Frecce Tricolori (Italian for the tricolored arrows) is the demonstration team of the Italian Air Force.
The team was founded in 1961 and since 1983 it has been flying the Aermacchi MB-339 jet trainer, which is still used to this day.
This photo was taken during AIR14 on September 6, 2014, Payerne Air Base.
AIR14 was a grand airshow celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Swiss Air Force held at the Swiss Air Base in Payerne. The event took place on two consecutive weekends.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…