5 Towers 2015: between past and future in the places of the Great War
09/07/2015 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, over 700 soldiers from 11 countries participated in the exercise organized by the Army Alpine Troops Command in 5 Torri, where 100 years ago the Italian Army fought in the trenches at over 2200 meters above sea level.
The European Personnel Recovery Center has been inaugurated
09/07/2015 - "Today we are in Poggio Renatico, witnesses of what, in the future, could represent the embryo of a true European integrated defense system. Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom have combined their energies to create a pole of excellence for the recovery of military and civilian personnel in crisis areas. Energy from countries that represent 93,3% of European GDP ".
Italy assumes command of the amphibious force and Italian-Spanish landing
09/07/2015 - After two years of Spanish command, on 7 July, on board the aircraft carrier Juan Carlos I, moored at the naval base of Rota (Spain), the ceremony of the passing of the 'baton' between Spain and Italy was held for the Force Command Anfibia italo-pagnola (Spanish / Italian Amphibious Force - SIAF) and the Italo-pagnola Landing Force (Spanish / Italian Landing Force - SILF).
Lebanon: donation in the village of Qana
09/07/2015 - Shama, In recent days the Italian contingent of UNIFIL, based on the "Friuli" Aircraft Brigade, has delivered eight hospital beds to the "Governmental Hospital" of Qana, donated by the "Rotary Club Mede Aureum".
An incredible defense of the status quo and acquired privileges
09/07/2015 - Dear Director, in the past I have already read something on your web magazine about the reorganization of the Coast Guard, but now, following the recent political-media debate, I feel the need to report almost entirely the article written by Gianandrea Gaiani, a colleague and director of the online magazine Defense Analysis.
Lebanon: General Portolano visits ITALBATT
09/07/2015 - (Al Mansouri) The general of division Luciano Portolano, head of mission and force commander of UNIFIL has visited, at the base of Al Mansouri UNP 1-26, the Task Force of ITALBATT on base Regiment Genoa Cavalleria (4 °).
Awarded a Solemn Encomium to the AM Band
09/07/2015 - On Wednesday 1 July 2015, at the hangar of the historic Rome Airport - Centocelle, in the presence of the commander of the Rome Air Force Command, Air Force General Giuseppe Li Causi, the tribute ceremony was held by the head of Air Force Staff, of a Solemn commendation Collective to the Military Band of the Italian Air Force.
ISIS: confirmed existence of highly trained commandos
09/07/2015 - The first real ISIS special department has been unveiled and this time it is not a joke. The elements of this unit (it is correct to call it that considering the ISIS asset) wear blue bandanas and are considered the deadliest soldiers in the Islamic State. They rush towards the enemy shouting "Victory or Martyrdom".
Army military schools at the end of the summer tactical campaign
09/07/2015 - The logistic base of Fago del Soldato, near Camigliatello Silano and the Cantore barracks, near San Candido, hosted the military schools of the Army engaged in the tactical campaign at the end of the school year for a month.
9 July 1912: Flight accident for Guidoni
Tuesday - In front of Spezia the master pilot of the Naval Engineer Alessandro Guidoni during an experimental flight with a Hydroplane Farman, due to a failure at the controls loses control of the aircraft but manages to make an emergency ditch.
9 July 1912: Falco and Liguria in defense of Crete
Friday - Imbaldanzito from the victories achieved and the successful conclusion of the war against Greece (during the crisis of Crete 1896-1898), the Sultan unilaterally decides to send his fleet to Crete to strengthen the Ottoman garrison.
Operation Peru: landing of 3200 Marines and fight against terrorism
Peru - Following the increase in clashes between national security forces and the group Peruvian terrorist "Sendero luminoso", the US government has declared that it will send in Latin American country up to 3200 soldiers destined to improve operations in collaboration with the Peruvian Navy to defeat the aforementioned rebels and drug traffickers.
Blasters, EOD intervention in Mantua
08/07/2015 - This morning, a group of bomb squads from the Army defused an aircraft bomb, dating back to the Second World War, in the city center of Mantua.
The 2015 Headlight Service Campaign for navigational safety
08/07/2015 - The Moto Trasporti Fari (MTF) vessel Procida has completed the first phase of the 2015 Lighthouse Campaign by installing two important signaling in the north-east of Sardinia, one at Secca dei Monaci and the other at Secche di Ceraso in Olbia.
The Romeo Romei submarine launched
08/07/2015 - Last Thursday the submarine Romeo Romei, fourth unit of the Todaro class (type U212A) and twin of the Venuti submarine launched in October last year, was launched at the military naval plant of Fincantieri del Muggiano (SP). The Romei is the result of an important cooperation between Italy and Germany, started in the mid-90s and consolidated over time.
Launch exercise at sea for the men of San Marco
08/07/2015 - The launch aircraft from C130 is an important element for the training and development of operational capacities for the insertion of the advanced reconnaissance units and acquisition of objectives of the Marina San Marco Brigade.
Completed the "Trident Joust" 2015 exercise
08/07/2015 - The re-deployment of the NATO Joint Force Command Naples staff engaged in the Trident Joust 29 exercise was completed on 2015 June. The exercise involved assets of the Armed Forces of 25 NATO countries and over 1.000 people who in the period from 18 to 28 in June carried out the first risk in Cincu (Romania).
F-35: widows could be made for conceptual stubbornness
08/07/2015 - No American plane would fight a dogfight anymore. The Pentagon had reassured its pilots, rewritten the doctrine and reworked the entire air-to-air tactics. Too bad that on May 20, 1967, eight US Air Force F-4Cs, on patrol in North Vietnam, collided with fifteen MiG-17s… in close-range duels.
8 July 1926: Establishment of the Naval Corps Body
Body's Motto: "Arma Ferunt Corda"
The Naval Weapons Corps derives its origins from the needs that the post-unitary Regia Marina found itself to face following the strong technological progress of the artillery and ammunition on board.
F-35: 4 pre-production Italian hunters, ready in 2019
07/07/2015 - The US military wrote Lockheed Martin a billion dollar check for the pre-production of 94 F-35s. This is what they communicate from the US Naval Air Systems Command of the NAS of Patuxent River.