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Il 4 e il 5 giugno del 2011, per festeggiare i 100 anni di costituzione della Turk Hava Kuvvleteri (Forza Aerea turca), si è svolto uno dei più importanti Air Show organizzati per l’anno corrente nel panorama aeronautico europeo. L’evento si è svolto sulla base aerea di Izmir/Cigli, Cigli è la principale base della THK deputata alle attività addestrative, infatti è sede di due Gruppi di Volo (121 Tekamül Filosu e 122 Temel Filosu) dotati di addestratori T 38A/M, T 37B/C e del nuovissimo KT 1T, monomotore turboelica prodotto dalla Coreana KAI e costruito su licenza in Turchia dalla TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industry). La base aerea è collocata nella Turchia centro-occidentale, ed è la terza città per importanza dopo Istanbul e Ankara.
Le Forze Armate straniere che hanno partecipato sono state circa una ventina, tra cui: l’Italia, gli Stati Uniti, la Bulgaria, la Slovacchia, la Serbia, il Regno Unito, la Romania, la Polonia, l’Austria, la Spagna, la Francia, l’Ungheria, il Belgio, l’Olanda, la Germania, la Danimarca, l’Algeria e il Pakistan con soggetti decisamente esotici, ovviamente imponente è stata la presenza di velivoli delle varie Forze Armate turche. Nei due giorni di apertura al pubblico, le stime degli organizzatori, hanno evidenziato una partecipazione di almeno 250.000 persone. In questa particolare occasione, prima volta in Turchia, sono stati organizzati due spotter day il 3 e il 6 giugno, in occasione degli arrivi e delle partenze dei velivoli giunti a Izmir.
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Foto e testo di Alberto Mocchetti
Giugno 2011

 

English translation by Frank McMeiken

On the 4 and 5 of June 1011, in celebration of the one hundfred years since the creation of the Turk Hava Kuvvleteri (Turkish Air Force), the force organised one of the most important Air Shows in the entire European display season. The event was staged on the Izmir/Cigli air base: Cigli is the principal base of the THK training organisation. It houses, in fact, two squadrons (121 Tekamül Filosu and 122 Temel Filosu) equipped with T-38A/M, T-37B/C trainers and the new KT 1T, a single turbine-engine trainer produced by KAI in Korea and manufactured under licence in Turkey by TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industry). The Air Base is located in central/western Turkey, and the city is the third most important in Turkey after Istanbul and Ankara. Some twenty foreign armed forces participated in the event, including Italy, the United States, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Serbia, the United Kingdom, Romania, Polond, Austria, Spain, France, Hungary, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Algeria and Pakistan, bringing some decidedly esotic subjects. There was, not un-naturally, an impressive presence from the various Turkish armed forces. Over the two days that the base was open to the public, the organisers estimate that at least 250,000 people passed through the gates. On this occasion, and for the first time in Turkey, spotters’ days were organised on the 3 and 6 of june, enabling those present to witness the arrival and departures of those aircraft flying from Izmir.

Images and text by Alberto Mocchetti
June 2011