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Jun
3
2012
What’s That? :: An Italian Mystery
Posted by HW on 03 Jun 2012 /
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This Week’s Hints to help you along: The tail markings are a good tip off that this aircraft is Italian by design. The paint scheme might indicate that it was a Navy Seaplane. It could fly over 1,000 miles in just five hours, ideal for maritime reconnaissance. Only a handful were built, and sadly, the [...]
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Jun
3
2012
First Kills of the IAF
Posted by HW on 03 Jun 2012 /
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Published June 3, 2012 By Thomas Van Hare Today in aviation history, exactly sixty-four years ago, in 1948, in the clear skies over Israel, the newly formed Israeli Air Force scored its first victories. The small aviation contingent of the newly formed Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had little equipment, no supplies, almost no organization and [...]
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