21/09/16  |  Military world
USAF: studies started for stealth tanker
The USAF has officially begun studies for the KC-Z, a low-observability tanker for the exclusive support of F-22 / F-35 fifth generation platforms and bombers ...
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21/09/16  |  Heaven
New technology for aeronautical communications
On 14 and 15 September 2016, at the Centro Sperimentale Volo (CSV), the practical demonstration was held to test the new technology called Airborne Mission ...
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21/09/16  |  Seaside
Taranto Navy Festival
In a week that saw the sea, the themes of the maritime sector and scientific research at the center of conferences and initiatives aimed at promoting maritime culture ...
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21/09/16  |  Military world
F-35, official: defective insulation even in Italian fighter jets
The fifteen operating F-35As grounded due to the defective insulation used, will probably return by the end of the year. However, the ...
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20/09/16  |  Letters to the Director
Asbestos disease conference: the representatives of the staff denied participation, the Ministry of Defense becomes entrenched in the bureaucracy
In April 2016, the delegates of the Cocer Aeronautica, the highest representative body of the military, Alfio Messina and Antonsergio Belfiori asked to participate in ...
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20/09/16  |  Missions
Kosovo: when sport unites
In recent days, the football event called “Football4Fun” took place, a five-a-side football match organized by the Multinational Battle Group West (MNBG-W), the ...
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20/09/16  |  Military world
China: first four Russian Su-35s delivered within the year
The first four Sukhoi Su-35s will be delivered within the current year, while the entire supply will be completed by 2018. This is what is learned from the Ria Novosti agency. The...
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20/09/16  |  Military world
F-35: final tests on helmet and child seat started, the restrictions will remain in force for the 2017
Over the next four weeks, Martin-Baker and the JPO will carry out 21 tests at different speeds and altitudes to determine the effectiveness of the changes made and finalize ...
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20/09/16  |  Industry
Leonardo-Finmeccanica receives at the Quirinale National Award for Innovation for technology that will guarantee the safety of drones in the skies
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has won the most prestigious Italian award dedicated to innovation made in ...
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20/09/16  |  Terra
Grenadiers: fire mortar platoon
Yesterday at the Monte Romano shooting range the “Iron Fringe” exercise was held which involved two ...
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20/09/16  |  Military world
Russia: agreement reached with Sudan for the sale of 170 tanks T-72
Russia and Sudan have finalized the agreement to purchase 150 T-72 tanks. Twenty more units will be ...
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20/09/16  |  Military world
US Defense, official: "Raider" is the name of the B-21 strategic bomber
B-21 Raider. The Air Force Global Strike Command has finally revealed the name of the new Long Range Strike-Bomber of the ...
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20/09/16  |  Missions
Minister Pinotti's official visit to Pakistan
For 65 years Italy and Pakistan have been linked by solid friendships and by an important bilateral collaboration ....
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20/09/16  |  Heaven
Concluded the 16 ° Aerocooperation course
Eleven visitors, officers and non-commissioned officers, belonging to the Army, Navy and Aeronautics have concluded, at ...
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19/09/16  |  Interagency
Operation Vallum Secundum
The bomb technicians of the 2 ° regiment genius alpine troopers of Trento of the Italian Army and the divers of the Navy ...
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19/09/16  |  Seaside
Change at the top of the command at the head of the naval team
Friday morning on the flight deck of the Cavour aircraft carrier, moored in the Mar Grande Naval Station of Taranto, ...
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19/09/16  |  Heaven
First day of school at "Giulio Douhet"
On Thursday 15 September, as foreseen by the institutional calendar of the Tuscany region, the school year began ...
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19/09/16  |  Terra
The 161 ° ANPd'I course starts in the spotlight
Registrations continue at the National Paratroopers Association of Italy (Rome section) at the 161 ° course of ...
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19/09/16  |  Foreign Shorts
Attack on the Syrian army. In addition to the US, also involved UK, Australia and Denmark
The controversy surrounding the Deir Ezzor massacre in Syria does not subside. In the attack on the positions of the Syrian army ...
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19/09/16  |  Military world
US defense, A-10: the OA-X program, a low-cost alternative to the Warthog
The Air Force is considering the possibility of purchasing in the short term, some batches of light attack aircraft ...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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Backchannels and fireworks: US mediation behind Iranian retaliation on Israel?
As announced by the Iranian regime, the announced retaliation for the (unannounced) attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on 1 April 2024 which led to the death of...
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Letters to Defense Online: "Carabinieri and sinking of the Garibaldi"
Mine is not meant to be a sterile controversy but after more than thirty years of wearing the uniform I consider it a "fair" controversy. Decisions regarding the size and composition of forces...
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