Month: July 2024
The Strange Case of the New Italian Tankers
The search for the new tanker for the Italian Air Force can indeed be described as a real soap opera. With the issuance...
itamilradarJuly 31, 2024
New Baltic mission for FORTE
The USAF Northrop Grumman RQ-4B (reg. 09-2039 – c/s FORTE11) is returning to NAS Sigonella at this moment (11:30 CEST), after taking off...
itamilradarJuly 30, 2024
Mission in Benghazi
Unusual mission today for an Italian Air Force Lockheed C-130J (reg. MM62179). After taking off this morning from Pisa San Giusto AB, the...
itamilradarJuly 28, 2024
Interesting naval movements (and more) in the Western Mediterranean
The Russian Navy multipurpose missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov has made a business call at the port of Oran in Algeria, the press office...
itamilradarJuly 26, 2024
Drones at work
This morning we tracked two US drones operating over the eastern Mediterranean. A USAF Northrop Grumman RQ-4B (reg. 11-2046 – c/s FORTE15) and...
itamilradarJuly 26, 2024
Greece Chooses the F-35 Lightning II
Today, the Greece government finalized its intention to procure 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft by signing a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA)...
itamilradarJuly 25, 2024
New Russian entries in the Mediterranean Sea
Last night, two units of the Russian Navy entered the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar. The first is the tanker Akademik Pashin,...
itamilradarJuly 25, 2024
Italian Typhoon crashes in Australia
An Italian Air Force Eurofighter F-2000A (registration unknown) crashed inside Litchfield National Park in Australia, south of Darwin. The aircraft was participating in...
itamilradarJuly 24, 2024
Tensions flare up in the Aegean Sea
Tensions escalated in the Aegean over the past few days, a situation not seen since 2022. Turkey deployed five warships, albeit not all...
itamilradarJuly 23, 2024
Crash in Reggio Calabria
A Vigili del fuoco (fire department) Erickson S-64F Skycrane (reg. I-CFAG), crashed during landing at Reggio Calabria Airport. The helicopter hit the ground...
itamilradarJuly 22, 2024
