Italians fly NH90.The first NH90 helicopter destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for the Italian Army The Italian Army (Esercito Italiano) is the ground defense force of the Italian Republic. It recently (July 29th, 2004) became a professional all-volunteer force of 115,000 active duty personnel. flew its maiden voyage Noun 1. maiden voyage - the first voyage of its kind; "in 1912 the ocean liner Titanic sank on its maiden voyage" ocean trip, voyage - an act of traveling by water in September, when two test pilots and a pair of engineers took a 30-minute flight that reached 120 knots and pushed the aircraft to the edge of its basic flight envelope. The Italian Army will receive 60 NH90s and with another 56 to be delivered to Italy's Navy. |
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