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NATO's Command for Southern Europe has been transferred from Italy to Turkey

Naples, Italy - The goodbye to the Atlantic Alliance's AIRSOUTH was given by US and Italian F-16s which overflew Bagnoli

The 50 years operative activity of the AIRSOUTH, the Atlantic Alliance Command for Southern Europe, ended two days ago in Bagnoli (Naples). It had received its headquarter in 1953 right in Italy, and it warranted the monitoring and the air defence of NATO for the entire continent's southern region. Instead, since yesterday a new command has been created, replacing the previous one, in Turkey, the so...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 101710
Rome, Italy, 08/12/2004 17:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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