An Italian Air Force precision display team flew a colorful green-white-and-red display over the Las Vegas Strip as part of a North American tour that includes Los Angeles and Huntington Beach, California, for U.S. Independence Day.
LAS VEGAS — An Italian Air Force precision display team made a colorful green-white-and-red flight over the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday as part of a North American tour to Los Angeles and Huntington Beach, California, for U.S. Independence Day.
The Italian Aeronautica Militare team is called Frecce Tricolori, or “Tricolor Arrows” in English. It is similar to the US Air Force Thunderbirds, which are based at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas.
The Italian team flew over the Grand Canyon in Arizona on Wednesday and refueled in Nellis as part of a 2024 North American tour that includes nine events and 17 flyovers.
Lieutenant Colonel Massimiliano Salvatore, commander of Frecce Tricolori, noted in a statement from Nellis that the tour of the U.S. and Canada is the first for the Italian national aerobatic team in more than three decades.
The wing is based at Rivolto Air Base in the northeastern Italian province of Udine. It has 10 pilots flying Italian-built Aermacchi MB-339 jets.
Flights are scheduled Next week he will fly over the California cities of San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Sacramento before heading to Canada.
In the US, exhibitions are scheduled for July 27 and 28 in Chicago and Milwaukee, followed by flights and events in August in cities including Philadelphia, New York, Washington, DC and Boston.