Tom Kington
Tom Kington is the Italy correspondent for Defense News.
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Users of the F-35 huddle in Italy to tout joint maintenance plans
Italy hopes that pooling maintenance will encourage users to send jets to its fledgeling F-35 maintenance hub at Cameri air base in the country's north.
Italy to remove its air-defense assets from Turkey by year’s end
Officials said the departure had already been planned and had nothing to do with Turkey's offensive in Northern Syria, which was widely criticized in Europe.
Three nations stage F-35 drills over southern Italy
Despite recent revelations about a series of teething problems experienced by the jet, pilots said they were happy with its performance.
Leonardo goes it alone in T-X trainer bid
Leonardo is back in the T-X competition and will be proposing the T-100 with its U.S. subsidiary DRS as the prime contractor.
