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Italy

Trident Juncture Begins in Italy

Posted on October 20, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
10/20/2015
The base in Trapani is one of the 16 locations from which the exercise will run in Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Posted in Video, What's New | Tagged East Africa, Italian military base, Italy, NATO exercise, Portugal, Sicily, Spain, Trapani, Trident Juncture, Trident Juncture 2015

Italian Built F-35 Makes First Flight

Posted on September 21, 2015 | by SysAdmin
09/21/2015
The F-35 is being built on three final assembly lines
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month, What's New | Tagged Cameri Air Force Base, F-35, Fort Worth, Italy, Texas

62nd Fighter Squadron Gets First F-35s

Posted on August 16, 2015 | by SysAdmin
08/16/2015
Video:62nd Fighter Squadron Gets First F-35s
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, What's New | Tagged 62nd Fighter Squadron, Eric Hehns, F-35, F-35A training base, Italy, Lockheed Martin, Luke Air Force Base, Norway, US Air Force

Global Hawk and NATO

Posted on June 11, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
06/11/2015
Video:Global Hawk and NATO
Posted in HOME, Video | Tagged AGS, Alliance Ground Surveillance Program, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Global Hawk, Global Hawk Block 40, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, NATO, Norway, Poland, Romania, San Diego, Sigonella, Slovakia, Slovenia, United States, unmanned air vehicles

Visiting the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum

Posted on May 15, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
05/15/2015
Video:Visiting the Might Eighth Air Force Museum
Posted in Video | Tagged 982nd Combat Camera Company, Canada, Eighth Air Force Museum, France, Germany, Italy, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Operation Skyfall, Second Line of Defense, United States

Operation Skyfall

Posted on March 31, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
03/31/2015
Video:Operation Skyfall
Posted in HOME, Video | Tagged 982nd Combat Camera Company, Canada, georgia, Germany, Italy, Operation Skyfall, Operation Skyfall 2015, United States

USAF 31st Fighter Squadron Train for Baltic Defense

Posted on March 25, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
03/25/2015
Video:USAF 31st Fighter Squadron Train for Baltic Defense
Posted in HOME, Video | Tagged 31st Fighter squadron, Aviano Air Base, Baltic Defense, Estonia, f-16 fighting falcon, Italy, NATO, USAF 31st Fighter squadron, Vipers

First Italian F-35 Rolls Out from Cameria FACO

Posted on March 16, 2015 | by SysAdmin
03/16/2015
The Cameri facility will assemble planes for Italy and the Netherlands, including As as well as Bs.  
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New | Tagged 5th generation fighter, AL-1, Alenia Aermacchi, Cameri, F-35A Lightning II, F-35B, FACO, Final Assembly and Check Out, ITALIAN F-35A, Italy, Lockheed Martin, Lorraine Martin, Royal Netherlands Air Force
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