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The story of when US Navy F-14s and Italian F-104s Clashed Over Egyptian Boeing 737 Carrying Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers – The Aviation Geek Club

When the Boeing 737-F-104 formation approached Rome, it suddenly sighted shadows of two F-14 Tomcat fighters approaching through the darkness from the rear… Advertise On Oct. 1, 1985 Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-15 fighter-bombers destroyed the PLO HQ in Tunisia during Operation Wooden Leg. While the PLO restrained from exacting revenge, one of its offshoots …

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Beautiful video shows Italian Tornado IDS attack aircraft and Saudi F-15SA fighter bombers flying low in Greece during Exercise Iniochos 23 – The Aviation Geek Club

‘When I thought I’d never see another Tornado low level again the Italians had other ideas, they planted them low, swept the wings back and fired the burners up,’ Dafydd Phillips. Filmed by our friend Dafydd Phillips, the awesome video in this post features Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI, Italian Air Force) Tornado IDS attack aircraft …

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Exclusive: Starfighters Aerospace to send TF-104G Black Beauty to 100th Anniversary of the Italian Air Force – The Aviation Geek Club

‘We will begin disassembly of TF-104G aircraft in the first week of May. The jet will be transported in an Italian Air Force C-130J to an undecided airbase,’ source close to Starfighters. Aerospace As recently reported, Starfighters Aerospace (the US company that today operates the world’s only fleet of flight-ready F-104 supersonic aircraft) accepted an …

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Starfighters Aerospace to send two Lockheed F-104 fighter jets to 100th Anniversary of the Italian Air Force – The Aviation Geek Club

The iconic F-104 Starfighter was officially retired from Italian Air Force service in October 2004. Designed by Lockheed’s ace engineer Clarence “Kelly” Johnson to surpass the MiG-15 fighters that had stunned the aeronautical world in Korea, the F-104 Starfighter was something completely different: an inexpensive lightweight fighter with thin seven-foot wings, sharp as the blade …

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From the F-35A Lightning II debut to the F/A-18 Hornet demo team with Schlieren Effect: cool video features the highlights of 2022 Swiss Air Force’s Axalp Air Power Demonstration – The Aviation Geek Club

The 2022 edition of the Swiss Air Force’s Axalp Air Power demonstration marked the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II’s debut. Filmed by our friend Dafydd Phillips on Oct. 19, 2022 the cool video in this post features the highlights of this year Axalp Air Power Demonstration. As the footage shows, the 2022 edition of this …

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Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft achieved record of eight continuous flight hours during the longest ISR mission performed over Iraq skies against ISIL – The Aviation Geek Club

The Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft were part of the Task Group Typhoon of the Task Force Air of Italian National Contingent Command Air– Kuwait as part of the Coalition Operation Inherent Resolve. To accomplish a long-lasting Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) mission, two Italian Air Force (ITAF) Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft achieved a record of eight continuous …

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Three nations fighter aircraft launch from one aircraft carrier for first time in history – The Aviation Geek Club

With British, American and Italian F-35B jets taking off from HMS Queen Elizabeth, this marked the first time that three nations have flown jets from the same aircraft carrier. Italian F-35B Lightning II short takeoff-vertical landing (STOVL) stealth jets launched from the Italian carrier Cavour have landed, refuelled, and relaunched from British carrier HMS Queen …

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