Airforces - Demo Hornet

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SWING-ROLE TYPHOON

ITALIAN

STYLE

AFM^

visited

the^ 36°

Stormo

to^

assess

the^ Ty p ho on’s

new

swing-

role^ capability

with

the^ Italian

Air^

Force.

Riccardo Niccoli

reports

from^

Gioia

del^ Colle.

http://www.airforcesmonthly.com #365 AUGUST 2018 // 59

Above: Specially painted F-2000A MM7297

‘36-23’ pulls up to reveal a typical swing-role

confi guration. The jet is loaded with two dummy

GBU-16 bombs, a Litening III targeting pod on the

centreline, two 1,500-lit underwing fuel tanks and a

pair of IRIS-T air-to-air missiles. All photos Riccardo

Niccoli unless stated Inset: James Lawrence