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  2. Naval Air Station Sigonella - Wikipedia

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    Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella (IATA: NSY, ICAO: LICZ) is an Italian Air Force base (Italian: Aeroporto "Cosimo Di Palma" di Sigonella), and a U.S. Navy installation at Italian Air Force Base Sigonella in Lentini, Sicily, Italy. The whole NAS is a tenant of the Italian Air Force, which has the military and the administrative control. [1]

  3. Crisis of Sigonella - Wikipedia

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    Sigonella military airport, with Mount Etna in the background. Without prior warning, U.S. fighters diverted the Egyptian plane to Sigonella Air Base in Sicily, an Italian military airport that includes a U.S. Navy naval air station (NAS). Around 10:30 pm, Air Force Colonel Ercolano Annicchiarico, who was to relinquish command of the military ...

  4. List of United States Navy airfields - Wikipedia

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    The US Navy's main airfields are designated as Naval Air Stations or Naval Air Facilities, with Naval Outlying Landing Fields (NOLF) and Naval Auxiliary Landing Fields (NALF) having a support role. Some airfields are parented by a larger naval installation or are part of a Joint Base operated jointly with another part of the US military .

  5. Achille Lauro hijacking - Wikipedia

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    Sigonella was an Italian Air Force base in Sicily, which housed a U.S. Navy installation (N.A.S.). The American special forces had surrounded the airplane, but soon found themselves surrounded by Italian Air Force soldiers and Carabinieri military police. The Italian organizations insisted that Italy had territorial rights over the base and ...

  6. HC-4 - Wikipedia

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    HC-4 was previously home-based at Naval Air Station Sigonella, located in Sicily, Italy. The squadron completed a homeport change to Naval Station Norfolk in 2005–06. [4] The squadron was disestablished on 28 September 2007. [citation needed]

  7. VP-5 - Wikipedia

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    Deployed to Naval Air Station Sigonella in August 2001, VP-5 relocated multiple crews and aircraft to Naval Air Field Souda Bay, following the September 11 attacks. Following the commencement of Operation Enduring Freedom , VP-5 assisted in providing theater-wide Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance operation with 1,100 sorties ...

  8. Category:Italian airbases - Wikipedia

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    Ghedi Air Base; Gioia del Colle Air Base; Grazzanise Air Base; I. ... Pratica di Mare Air Base; R. Rivolto Air Base; S. Naval Air Station Sigonella; T. Taranto ...

  9. List of United States Navy installations - Wikipedia

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    Naval Air Facility El Centro; Naval Air Station Lemoore; Naval Support Activity Monterey [1] Naval Postgraduate School; Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach; Naval Base Ventura County. Naval Air Station Point Mugu; Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme; Naval Outlying Landing Field San Nicolas Island; Naval Surface Warfare Center