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Latest newsUSAF studies feasibility of runway re-opening
Malmstrom, USA - The base in Montana could resume flying missions
Top US Air Force officials are studying the feasibility of Malmstrom Air Force Base’s runway re-opening project (Montana). The Congressional delegation of the State asked for the re-opening in hopes t... more
Latest newsUS fighter aircraft need digital radar
Washington, USA - US Air Force Chief of Staff declared that
US Air Force Chief od Staff, General Michael Moseley, announced that the fighter aircraft currently in use in Armed Forces, such as F-15C Eagles, F-15E Strike Eagles and F-22A Raptors, need to upgrade... more
Latest newsBoeing will not upgrade the US Air Force C-130
Washington, USA - USAF wants to buy new aircraft
Boeing will not deliver the new cockpit kit for the upgrade of the C-130 cargo aircraft for military transport, of the US Air Force. The decision has been taken by USAF air force command that wants in... more
Latest newsIsraeli UAV aircraft kills two Palestinians
Tel Aviv, Israel - On the two Countries border
After the Israeli air raid -which did not cause any victim- on Gaza Strip (see AVIONEWS for details), Israel’s aviation strikes again, this time in Kissufim pass, on the borderline between Israel and t... more
Latest newsUS Air national Guard will have to decrease its personnel
Washington, USA - The request was made by US Air Force Staff Chief
US Air Force Command asked to the Air National Guard’s officials to consider a personnel’s decrease, greeting so to the budget and military necessities of the active Air Forces which is already cutting 40,... more
Latest newsA new air bombing on Gaza strip
Tel Aviv, Israel - Attack alarm in Israel for Jewish Easter
Last night a new Israeli aviation attack on Gaza strip stroke a station of al-Aqsa martyrs Brigades without causing any victim, according to the words of a military spokesman in Tel Aviv. Chief of Staff,... more
Latest newsEmergency landing in Brindisi because of a breakdown
Brindisi, Italy - It happened to a British military airplane
A British Air Force plane made an emergency landing Saturday at 1 pm in Brindisi’s airport (South Italy). The aircraft, with 50 people on board, asked the air station’s control tower to land because of... more
Latest newsItalian Minister of Defence Martino: Italy is ready to line up six AMX in Afghanistan
Rome, Italy - We are waiting for Nato's green light
Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, said yesterday, at margin of the introduction of a book about Italian mission in Afghanistan of Foreign Office undersecretary, Margherita Boniver, that Italy... more
Latest newsBelgian Royal Family in visit at the museum of Italian Air Force
Vigna di Valle, Italy - The family saw the "Spad VII" of Ruffo of Calabria, Queen's father
The Belgian Royal family visited the museum of Italian Air Force at Vigna di Valle, near Rome, last Friday. The reigning couple Alberto II and Paola, together with Prince Philippe, military pilot, his... more
Latest newsSea Harrier F-A2 in retirement
London, UK - The aircraft became a legend during Falklands war
After more than 20 years of services Royal Navy decided to put in retirement the Sea Harrier F-A2, the aircraft that during Falklands war, destroying 8 enemy’s planes in air-air duels, achieved the status o... more
Latest newsUS Air Force’s plan to save money in the production of F-22 Raptor
Washington, USA – Doubts of Senate Armed Services Airland subcommitte
USA’s Air Force estimates to can save USD 500 million by instituting a multiyear procurement arrangement for the production of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth multirole fighter aircraft. It was d... more
Latest newsThe Hungarian Government signed an other agreement with Gripen for a value of EUR 57 million
Budapest, Hungary - A press release, issued by Swedish society, announced it
The Hungarian Government and the Gripen International, Swedish society maker of military airplanes, have signed an agreement for a value of EUR 57m. The contract is inclosed within the agreement of EUR... more
Latest newsImportant test on the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Fort Worth, USA - Fuel-system' functionality checked
The Lockheed Martin announced the good result of the fuel-system test of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Engineers and technicians completed, on schedule, a extensive checkout of the fuel-system on... more
Latest newsTricarico: Italy remains in Joint Strike Fighter project
Rome, Italy - Meeting between Italian Air Force Staff Chief and the press' representatives
Meeting the journalists at the end of the celebrations for the 83rd anniversary of the foundation of Italian Air Force (AMI), the Staff Chief General Leonardo Tricarico, talked about the mission in which... more
Latest news"Pantera" helicopter task force of Italian Navy
Kabul, Afghanistan - 583 missions and 602 flight hours in less than a year
They name "Flying Marines" the members of Italian Navy helicopter component involved in ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) mission in Kabul, Afghanistan. Come in July 2005, "Pantera" task force... more
Latest newsThe funeral of American pilot died during the Second World War
Washington, USA - The corpse of the "Ice pilot" was found intact last October
Last October the frozen and still intact corpse of Leo Munstonen, AT-7 reconnaissance aircraft pilot fallen in November 1942, was found in a Sierra Nevada glacier, California, at 4200 meters altitude.... more
Latest news"Operation Swarmer": 60 suspected terrorists captured
Baghdad, Iraq - Lights and shadows of the well-timed raid announced by US Command in Iraq
The air offensive launched last week bt America Armed Forces and named "Operation Swarmer" (see AVIONEWS for details), announced as the greatest offensive in Iraq since the end of conflict against Saddam... more
Latest newsUSA's discontent for Hungary's choice of Gripen fighter
Budapest, Hungary - The first 5 aircraft have been delivered
The delivery by SAAB of the first 5 Gripen military fighters to Hungarian Government created discontent in USA. The Government of Washington hoped in fact to persuade Budapest to buy F-16 made in USA.... more
Latest newsMeeting among the P-180's users organized by 14th Wing of the Italian Air Force
Rome, Italy - The event, entitled "P-180 User's Conference", took place today at the military airport of Pratica di Mare
"Today, March 22 a conference entitled ’P-180 User’s Conference’ held at the military airport of Pratica di Mare (Rome) organized by the 14th Wing that has invited all the Italian users of the P-180, the t... more
Latest newsThe first 5 Gripen multi-role fighters of 4th generation delivered to Hungary
Budapest, Hungary - Within 2007 the deliveries' end
Hungary received today the first 5 Gripen multi-role fighters, in their last version C and D, which were ordered by Hungarian government to upgrade its Air Force’s fleet. Within the end of 2007 also t... more
Latest newsHumanitarian aid delivered in Iraq by Italian Armed Forced
Baghdad, Iraq - Food, water, clothes and blankets for Al Haji Husayn village
Italian military men delivered a humanitarian cargo in Al Haji Husayn, a village about 40 kilometers away from nassiriya, Ieaq, where they distributed a ton and a half of food, 600 liters of water, 200... more
Latest newsCompensations for families of Kindu's slaughter
Rome, Italy - After 45 years, a law of the Italian Republic President allocates EUR 4.5m
On the 11th of November in 1961, two Italian Air Force C-119s left from Pisa headed to Kindu, former Belgian Congo (currently Democratic Republic of Congo), where a civil war was in course, for a UN humanitarian... more
Latest newsMore time asked to the Pentagon to decide about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's project
Washington, USA - US decisional method contested
US Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, John Warner, proposed to the Pentagon to postpone the decision about the cancellation of the plan for the delivery of the backup engines of the F-35 Joint Strike... more
Latest newsEmergency landing in Ceylon for an US military aircraft
Colombo, Ceylon - The plane carried 110 US soldiers
Yesterday night an US Air Force’s aircraft, which was carrying 110 soldiers, was obliged to an emergency landing in Ceylon. The plane took off from Hawaii to Male, Maldives’ capital, but was redirected to... more
Latest newsUntil the end of the years the first F-16 will be delivery to Polish Air Force
Warsaw, Poland - Defence Minister Sikorski declared it
Polish Defence Minister Radoslaw Sikorski announced yesterday that until the end of the year the first 8 F-16, of the 48 ones bought by the American Lockheed Martin for a value of USD 3.5 billion, will... more
Latest newsNATO Italian delegation's meeting on air transport
Brussels, Belgium - C-27J military transport airplane will be presented
Today a meeting, organized by permanent Italian delegation at NATO and Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica Group), has been taking place at Brussels’ Atlantic Alliance seat: the theme is "Air transport a... more
Latest newsGreece renounced to the option on 10 F-16
Athens, Greece - Mistery about the real value of the deal
Today the Greek government made known that it will not make use of the option, included in the agreement signed last year for the purchase of 30 F-16 of Lockheed Martin, for the delivery of 10 further... more
Latest newsAVIONEWS interviewed Com. of the Italian PAN, Liet. Col. Pil. Paolo Tarantino
Rivolto, Italy - "Military pilot: a desire born when I was a child that it brought me until this milestone"
AVIONEWS interviewed PAN (Italian Acrobatic Team) Com. Liet. Col. Pil. Paolo Tarantino. "The desire to be a military pilot arrived when I was four; I didn’t have relatives or friends in this field. I... more
Latest newsStrong demand for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Washington, USA - USA aims also on F-22 Raptor
US Air Force made known that, considering the strong demand from foreign Governments for the delivery of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, it is thinking to reduce its order for this aircraft to allow to... more
Latest newsAVIONEWS interviewed the Leader of the Italian Acrobatic Team Major General Massimo Tammaro
Rivolto, Italy - From AMX to MB-339
AVIONEWS interviewed the Chief of "Frecce Tricolori": Major General Massimo Tammaro. "I have always desired to be a pilot and after the high school I entered in the Italian Air Force. From the 1998... more
Latest news30's Italian military airplanes discovered in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - The biplanes Imam RO-37's wreckage found out during a reconnaissance
Italian soldiers in Afghanistan, during a reconnaissance by the command of 132nd artillery regiment "Ariete" ironclad (part of "Italfor 12" contingent), have discovered in North-Eastern suburbs of Kabul... more
Latest newsNATO asks for C-17s and A-400Ms
Washington, USA - General James Jones announced that
Marine Corps General James Jones, head of US European Command and the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, declared that NATO needs Boeing C-17s and Airbus A-400Ms for its missions in Afghanistan and... more
Latest newsItalian Air Force is rose-tinted: first pilot woman at Tornado's controls
Rome, Italy - She is sub-lieutenant Ida Stefania Irmici
Until now March 9, 2006 there is only one pilot woman in AMI (Italian Air Force), sub-lieutenant Ida Stefania Irmici, who is doing her pre-operating course in order to be employed on Tornado aircraft. Among... more
Latest newsUS Air Force is looking for a new aerial refueling tanker
Washington, USA - Airbus and Boeing the main candidates for the supply
According to a report of Rand, a company of intermediation for military supply, Boeing and Airbus are the only aircraft makers able to satisfy all the technical demands, with an acceptable cost, for the... more
Latest newsDifficult market for the Rafale
Paris, France - French aircraft has not buyers
Hard times for French combat aircraft Rafale which, despite it was a concentrate of technology, should not succeed to be exported in other countries. Transalpine newspaper "Le Monde" compares it to the... more
Latest newsMission in Afghanistan for 6 AMX of the 132° Group- 51° Wing
Rome, Italy - General Fabrizio Castagnetti, COI's Chief, said it recently
Six aircraft AMX of Italian Air Force with intelligence capability, which could be used to localize the plantation of opium poppy, will be soon deployed in Afghanistan, in the ISAF mission. General Fabrizio... more
Latest newsUS Navy says stop to airplanes and helicopters
Washington, USA - Controls and revisions for a week
For the first time since September 1997, US Navy has ordered a stop, even if partial, to its airplanes and helicopters. During this week, the 3800 fleet means in the 12 naval air stations in service are... more
Latest newsFrench airplanes without fuel nearby Palermo
Palermo, Italy - Emergency landing on a naval air station
Yesterday two French pilots on board of two military airplanes were caught without fuel off the Sicily coast. The coastguard answered to their alarm sending two motor patrol boats from Palermo and other... more
Latest news"Heli-Expo 2006" (7): Lithuania chooses Eurocopter
Dallas, USA - Helicopters EC-135 and EC-145 will patrol the border-lines of the Baltic country
Lithuanian Government decided to buy by Eurocopter two EC-135 and one EC-145 to patrol its national border-lines. These helicopters, that are used by many law enforcement in different European countries,... more
Latest newsTests for the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter of Lockheed Martin
Fort Worth, USA - First flight scheduled on next Autumn
It has been completed the assembly of the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter of the Lockheed Martin. The new fighter was realized at Fort Worth in Texas and now it is going to confront a long period of ground... more
Latest newsLAAD 2007, Fair of Arm
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The event Triservice starts
LAAD 2007 is starting. The international fair that is datum-point for South American market, with Brazilian Government, will happen from April 17 to 20, 2007 in Rio Centro, the most important fair space... more
Latest newsIsraeli Elbit System will update Bulgarian helicopters
Sophia, Bulgaria - A Balcanic country's company will be the main subcontractor
Israeli company Elbit System signed a deal with Bulgarian Government to update of the military helicopters’ fleet, built in USSR. Terem, Bulgarian State-owned company of the sector, will be the main s... more
Latest newsA Greek Army's helicopter down
Athens, Greece - An engine failure is the probable reason of the incident
Yesterday evening an helicopter of the Greek Army, took off at 7:30 pm from the airport of the military base of Alexandria for a night training flight, fell down near the little town of Karyotissa west... more
Latest newsBulgaria will buy Alenia Aeronautica's aircraft
Sophia, Bulgaria - Vesselin Bliznakov, Minister of Defence, made known it
Yesterday Bulgarian Minister of Defence Vesselin Bliznakov announced his Government’s decision to buy 5 planes, C-27J Spartan for military transport, by Alenia Aeronautica. Italian company should deliver o... more
Latest newsF-14 Tomcat's age finished
New York, USA - Regret expressed by the US Navy
Us Navy unveiled that last February 8 the last mission of a F-14 Tomcat carried out in Iraq. American military board in fact decided the retirement for this aircraft that, from more that 30 years carried... more
Latest newsPortuguese Air Force trusts to EADS CASA to update the fleet
Lisbon, Portugal - Spanish industry will supply 12 new aircraft for military transport and maritime surveillance
Today, in the military base of Sintra (Portugal), in front of the Portuguese Minister of Defence Luis Amado and of the Spanish Ambassador Enrique Panés, a contract was signed for the supply to Portuguese... more
Latest newsInterest rise for the new A-400
Berlin, Germany - Also Chile, Australia and Scandinavian countries aim to the new Airbus' military aircraft
Erik Buschmann, Financial Director of the Military Airbus, declared yesterday during a press release in Berlin that the new A-400 for the military transport has a potential of order for the export of about... more
Latest newsGood results by the use of Predator in Iraq
Rome, Italy - Already 1000 hours of flight in the missions in the Islamic country
In 2005 Italian Air Force has completely introduced in its missions in Iraq the Predator, an UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) at remote pilotage. The system, controlled by ground, effectively contributed... more
Latest newsNeuron programme's development phase starts
Rome, Italy - French Defence Ministry said it in a press release
"General delegation for armaments of the French Ministry of Defence, in character of executive agency for the partner counties (Italy, France, Greece, Spain and Switzerland) of Neuron program, has notified... more
Latest news1961 Kindu's slaughter: familis of pilots killed will be compensated
Rome, Italy - According new anti-terrorism law
Last Tuesday, Italian Senate approved law number 206 of August 3, 2004 about "New norms favourable with victims of terrorism and slaughter of same matrix". For this reason, families of pilots killed in... more