Moscow sends bombers in the day of American independence
07/07/2015 - While the United States celebrated the Independence Day, two pairs of Russian bombers flew off the coast of California and Alaska forcing the Air Force to raise the fighters to intercept them. This was reported by NORAD to Fox News.
The gen. Mauro Moscatelli gives the task to the gen. Agostino Biancafarina
07/07/2015 - The Army Chief of Staff, Corps General Danilo Errico, was present today in Rome, at the Pio IX Logistic Complex, at the alternation ceremony of the military commander of the capital.
"Il dottorino", by Giuseppe Sfacteria
(Tale of Military Life)
Not all military commands can have a health service on a permanent basis. On the ship in which I was, in winter there was nothing but a good nurse officer, both in consideration of the proximity of the unit to the military hospital and for the reduced operational activity, mainly having to provide the ordinary maintenance and surveillance of the works contracted to specialized companies.
"Safe Streets": soldiers block a thief in a shop
07/07/2015 - Milan, in recent days an Army patrol engaged in the "Safe Roads" operation intervened near Piazza XXV Aprile blocking a person who had just carried out a theft in a shop.
Completed the "Force Protection Scaglia 2015"
07/07/2015 - From 22 June to 3 July, the 1st Special Operations Air Brigade, based in the Cervia m ilitary airport, hosted the training event called "Force Protection Scaglia 2015", whose primary objective was to increase the capabilities of the Armed Force in the area of Forces Protection.
Presentation of the 9-10 event in July at the EXPO on food frauds
07/07/2015 - An internationally renowned event on the theme of food fraud "Fighting food crime, enforcing food safety" was presented to the press yesterday with a conference held at the headquarters of the NAS Carabinieri (Nuclei Antisofisticazioni e Sanità) in Rome.
Moscow: "invisibility is a publicity stunt, always given the F-117"
07/07/2015 - "Neither the Northrop B-2 Spirit nor the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk could escape the Russian missiles, invisibility is a publicity stunt".
This was stated by General Sergei Babakov, commander of the Russian anti-aircraft missile units at Sputnik.
7 July 1915: Sunk Amalfi
Wednesday - The armored cruiser Amalfi (commander, captain of vessel Giacomo Riaudo) operating in the Upper Adriatic with the escort of the offshore torpedo boats Calypso e Climene, in support of a torpedo formation (11 destroyer of the 1a and 2a Squadriglia) on a surveillance cruise, is sunk by a torpedo launched by the German submarine UB 14 (operating under the Austrian flag as U 26) commanded by the Lieutenant von Heimburg.
7 July 1900: Approved the sending of troops to China
Saturday - The Chamber approves the sending of troops to China. Initiatives by the Army to set up an expeditionary force consisting of 2543 infantrymen and Bersaglieri (an infantry battalion, a Bersaglieri battalion, a battery of machine guns and fortress artillery, a detachment of the Genius, a field hospital and a subsistence section), called Regie Troops of the Far East, under the command of Colonel Vincenzo Garioni.
Vast Air Show 2015
06/07/2015 - The excellence of the Italian air force has returned to whiz through the skies of Abruzzo. In fact, the exhibition of the national acrobatic team took place along the coast between Vasto and San Salvo, on the occasion of the Vast Air Show 2015.
Scrambles for the 4 ° Stormo
06/07/2015 - Two Eurofighter aircraft, of the Italian Air Force, in alarm service on the national territory, took off on Saturday 4 July shortly after 16 pm from the Grosseto air base, home of the 20th Wing, to check for any threat posed by a BeechAir Bonanza V4 on the Parma - Pontecagnano section, not in radio contact with the air traffic control bodies.
"Safe Roads": paratroopers in action in several railway stations
06/07/2015 - This past weekend saw the paratroopers of the brigade thunderbolt employed in Tuscany in the operation "Safe Roads", engaged on several occasions for the maintenance of security and public order in competition with the Police.
Aerocooperation: the 5 Joint Combat SAR course has been completed
06 / 07 / 2015 - 12 visitors from the Army, the Navy and the Air Force have completed the 5 ° Course at the School of Aerocooperation in Guidonia (RM) Joint Combat SAR (Search and rescue in a hostile environment), aimed at the preparation of personnel destined to operate in the tactical planning and management areas of missions Joint Combat Search And Rescue/Joint Personnel Recovery (JCSAR / JPR), based on national and NATO doctrine.
The president of Kosovo visits KFOR
06/07/2015 - The President of the Republic of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga met the commander of KFOR, Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo this morning at Camp Film City, headquarters of the multinational NATO force in Kosovo.
The students of the "Douhet" fly on gliders
06/07/2015 - Last Friday, at the Guidonia Flying Group, the familiarization activity for the students of the “Lyra” course of the “Giulio Douhet” Military Aeronautical School ended.
Interventions in crisis areas: RSOM and Doctors Without Borders
06/07/2015 - This week, at the "V. Babini" barracks in Bellinzago Novarese, a training activity involving personnel from the Transit Area Management Regiment, young doctors from the University of Eastern Piedmont and Doctors Without Borders Italy.
Is the management of migrants still an emergency?
06/07/2015 - Most of the national media forget to inform citizens of the approval of the law on the forced withdrawal of banks from private bank accounts and continue to propose important problems in an absolutely distorted way.
The paratroopers of the "Nembo" in Filottrano, 71 years later
06/07/2015 - Filottrano, the cycle of activities commemorating the 71st anniversary of the military events of Filottrano and Sforzacosta ended in Sforzacosta (MC).
F-35: Study confirms "could not win against Chinese fighters, but ..."
06/07/2015 - The failure of the F-35 dogfight did not surprise the insiders. Indeed, the poor skills in maneuvered combat had already been predicted by the American analyst John Stillion who in his study, Trends in Air-to-Air Combat: Implications for Future Air Superiority, analyzed 1450 air combat from 1965 to 2002.
London unleashes SAS: "Al-Baghdadi must die"
06/07/2015 - “I have authorized our SAS to any mission in enemy territory. In Iraq, in Syria, everywhere. We will support them with everything we have. I want the head of the terrorists. Dead or alive it doesn't matter ”.