Space, Ax-3: the Voluntas mission was successfully completed
During the three weeks in orbit, of which 18 days were spent aboard the International Space Station, Colonel of the Italian Air Force Walter Villadei carried out experiments in microgravity, with positive repercussions for the entire country. The Ax-3 Voluntas mission ended on Friday, February 9, shortly before 2:30 p.m. (Italian time), with the shuttle’s landing in the Pacific Ocean.
School, Ministry of Defence: students from the Air Force Military Lyceum “G. Douhet” also attend the conference dedicated to STEM subjects”
First national week dedicated to the dissemination of technical and scientific disciplines: five students from the G. Douhet Military Air Force School in Florence are working on a project on space weather. As part of the first national week (4 – 11 February), dedicated to the dissemination of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines, established by Law 187 of the […]
Air defense: Eurofighter in training intercepts a civilian aircraft that does not respond to radio communications
The Air Force aircraft was in flight training when the order to scramble to intercept a French civil aircraft that had lost radio communications arrived. The interception of a private civil aircraft – a Socata TBM 700 – of French nationality ended in the early hours of Wednesday afternoon, February 7.
Double air rescue: Falcon 900 transports a 71-year-old man from Alghero to Bologna, then returns to Lecce and takes on board a 47-year-old patient bound for Rome
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The 51st Fighter Wing in Istrana hosts the 56th JSF Finance and Contracts Committee
From the 29th to the 31st of January, the 51st Istrana Squadron, as part of the activities planned for the 56th JSF Finance and Contracts Committee (FCC), hosted the work of the delegation belonging to the F35 “Lighyning II Joint program office”. Led by Mrs Tracy Deans and composed of military and civilian representatives from the Partner Countries of the […]
Air Academy: Swears the 21st Course in the Application of the Normal Role and the Special Role
51 Young Officers in Permanent Active Service have sworn allegiance to the Italian Republic. The individual swearing-in ceremony for 51 Officers belonging to the 21st Applied Course, Regular and Special Roles, took place on Tuesday, February 6, at the Sala Teatro of the Aeronautical Academy in Pozzuoli. The young Lieutenant (12 of the Aeronautical Corps, Regular Role and […]
Italian Air Force, urgent medical transport: 10-year-old child transported from Lecce to Florence
11/24 – Air Force, emergency medical transport: 10-year-old child transported from Lecce to Florence Third life-saving flight in just a few days for aircraft of the 31st Air Force of the Air Force in favor of patients in need of urgent specialized care The emergency medical transport carried out from Lecce to Florence ended around 14:00 today […]
Italian Air Force: life-saving flight carried out with a Falcon 900 from the 31st Wing
10/24 – Air Force: life-saving flight operated with a Falcon 900 from the 31st Squadron The patient was urgently transported from Reggio Calabria to Bari by the aircraft coming from Ciampino On the evening of Sunday, February 4, a Falcon 900 from the 31st Squadron of Ciampino urgently transported a 61-year-old man […]
Air rescue: C-130J transports newborn in imminent danger of life and two ambulances
Departing from Pisa base, the aircraft of the 46th Air Brigade of the Italian Air Force allowed the two rescue vehicles, with the little patient and the medical staff on board, to arrive faster from Bari to the “Bambino Gesù” Hospital in Rome. It landed this night shortly after one, at Ciampino airport, the aircraft from which was loaded with medical equipment […]
Italian Air Force: life-saving flight of an F900 from Lecce to Bologna
Air Force: life-saving flight of an F900 from Lecce to Bologna The aircraft of the 31st Wing at Ciampino transported a 48-year-old patient in life-threatening condition to Policlinico Sant’Orsola. The emergency medical transport of a man in imminent life-threatening danger, accompanied by his wife, ended around 22:40 on Friday, February 2 […]