Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

Earthquake in Pakistan: NATO's airlift has taken off

Islamabad, Pakistan - It also needs light helicopters, but the Alliance has very few of those

Five Hercules C-130 transport planes of the NATO took off yesterday within the air-bridge set up by the Atlantic Alliance in order to bring aid to the areas ravaged by the earthquake (see for details AVIONEWS). Nato’s aircraft have been diverted from the air base of Incirlik, in South-Turkey, and they are destined to take about 900 tonnes of humanitarian reliefs. Four daily flights are scheduled f...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 129366
Rome, Italy, 10/20/2005 13:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

Latest newsMiddle East (3): fronts and strategic alliances in the current incandescent climate

Not just diplomacy: international cooperation has intensified in these hours

The French armed forces, in synergy with the British and American ones, shared yesterday evening a crucial role in the surveillance and identification of drones and missiles coming from Iran and heading... more

DefenseMiddle East crisis (2). "Honest Promise": operation concluded

Moves and countermoves in a delicate Middle Eastern area

General Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, recently confirmed the conclusion of the operation called "Honest Promise" (see AVIONEWS). This military action led by Tehran was initiated... more

DefenseIran attack on Israel (3). Tajani: "Italy urges calm"

“Dialogue to ease tensions in a turbulent Middle East". US and French fighter planes took off

Antonio Tajani, the Italian Foreign Affairs Minister, expressed concern about the current deterioration of the situation in the Middle East, expressing the hope that the current attack will remain an isolated... more