Trapani – The Aviationist

A QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) cell deployed to an airbase in the northwest; fighters flying with live weapons during training flights: this is how the Italian Air Force deals with modern threats a...

https://theaviationist.com/2016/11/24/heres-how-the-italian-air-force-has-restructured-to-enhance-its-ability-to-face-modern-terrorist-threats/

Eurofighter Typhoons, belonging to the 4°, 36° and 37° Stormo (Wing), the Italian Air Force units equipped with the European fighter jet recently deployed to Decimomannu to undertake air-to-ai...

https://theaviationist.com/2013/03/20/itaf-typhoon-deci/

The following pictures were taken by Michele Carrara at Trapani airbase, where the local based 18° Gruppo (Squadron) of the 37° Stormo (Wing) has recently been officially delivered the first Eu...

https://theaviationist.com/2012/10/29/trapani-markings/

Although it has not (officially) received its first plane yet, the 18° Gruppo (Squadron) of the 37° Stormo (Wing) at Trapani airbase, in Sicily, is the more recent Italian Air Force unit to ope...

https://theaviationist.com/2012/10/15/trapani-typhoons/

On Oct. 31, at 23.59 Libyan Time, exactly 7 months after it began, NATO Operation Unified Protector has come to an end. Since the beginning of the Uprising and especially from Mar. 19, the Day 1 ...

https://theaviationist.com/2011/10/31/special-feature-libya/

Previous debriefings: Archive Second and last part of the report can be found in this post: Top military aviation stories of 2011: drones up and downs, stealth projects exposed and Libya’s 7-mo...

https://theaviationist.com/2011/10/26/libya-final-report/

Tom Cooper has contributed to this report. Previous debriefings: Archive Unlike all the reports I’ve written since April, this one comes in days of renewed interest about the current situation ...

https://theaviationist.com/2011/08/26/operation-unified-protector-was-odyssey-dawn-explained-day-138-161/

Previous debriefings: Archive Latest update: on Aug. 3, at 10.40LT, a missile exploded 2 km from the Italian frigate Bersagliere, that was patrolling the sea some 15 miles off Libya. According to...

https://theaviationist.com/2011/08/03/operation-unified-protector-was-odyssey-dawn-explained-day-105-137/

Previous debriefings: Archive With the air campaign in Libya in progress for more than 100 days, I think it’s better to give the blog’s reader an extremely quick recap of the main political a...

https://theaviationist.com/2011/07/01/operation-unified-protector-was-odyssey-dawn-explained-day-81-104/

Previous debriefings: Archive As reported in the previous Debriefs, although not being as intense as one might expect, NATO air campaign may be slowly paying off. Thanks also to the coalition’s...

https://theaviationist.com/2011/06/07/operation-unified-protector-was-odyssey-dawn-explained-day-68-80/

Previous debriefings: Archive After more than two months of air campaign, Unified Protector seems to be making a slow progress across Libya, even if the air campaign is far from being decisive ag...

https://theaviationist.com/2011/05/24/operation-unified-protector-was-odyssey-dawn-explained-day-55-67/

Previous debriefings: Archive Not so many things have happened on the battlefield during the last days, when media were focused on the Osama Bin Laden raid and the famous Stealth Black Hawk. For ...

https://theaviationist.com/2011/05/12/operation-unified-protector-was-odyssey-dawn-explained-day-43-54/

Previous debriefings: Archive Even if analysts have defined it as a “stalemale”, the situation on the ground in Libya is far from being completely static as Gaddafi troops have stretched west...

https://theaviationist.com/2011/04/30/operation-unified-protector-was-odyssey-dawn-explained-day-39-42/

Previous debriefings: Archive The Easter weekend was characterized by some interesting updates about Unified Protector operation in Libya. First of all, Gaddafi’s forces withdrew from Misratah,...

https://theaviationist.com/2011/04/26/operation-unified-protector-was-odyssey-dawn-explained-day-36-37-38/

Previous debriefings: Archive Notice for my readers: please don’t expect the usual daily updates for the next few days. For sure, I’ll provide new updates after Easter but I’m still decidin...

https://theaviationist.com/2011/04/23/operation-unified-protector-was-odyssey-dawn-explained-day-35/