Italian Air Force

Air Europe 

Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer Drone Performs Maiden Flight

January 17, 2020January 19, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Italian Air Force, Italy, Leonardo, Leonardo Falco Xplorer, Trapani Air Base, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

Leonardo’s new Falco Xplorer unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) performed its maiden flight from Trapani Air Base in Italy on Jan.

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Air Europe 

Italy Deploys F-35 Fighter Aircraft for NATO Air Policing Mission in Iceland

October 12, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Iceland, Italian Air Force, Italy, Keflavik Air Base, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, NATO, NATO Icelandic Air Surveillance (IAS) mission

Italy has deployed six of their F-35 fighter aircraft to Keflavik Air Base in Iceland to execute NATO’s peacetime Air

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Europe Misc 

Italian Air Force Signs Engine Maintenance and Spare Parts Supply Contracts with Piaggio Aerospace

July 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aermacchi MB-339, Armstrong Siddeley Viper, Frecce Tricolori, Italian Air Force, Italy, Piaggio Aerospace, Turbojet

Piaggio Aerospace announced it has signed two engine maintenance and spare parts supply contracts with the Italian Air Force for

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Air Deployments Europe 

Royal Air Force Deploys F-35 Lightning Aircraft to Italy for Bilateral Training

July 5, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Amendola Air Base, Italian Air Force, Italy, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, No. 617 Squadron RAF, Royal Air Force (RAF), UK

Royal Air Force F-35 Lightning aircraft from 617 Squadron “The Dambusters” have arrived in Italy to conduct bilateral training with

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Air Europe 

US, Italian F-35 Aircraft Train Together in Italy

July 4, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Italian Air Force, Italy, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft conduct bilateral training with Italian Air Force F-35s over Italy, July 2,

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Air Europe 

Boeing to Continue Providing PBL Support to Italian Air Force KC-767A Tanker Fleet

June 21, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aerial refueling, Boeing, Boeing KC-767, Italian Air Force, Italy

Boeing will continue providing Performance-based Logistics (PBL) support to the Italian air force (ItAF) fleet of KC-767A tankers through July

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Air Europe 

Leonardo Awarded €300M Contract to Supply 13 M-345 Jet Trainers to Italian Air Force

June 14, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Alenia Aermacchi M-345, Directorate of Air Armaments and Airworthiness (DAAA) Italy, Italian Air Force, Italy, Leonardo, Trainer aircraft

Leonardo has signed a contract with the Armaments and Airworthiness Department of the Italian Ministry of Defence, on June 12,

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Air Deployments Europe 

Italian Air Force to Deploy Eurofighter Typhoons to Romania Under NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing Mission

May 3, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, Italian Air Force, Italy, Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, NATO, NATO Enhanced Air Policing (EAP), Romania

The Italian Air Force is scheduled to deploy Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft to Romania under NATO’s enhanced Air Policing flying

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Air Europe 

First Two IFTS M-346 Jet Trainers Arrive at Italian Air Force’s Galatina Air Base

March 2, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Galatina Air Base, Italian Air Force, Italy, Leonardo, Leonardo International Flight Training School (IFTS), Leonardo M-346, Trainer aircraft

The first two Leonardo M-346 jet trainers, part of the International Flight Training School (IFTS) project, joined the other 18

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Europe Training & Simulation 

Italy Qualifies CAE-Built Predator Mission Trainer for Zero Flight Time Training on Predator B/MQ-9 UAS

February 22, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Amendola Air Base, CAE Inc., CAE Predator Mission Trainer (PMT), General Atomics MQ-9 Predator B, Italian Air Force, Italy, Training and Simulation, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

CAE announced that the Italian Ministry of Defence and Italian Air Force have formally qualified the CAE-built Predator Mission Trainer

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