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Italian Air Force: double scramble for F-16 from Cervia Base

Cervia, Italy - An Iranian airplane changed its route while a German aircraft cut radio communication yesterday night but it dealt with false alarms

Two false alarms over Italian skies yesterday night. An Italian Air Force’s F-16A ADF Block 15 Fighting Falcon light fighter attended to different interception missions leaving from Cervia Base (Ravenna). In the first case an Iranian civil airplane which had took off from French territory and bound for Greece would have flown on a wrong route in Northern Italy. Italian Air Force immediately reacted b...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 123637
Rome, Italy, 07/12/2005 14:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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