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PRIMA PAGINA Unione Sarda di Oggi lunedì, 27 gennaio 2025

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Martin B-26B-40-MA Marauder s/n 42-43304 coded B/N 95 nicknamed 'The Marlin' of the 444th Bomb Squadron, 320th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force, over Decimomannu, Sardinia, 1944. This exact Marauder is featured in the War Thunder as a skin.

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A Close Look At The Italian F-35A Jets Involved in Advanced “Omnirole” Training In Sardinia

We went to Decimomannu airbase to observe the Italian F-35s at work. Last month, six Italian Air Force F-35As deployed to Decimomannu airbase, in

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892 NAS Phantom after a double tyre blow out landing at Decimomannu c.1974. Photo by John Eacott of a probably disgruntled crewman walking towards his Sea King taxi back to Ark Royal. It wasn’t me wot done it.

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L'Unione Sarda.it: La Nato porta in Sardegna il gigante Antonov, i Tiger e gli Stinger: «Potenze alleate pronte al fuoco»

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Ciclone di vento, pioggia e gelo per l'Epifania nell'Isola

Vento, pioggia e freddo. Anche in Sardegna irrompe il ciclone di aria gelida che porterà il maltempo per il ponte dell’Epifania. Lo confermano gli esperti dell’ufficio meteo dell’Aeronautica militare di Decimomannu.     “Sul mediterraneo occidentale è arrivata una massa d’aria artica di estrazione marittima che sta innescando un deciso cambio della situazione climatica – spiegano -. Oggi ci…

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Royal Air Force Students Pilots Fly Solo at Italy's International Flight Training School

Two students have become the first RAF pilots to fly solo at the International Flight Training School (IFTS) in Italy. Having graduated from basic flying training on the Texan T1 aircraft under the United Kingdom Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) earlier this year, the two pilots have started their Lead In Fighter Training (LIFT) at the ITFS in Decimomannu, Sardinia. Launched in 2020, the NATO Flight Training Europe (NFTE) High Visibility Project is a multinational initiative to link up and coordinate military flying training resources across member states.

Two students have become the first RAF pilots to fly solo at the International Flight Training School (IFTS) in Italy. Having graduated from basic flying training on the Texan T1 aircraft under the United Kingdom Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) earlier this year, the two pilots have started their Lead In Fighter Training (LIFT) at the ITFS in Decimomannu, Sardinia. Launched in 2020, the…

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  Europe heatwave: EU sends planes to Greece as thousands flee fires. Highof 48C expected on continent as red spreads across the European weathermap.

 Times 18th July 2023 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/europe-heatwave-weather-charon-forecast-latest-news-ffq9k9drn  A sleepy town of 8,000 located near the Sardinian capital of Cagliari,Decimomannu is currently one of Italy’s hottest locations, and expertshad predicted record temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday. Locals say manyhave locked themselves in shuttered homes or fled to…

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Comune di Decimomannu: concorso per 5 amministrativi diplomati

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Cento anni dell'Aeronautica, Solinas: «Vicini alla gente»

«Garanzia di pace». A Decimomannu avanzano i lavori dell’International Flight Training School (more…) “”

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PRIMA PAGINA Unione Sarda di Oggi lunedì, 07 ottobre 2024

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The day the Eagle underestimated Sea Harrier

The Sea Harrier was a tiny, slow and slightly armed curiosity at the time it entered service in 1978. But when confronted with the powerful F-15 Eagle, the most respected combat plane in the world, he proved that it was not a toy...

Giordani By Giordani 08/14/2021 - 10:00 in History, Military

Interview with Commander Nigel David "Sharkey" Ward, who successfully led the Sea Harrier to war in 1982.

In the modern era, air-to-air weapon systems beyond the visual range (Beyond Visual Range - BVR) reduced the likelihood of engaging enemy fighters in an eye-to-eye duel. But it is only during air combat fully within visual range that a pilot's handling skills and tactical awareness are tested to the fullest. Detailed knowledge of the maneuverability of an opposing aircraft and, in fact, the ability of the opposing pilot is essential to ensure victory, especially against a theoretically superior combat aircraft.

When aircraft of the same type and one on one are in combat, the most experienced pilot - in theory - must always win. But when two aircraft are fighting two aircraft, hunting tactics really come into play. It is not easy to explain in detail the intricacies of air combat, but, as in all forms of war, it is necessary to "know the enemy".

At the end of 1979, the Sea Harrier was the new boy in the room and fighter pilots everywhere were eager to know how capable he would be in combat. This led the USAF F-5E Attackers Squadron in Alconbury to invite my Test Unit to visit them for a mutual learning and evaluation air combat program. The result spread quickly throughout the community of hunters. In the end the score was 26 to 10 in our favor.

The head of an F-15 fighter unit stationed in Bitburg, West Germany called me and asked to come visit us with two of his superb aircraft for further combat evaluations. The result was 7 to 1 for us.

Detractors may have called this 'flash in the pan' (straw fire, in free translation - NT). But they would be wrong. In December 1981, I took my new squadron, the 801, to the Air Combat Maneuver Facility in Decimomannu, Cagliari, on the Italian island of Sardinia, to fight once again against the aggressors and the Bitburg Eagles. It was a privilege to share the skies with them once again and take advantage of their knowledge. We had flown with our Sea Harriers through France, coming from the United Kingdom, to participate in tri-national combat combat training against the best of the US and Italian Air Forces. It was an excellent training opportunity - although the Italian pilots never appeared in the air to fight (but they wore flashy flight suits).

For Squadron 801, the unique attraction of the detachment was the state-of-the-art range in which combat should be conducted. Each aircraft carried a special telemetry pod that was monitored and recorded in real time by sensor stations surrounding the combat area, which was over the sea.

The pod transmitted accurate information about the relative position of each aircraft, direction, speed, attitude, angle of attack, 'g' and height. This information was collected by powerful computers on the ground and resulted in a complete three-dimensional recording of each combat, which could be displayed on a large screen in the debriefing room - with freezing and repetition options available instantly - just like a video game. The real-time visualization of each cabin was available on demand and was very realistic. The simulated missile launch and the firing of weapons was precisely measured to establish whether a kill had been achieved, i.e. within range, acquired missiles, weapon tracking on the target, etc. Spurious allegations of 'deaths' would be summarily discounted and disputed allegations of success in combat could be judged fairly and accurately.

Critically, and during each outing interrogation, a pilot could see his tactical handling errors of the aircraft in any part of the combat and could learn from them as they were pointed out by experienced instructors. I was lucky enough to be one of them - an Air Warfare Instructor (AWI) fully qualified and trained by the elite crew of Naval Air Squadron 764 at Lossiemouth Naval Air Station in Scotland.

After getting used to the facilities, the business started for real against the F-15 and F-5E. Our small jet capable of vertical takeoff Sea Harrier more than endured against these two fighters that could fly faster and make much tighter turns. For the uninitiated, this should mean a unilateral dispute that we would always lose. But it wasn't like that.

All the pilots in my squadron approached the air combat detachment with a high level of confidence. Our previous successes against the F-5E and F-15 were not forgotten by our opponents. They treated us with a lot of respect on the ground and, most importantly, in the air. This proved to be a considerable advantage. The real-time recording of each engagement ensured that what had happened on the air was properly and correctly recognized later in the debrief.

The sequence of images were captured from the cockpit of a BAC Lightning and illustrates well what the pilots experienced. (Credits: http://www.lightning.org.uk/julaug05sotm.html)

Our pilots did very well, winning some and losing some. The icing on the cake for me came when I was programmed to fly alone against two F-15 and two F-5E on a 1v2v2 combat mission. I had the great advantage of having Desmond Hughes on the ground radar, my observer from the time of the Phantom, providing me with a continuous comment on the positions of the other four aircraft. It was a totally exciting fight that included a terrible almost frontal collision with one of the F-15.

In a brief skirmish with two F-15s, Desmond guided me to intercept them from the left side. They were in relatively close attack formation and didn't see me until I was running in their beam at 1,100 km/h. They were less than a thousand meters away, crossing from right to left at about 800 km/h, when they saw me and decided to take an evasive action. Due to the need to save fuel, they could only use post-combustion and its supersonic capacity when involved in real combat maneuvers. But instead of bursting towards me and splitting up to give me two targets to face, which was what I expected, they decided to try to overtake me and deny a missile shot.

Two tried to run triggering full post-combustion, but it was too late. When I turned left right behind them, I simulated the launch of two Sidewinders in a very short range. “Fox Two! Fox Two! Splash two F-15’s”. Why they chose to run away instead of fighting, I don't know yet. It was probably the result of our previous meetings.

Seen through the HUD of the Sea Harrier that fired it, an AIM-9L Sidewinder missile heads to the target. The British claim to have destroyed 18 Argentine devices with the expenditure of 26 missiles. Although the AIM-9L is able to hit the target from the front, all the overturns were made from behind.

During that electrifying combat outing, I knocked down a total of seven opponents, between Eagles and Tigers, without any death against me.

Back on the ground and when we analyzed each fight on the screen in the debrief, my statements were totally justified. That was too much for one of the F-15 drivers who tried to say that everything was wrong. But the pilots of the Aggressor squad - blessed be his honesty - said that he had been defeated and that he should face it as a professional, as they did themselves.

My two young first-time pilots, Charlie Cantan and Steve Thomas, made remarkable progress during the detachment, finally understanding the tactical lessons we tried to teach them verbally, but without access to this digital technology.

In a fully developed hunting combat, a fraction of a second of delay in decision making is enough to make the difference between winning and losing your life. There are many nuances in this tactical thinking process. Anticipation, experience and knowledge of the abilities, intentions and future position of your opponent can only be acquired properly in the air.

This learning process usually takes a long time. As a result, during training at our base, I was able to 'overthrow' Charlie and/or Steve a minute after the start of the fight.

Our successes have shaken the world of fighters. We built a reputation that would have a great impact on the conduct of the air war in the Falklands just a few months later.

SOURCE: Hush-Kit

EDITOR'S NOTE: "You fight as you train"

Tags: Famous AircraftcuriositiesHawker-Siddeley Aviation/British Aerospace - Harrier/Sea HarrierHISTORYMcDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

Giordani

Giordani

Graduated in Business Administration, he is also an Aircraft Mechanic, but does not exercise the profession. Simply in love with aviation. You know in depth the history of military aviation and how much it has influenced world geopolitics. "If you do not know the Past, you will never be able to understand the Future"

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Leonardo, Italian Air Force Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for International Flight Training School

#Leonardo, #ItalianAirForce host groundbreaking ceremony for International Flight Training School. #IFTS

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Leonardo International Flight Training School (IFTS) was celebrated on Dec. 16 at the Italian Air Force’s base in Decimomannu in Sardinia, Italy. Italian Defence Undersecretary Hon. Giulio Calvisi, the Sardinian Region’s Governor Hon. Christian Solinas, Italian Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Enzo Vecciarelli, Italian Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Alberto Rosso,…

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Maxi sequestro di marijuana nel Cagliaritano [VIDEO]

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