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Italian Air Force AB-212/ICOs reach 1,500 flight hours in Afghanistan

Herat, Afghanistan - In armed reconnaissance, tactical transport and aeromedical evacuation missions

Italian Air Force AgustaWestland/Bell AB-212/ICO helicopters of the 21th Group have reached the goal of 1,500 flight hours in Afghanistan, during a night mission that took off and landed in Herat. The AB-212/ICO are in command of colonell Giancarlo Maragucci within the Joint Air Task Force as Task Group "Tiger". This is mainly made of people coming from the 9th Wing "F. Baracca" of Grazzanise and...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1108822
Rome, Italy, 09/02/2009 14:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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