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Italian soldier killed in Iraq (7): the AgustaWestland A-129 Mangusta

Rome, Italy - The Italian Army aviation's diamond point, it was adapted in order to meet the new operational exigencies which need more flexibility

The AgustaWestland A-129 Mangusta is a combat helicopter whose project stems from the first half of the 80s, when it was thought that the Warsaw Pact's tanks had to be faced by a specialized aircraft in case of invasion against the Italian North-East border. The evolution of the worldwide strategic setting changed the operational vocation of this vehicle, which was integrated by additional kinds of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 112653
Rome, Italy, 01/24/2005 14:25
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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