Frecce Tricolori
 | The Frecce Tricolori over Rome |
|  | The Frecce Tricolori aerobatics team of the Italian Air Force, flying at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, England, in 2005 |
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Frecce Tricolori (Three-coloured Arrows) is the precision
aerobatic demonstration team for the
Italian Air Force. The team flies the
Aermacchi MB-339-A/PAN, a two-seat
fighter-trainer and
anti-tank craft capable of roughly 898 km/h at
sea level. Unfortunately, many immediately associate the team's name with the
Ramstein airshow disaster, one of the worst airshow crashes in history. On
August 28,
1988, two of the Frecce Tricolori's planes collided in mid-air during a performance over the Ramstein airbase, sending the flaming debris from one aircraft into the crowd, killing seventy people.
| The Frecce Tricolori aerobatics team of the Italian Air Force, flying at the Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, England, in 2005 |
| | The Frecce Tricolori aerobatics team of the Italian Air Force, flying at the Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, England, in 2005 |
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