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Alenia Aermacchi: reached milestone of 200,000 flight hours for the Italian AMX airplanes

Turin, Italy - The model is nicknamed "Ghibli" in the Italian Air Force

Alenia Aermacchi and the Italian Air Force celebrate today the AMX 200,000 flying hours, a total of which includes both operational and test flight hours (2,200) since 1984, the date of the first flight of the prototype of the tactical support aircraft jointly developed by the then Aeritalia (46,5%), Aermacchi (23,8%) and the Brazilian Embraer (29,7%). The AMX, nicknamed "Ghibli" in the Italian...

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Rome, Italy, 05/30/2013 18:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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