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The Boeing B767 CTA "delivered" to the Italian Air Force
A white Boeing 767 landed on Jul 1 at Pratica di Mare airport coming from McConnell AFB, Wichita, Kansas. The aircraft, serialled N606TW, according to FlightAware...
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Helmet Mounted Display for the C-27J & Sky-X automatic refueling
Until I received the press release and the following pictures from Alenia Aeronautica, I’d always thought that Helmet Mounted Displays were available only on fighters. And I was wrong, since Alenia and...
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Boeing KC-767A delay and the compromised Italian air-to-air refueling...
On Apr. 3, 2008, the last of 4 B.707TT of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) equipping the 8th Gruppo of the 14° Stormo based in Pratica di Mare made its last operative flight during...
View ArticleFirst Italian KC-767 (not) delivered to the Italian Air Force
On Feb. 26, 2010, FlightAware Alert Service sent me an automatic mail as the aircraft with registration N764TT had filed a Flight Plan (FPL) from KIAB (McConnel AFB) to LIRE (Pratica di Mare). I...
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Introducing the Italian Air Force Boeing KC-767A
On Jan. 27, 2011, the first of four Boeing KC-767A tanker of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) was delivered to the 14° Stormo, based in Pratica di Mare. The aircraft, serialled...
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New Boeing KC-767 makes its combat debut in Libya
As I’ve already written many times on my Unified Protector (previously Odyssey Dawn) “column” on this blog (and on Twitter too…), under a military/technological point of view the war in Libya has been...
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[Updated] Airbus A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport loses refueling boom in...
According to Flight Global an Airbus A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport (MRTT) which is destined for the UAE has lost its refueling boom whilst in flight at around 7.20pm local time on Sept. 10, 2012.The...
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