(flagship, United Kingdom), HS Navarinon (Greece), ITS
Libeccio (Italy),
Of the sixty bombs dropped, a quarter failed to explode, including the bombs that hit the cruiser Trento, the destroyer
Libeccio, and two fleet auxiliaries.
135), nor that the wind that provokes the storm is the infamous Libecchio (
Libeccio) (OF, stanza 141)--both elements well known to an Italian but not to an English audience.
(I, vv.54-96, pp.12-13) Procellosa e la notte, inconsueta nella stagion che volge, e mal viaggio avra il nocchier, cui di bianca paura in volto spesso tingera l'aspetto della terra temuta, ove lo spinge
libeccio impetuoso.--Oh!
Caption: Master Corporal Steve Carreau, a Task Force
Libeccio Air Weapon System Technician, performs pre-flight checks on a GBU-12 precision-guided bomb before a CF-18 Hornet flight during Operation MOBILE in Trapani, Italy, on July 15, 2011 during the Libyan war.
The first two Maestrale frigates to be upgraded will be the Scirocco and Zeffiro, beginning in 2005, with the
Libeccio and Espero following in 2006.
Along with the CF-18s, Canada also deployed two CC-150 Polaris air-to-air refuellers and two CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft as part of Task Force
Libeccio, which flies from two NATO bases in Italy: Trapani-Birgi, which is co-located with Vincenzo Florio Airport on the western point of Sicily, and Sigonella, which is located on the eastern coast of Sicily.