<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Two Italian air force pilots were killed Tuesday during an exercise when the light aircraft they were flying collided mid-air and crashed to the ground, Italy’s air force said in a statement.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The two U-208 aircraft crashed near the Guidonia military airport, located around 25 kilometers (15 miles) northeast of Rome. No injuries on the ground were reported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the planes crashed into a car on a narrow residential street lined with apartment buildings; the other landed in a field.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Premier Giorgia Meloni expressed her condolences to the pilots’ families and colleagues. AP/UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>