Leonardo has begun the final testing of the C-27J Next Generation which features new equipment, a new avionics system and advanced aerodynamic...
Italian Air Force takes delivery of its final and most advanced Eurofighter Typhoon, core of the Italian and European defence system 23 October 2020Taking off from Leonardo’s plant in Caselle (Turin), the final and most advanced Eurofighter Typhoon of the Italian Air Force...
Interview with Italian Air Force Colonel Pilot Gianluca Chiriatti, commander of the 41° Stormo and Sigonella airport 7 October 2020During the performance of the Frecce Tricolori held on the skies of Sigonella AB last August we met Colonel Gianluca...
Italian Air Force Eurofighters will fly over Mugello to celebrate the 1000th Gran Prix of Ferrari in Formula 1 11 September 2020A formation of Eurofighers with the symbol of the Prancing Horse on the fuselage will fly over the starting grid...
From September 2020 Italy and Germany will take over NATO Baltic Air Policing duties 26 August 2020From September, Italian and German fighter jets will be deployed in Lithuania and Estonia respectively. The detachments with their Eurofighter...
M-345 italian Leonardo’s new training aircraft certified and ready for the global market 8 May 2020Leonardo is pleased to announce that the DAAA (Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness), the Italian Ministry of Defence’s Certification...
Italian Air Force receives its first F-35B Lightning II 24 February 2020On Saturday 22, the third F-35B Lightnng II ordered by the Italian Defense left the production site located at Cameri...
Italy first to deploy F-35 fighter aircraft to NATO mission in Iceland 28 September 2019For the first time modern 5th generation fighter aircraft will execute NATO’s peacetime Air Policing mission safeguarding Icelandic airspace for...
UK international exercise Cobra Warrior come to an end 21 September 2019This week saw the conclusion of Exercise Cobra Warrior at RAF Waddington. A multi-national tactical training event, Exercise Cobra Warrior saw...
RUAG completes annual inspection on three Italian Army Aviation Dornier 228 aircraft 10 September 2019RUAG MRO International has fulfilled the annual inspection on three Dornier 228 aircraft with special mission configuration belonging to the...
Exercise Cobra Warrior starts in UK 4 September 2019Aircraft from the German, Italian and Israeli Air Forces have arrived at RAF Waddington to participate in Exercise Cobra Warrior. ...
Boeing: extended contract to support Italian Air Force KC-767A tankers fleet 26 June 2019Boeing will continue providing Performance-based Logistics (PBL) support to the Italian air force (ItAF) fleet of KC-767A tankers through July...
Italian Navy exercise Mare Aperto (Open Sea) 2019 9 May 2019“We are in the waters of the Central Mediterranean, in full “hot zones” having to face a situation of crisis...
Italian Eurofighter safeguards Icelandic airspace under NATO deployment for the fourth time 19 March 2019On 11 March, Italian Air Force Eurofighter aircraft arrived at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, to start their four-week deployment to...
Italian Air Force: training activities for six F-35A deployed to Decimomannu 9 February 2019Six F-35A aircraft and a team composed of pilots and maintainers of the 32nd Wing of the Italian Air Force...
Declared the Initial Operational Capacity for the Italian Air Force F-35As 1 December 2018“Today is an important day for the Italian Air Force,” said Italian Air Force Chief of Staff, General Alberto Rosso,...
Two more F-35 for italian defence, while Belgium is ready to order it 23 October 2018Notwithstanding the uncertainties affecting the Italian Joint Strike Fighter program, fueled by declarations of new Government’s exponents, the production lots...
Greece: exercise Iniochos 2018 Andravida Air Base 26 March 2018Iniohos in Greek means Charioteer, and it is the most important exercise for Polemiki Aeroporia (Hellenic Air Force). The first...
Italian Navy trains in the Gulf of Taranto with Harriers and Cavour aircraft carrier 14 March 2018Naval units and aircraft from different Italian Navy bases have carried out training activities by carrying out maritime surveillance in...