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Olympic Winter Games: Italian Air Force defence guard is ready

Turin, Italy - Fighters, helicopters and surface-to-air missiles to protect the sport event against any aerial threat

Italian Air Force Chief of Staff, Leonardo Tricarico, seized a chance recently to remind how the guard scheduled to protect the Turin’s Olympic Winter Games (February 10-26) is a particularly complex, structured and flexible one to ensure a proper defence against potential threats from the sky. Both the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the EF-2000 Typhoon fighters are ready to take off in case of emergency, w...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 133737
Rome, Italy, 12/27/2005 15:02
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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