On May 6, 2010, the Esercito Italiano (EI, Italian Army) celebrated its 149th Anniversary at Rome with a ceremony at Tor di Quinto (TdQ) military hippodrome. For the ceremony, that was attended by many civil and military authorities, AB.412, AB.205, NH-90, A-129, A-109 and CH-47 helicopters deployed to Guidonia and Urbe performed a tactical event at TdQ whose rehearsals were performed on both May 3, 4 and 5 (and was not performed on May 6, most probably because of the bad weather). The following pictures were taken by Giovanni Maduli during the rehearsals.
“This is not the time to stand still. This is the time to build, with flexible far-sightedness, the new Air Force’s architecture so that it is integrated and not absorbed in the new joint context that has a strong European and International connotation”: these were some of the words that Gen. Giuseppe Bernardis, Chief of Staff of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) addressed to President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano in his speech during the ceremony for the 87th Anniversary of the ItAF, held on Mar. 26, 2010, at Pratica di Mare airbase. Bernardis explained that over the past ten years the size of the Air Force has been cut in half in terms of personnel and material but it has not lost its capabilities or efficiency, as the ItAF has invested and continue to invest in both the quality of the equipment and, above all, in the training of the personnel.
The rest of the article can be read here:
http://cencio4.wordpress.com/2010/03/27/itaf-87th-anniversary-pratica-di-mare-26-03-10/
Categories: Italian Air Force, Military Aviation Tags: AB-212, AMX, AMX-T, Br.1150, C-130, DC-3, F-2000, Frecce Tricolori, HH-3F, MB-339A, MB-339CD, P-166DL3, P-180, Pratica di Mare, Reparto Sperimentale Volo, S.208M, SF-260, Tornado, Typhoon
Categories: Italian Air Force, Military Aviation Tags: AB-212, Decimomannu, F-16, Frecce Tricolori, MB-339PAN, Reparto Sperimentale Volo, RSV, Tornado, Tornado ECR, Tornado IDS
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