On Sunday, June 12, the aerial event that was a success with the public (almost 700,000 spectators) and had a 15.17 share on TV. On the occasion of the aerial event, RAI, for the seventh consecutive year, broadcast the program ‘Azzurro Tricolore’ from 3:45 PM to 6:10 PM on RaiUno. Television audiences also recorded high percentages with a % total share of 15.17%. Among the most appreciated performances were those of the HH-3F helicopter of the 15th CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) Squadron of Cervia (Ravenna), the Eurofighter, AM-X, C-27J and MB-339 aircraft of the Experimental Flight Department of Pratica di Mare (Rome), as well as the National Acrobatics Patrol ‘Frecce Tricolori’ who kept the approximately 700,000 spectators present on the Jesolo (Venice) seafront with their noses up. Other performances that have attracted great interest were those of the USAF’s Thunderbirds acrobatic patrol, the ‘We Fly Team’, a formation composed of disabled pilots, the ‘Breitling Jet Team‘, the ‘Wing Walker’ and the ‘Team Audace’, the latter composed of 8 paramotors. During the broadcast, there were two moments that provided the large television audience with a timely snapshot of the Air Force’s commitment to the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) operations in Afghanistan and ‘Unified Protector’ in Libya. In the context of the event, the 51st Squadron of Istrana (Treviso) ensured, for the best success of the air show, both the necessary support for the deployment of the military aircraft involved in the event and the management of air traffic in close coordination with the civilian component of the Venice airport.
