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Tornado">Panavia Tornado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alenia_C-27J" class="mw-redirect" title="Alenia C-27J">Alenia C-27J</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">Fighter</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon" title="Eurofighter Typhoon">Eurofighter Typhoon</a>, <a href="/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Lightning II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">Helicopter</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Agusta-Bell_212" class="mw-redirect" title="Agusta-Bell 212">Agusta-Bell 212</a>, <a href="/wiki/MD_500_Defender" class="mw-redirect" title="MD 500 Defender">MD 500 Defender</a>, <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">AgustaWestland AW101</a>, <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW139" title="AgustaWestland AW139">AgustaWestland AW139</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol aircraft">Patrol</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ATR_72" title="ATR 72">ATR 72</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Surveillance_aircraft" title="Surveillance aircraft">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">Beechcraft Super King Air</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Trainer_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trainer (aircraft)">Trainer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alenia_Aermacchi_M-346_Master" title="Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master">Alenia M-346 Master</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aermacchi_M-345" title="Aermacchi M-345">Alenia M-345</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piaggio_P.180" class="mw-redirect" title="Piaggio P.180">Piaggio P.180</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tecnam_P2006T" title="Tecnam P2006T">Tecnam P2006T</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aermacchi_MB-339" title="Aermacchi MB-339">Aermacchi MB-339</a>, <a href="/wiki/SIAI-Marchetti_SF.260" title="SIAI-Marchetti SF.260">SIAI-Marchetti SF.260</a>, <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD_500" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas MD 500">McDonnell Douglas MD 500</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Cargo_aircraft" title="Cargo aircraft">Transport</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alenia_C-27J_Spartan" title="Alenia C-27J Spartan">Alenia C-27J Spartan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piaggio_P.180_Avanti" title="Piaggio P.180 Avanti">Piaggio P.180 Avanti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A319" title="Airbus A319">Airbus A319CJ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A340" title="Airbus A340">Airbus A340-500</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_50" title="Dassault Falcon 50">Dassault Falcon 50</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_900" title="Dassault Falcon 900">Dassault Falcon 900</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-130J_Super_Hercules" class="mw-redirect" title="C-130J Super Hercules">C-130J Super Hercules</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">Tanker</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-767" title="Boeing KC-767">Boeing KC-767</a>, <a href="/wiki/KC-130_Hercules" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-130 Hercules">KC-130J Hercules</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Italian Air Force</b> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Aeronautica Militare</i>; <b>AM</b>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">military aeronautics</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">air force</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian Republic</a>. The Italian Air Force was founded as an independent service arm on 28 March 1923 by <a href="/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Emmanuel III of Italy">King Victor Emmanuel III</a> as the <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Regia_Aeronautica" title="Regia Aeronautica">Regia Aeronautica</a></i></span> ("Royal Air Force"). After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, when Italy became a <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republic</a> following a referendum, the <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Regia Aeronautica</i></span> was given its current name. Since its formation, the service has held a prominent role in modern <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Italy" title="Military history of Italy">Italian military history</a>. The acrobatic display team is the <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Frecce_Tricolori" title="Frecce Tricolori">Frecce Tricolori</a></i></span>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1923 until the end of <a href="/wiki/WW2" class="mw-redirect" title="WW2">WW2</a> the Italian Air Force was called <a href="/wiki/Regia_Aeronautica" title="Regia Aeronautica">Regia Aeronautica</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history_and_World_War_I">Early history and World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history and World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Italy was among the earliest adopters of military aviation. Its air arm dates back to 1884, when the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Royal_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Royal Army">Italian Royal Army</a> (<span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Regio Esercito</i></span>) was authorised to acquire its own air component. The Air Service (<span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Corpo_Aeronautico_Militare" title="Corpo Aeronautico Militare">Corpo Aeronautico Militare</a></i></span>) operated balloons based near Rome. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MinisteroAeronautica.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/MinisteroAeronautica.jpg/220px-MinisteroAeronautica.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/MinisteroAeronautica.jpg/330px-MinisteroAeronautica.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/MinisteroAeronautica.jpg/440px-MinisteroAeronautica.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2316" data-file-height="1545" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_dell%27Aeronautica" title="Palazzo dell'Aeronautica">Palazzo dell'Aeronautica</a>, headquarters of the Italian Air Force</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1911, reconnaissance and bombing sorties during the <a href="/wiki/Italo-Turkish_War" title="Italo-Turkish War">Italo-Turkish War</a> by the <i>Servizio Aeronautico</i> represented the first use of heavier-than-air aircraft in armed conflict. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Regia_Aeronautica_and_World_War_II">The <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Regia Aeronautica</i></span> and World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Regia Aeronautica and World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Regia_Aeronautica" title="Regia Aeronautica">Regia Aeronautica</a></div> <p>On 28 March 1923, the Italian Air Force was founded as an independent service by <a href="/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Emmanuel III of Italy">King Vittorio Emanuele III</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Kingdom of Italy</a>. This air force was known as the <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Regia_Aeronautica" title="Regia Aeronautica">Regia Aeronautica</a></i></span> (Royal Air Force). During the 1930s, the fledgling <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Regia Aeronautica</i></span> was involved in its first military operations, first in <a href="/wiki/Second_Italo-Abyssinian_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Italo-Abyssinian War">Ethiopia</a> in 1935, and later in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> between 1936 and 1939. After a period of neutrality, Italy entered World War II on 10 June 1940 alongside Germany. The <i>Regia Aeronautica</i> could deploy more than 3,000 aircraft, although fewer than 60% were serviceable. It fought from the icy steppes of Russia to the sands of the North African desert, losing men and machines. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_between_Italy_and_Allied_armed_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces">armistice of 8 September 1943</a>, Italy was divided into two sides, and the same fate befell the <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Regia Aeronautica</i></span>. The Air Force was split into the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Co-Belligerent_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force">Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force</a> in the south aligned with the Allies, and the pro-Axis <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Aeronautica_Nazionale_Repubblicana" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana">Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana</a></i></span> in the north until the end of the war. On 8 May 1945, the hostilities ended, beginning the rebirth of military aviation in Italy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_birth_of_Aeronautica_Militare_and_the_Cold_War">The birth of <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Aeronautica Militare</i></span> and the Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The birth of Aeronautica Militare and the Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P-51D_Mustang%26SM.82_Marsupiale.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/P-51D_Mustang%26SM.82_Marsupiale.jpg/220px-P-51D_Mustang%26SM.82_Marsupiale.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/P-51D_Mustang%26SM.82_Marsupiale.jpg/330px-P-51D_Mustang%26SM.82_Marsupiale.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/P-51D_Mustang%26SM.82_Marsupiale.jpg/440px-P-51D_Mustang%26SM.82_Marsupiale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Italian North American P-51D Mustang exhibited at the museum of Vigna di Valle</figcaption></figure> <p>A popular vote by the people resulted in the end of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Kingdom of Italy</a> and the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Republic">Italian Republic</a> on 18 June 1946. Hence the <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Regia Aeronautica</i></span> lost its "Royal" designation, and it became the <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Aeronautica Militare</i></span>, a name that it has continued to hold ever since. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Peace_with_Italy,_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947">Peace Treaty of Paris of 1947</a> placed severe restrictions on all of the Italian armed forces, but the establishment of <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> in 1949 with Italy as a founding member brought about the necessity for the modernization of all of the Italian armed forces, including the Italian Air Force. American military aid sent by the Mutual Defense Assistance Program brought about the introduction of American-made <a href="/wiki/P-47_Thunderbolt" class="mw-redirect" title="P-47 Thunderbolt">P-47 Thunderbolt</a> and <a href="/wiki/P-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51 Mustang">P-51 Mustang</a> propeller-driven <a href="/wiki/Fighter_plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Fighter plane">fighter planes</a>. In 1952, the Italian Air Force was granted jet fighters for the first time, American <a href="/wiki/F-84_Thunderjet" class="mw-redirect" title="F-84 Thunderjet">F-84G Thunderjets</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">F-86D Sabres</a>, together with over 200 licence-built British <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">de Havilland Vampires</a>; these were followed by <a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">Republic F-84F Thunderstreak</a> fighters and <a href="/wiki/C-119_Flying_Boxcar" class="mw-redirect" title="C-119 Flying Boxcar">C-119 Flying Boxcar</a> <a href="/wiki/Transport_plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport plane">transport planes</a> from the United States. The reborn Italian aviation industry also began to develop and produce a few indigenous aircraft designs of its own, such as the <a href="/wiki/Fiat_G91" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiat G91">Fiat G91</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Aermacchi_MB-326" title="Aermacchi MB-326">Aermacchi MB-326</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Piaggio_P.166" title="Piaggio P.166">Piaggio Aero P.166</a> and the line of Agusta-Bell helicopters. </p><p>The first supersonic <a href="/wiki/Fighter_plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Fighter plane">fighters</a> added to the Italian Air Force were American-designed <a href="/wiki/F-104_Starfighter" class="mw-redirect" title="F-104 Starfighter">F-104 Starfighters</a> that were produced by a group of several European aircraft companies, including <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt-B%C3%B6lkow-Blohm" title="Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm">Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dornier_Flugzeugwerke" title="Dornier Flugzeugwerke">Dornier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiat" title="Fiat">Fiat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fokker" title="Fokker">Fokker</a> and <a href="/wiki/SABCA" title="SABCA">SABCA</a>. During the 1970s, the Air Force acquired the Italian <a href="/wiki/Aeritalia_G222" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeritalia G222">Aeritalia G222</a> and the modern American <a href="/wiki/C-130_Hercules" class="mw-redirect" title="C-130 Hercules">C-130 Hercules</a> tactical transport planes, capable of carrying cargo or <a href="/wiki/Paratrooper" title="Paratrooper">paratroopers</a>. It also received the new <a href="/wiki/Aeritalia_F-104S_Starfighter" title="Aeritalia F-104S Starfighter">Aeritalia F-104S Starfighter</a> fighters for ground attack and air-defence purposes. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eurofighter_Typhoon_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Eurofighter_Typhoon_02.jpg/220px-Eurofighter_Typhoon_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Eurofighter_Typhoon_02.jpg/330px-Eurofighter_Typhoon_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Eurofighter_Typhoon_02.jpg/440px-Eurofighter_Typhoon_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="816" data-file-height="508" /></a><figcaption>Italian <a href="/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon" title="Eurofighter Typhoon">Eurofighter Typhoon</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Italian_Air_Force_Hercules_C-130J-30_departs_RIAT_Fairford_14thJuly2014_arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Italian_Air_Force_Hercules_C-130J-30_departs_RIAT_Fairford_14thJuly2014_arp.jpg/220px-Italian_Air_Force_Hercules_C-130J-30_departs_RIAT_Fairford_14thJuly2014_arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Italian_Air_Force_Hercules_C-130J-30_departs_RIAT_Fairford_14thJuly2014_arp.jpg/330px-Italian_Air_Force_Hercules_C-130J-30_departs_RIAT_Fairford_14thJuly2014_arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Italian_Air_Force_Hercules_C-130J-30_departs_RIAT_Fairford_14thJuly2014_arp.jpg/440px-Italian_Air_Force_Hercules_C-130J-30_departs_RIAT_Fairford_14thJuly2014_arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1618" data-file-height="1144" /></a><figcaption>Italian Air Force <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules" title="Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules">Hercules C-130J-30</a> departing the 2014 <a href="/wiki/Royal_International_Air_Tattoo" title="Royal International Air Tattoo">Royal International Air Tattoo</a>, England</figcaption></figure> <p>A push to expand the Italian aircraft industry led Italy into the huge trilateral project that developed the <a href="/wiki/Panavia_Tornado" title="Panavia Tornado">Panavia Tornado</a> fighter-bomber and air-defence fighters along with <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> and the United Kingdom. Tornado fighters were still in service with all three nations, plus a few more, as of 2019. Italian companies worked with the <a href="/wiki/Embraer" title="Embraer">Embraer Company</a> of Brazil in a smaller project to develop and produce the <a href="/wiki/AMX_International_AMX" title="AMX International AMX">AMX International AMX</a> aircraft. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_the_end_of_the_Cold_War_to_present_day">From the end of the Cold War to present day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: From the end of the Cold War to present day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1990, after the <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraqi</a> invasion of <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, Italy joined the coalition forces, and for the first time in 45 years Italian pilots and aircraft were assigned to combat operations. Needing to replace the obsolete F-104 Starfighters, Italy joined with Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom in the development of the <a href="/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon" title="Eurofighter Typhoon">Eurofighter Typhoon</a>, which was expected to enter the Italian Air Force in 2000. In 1994, with the Typhoon still some years from introduction to service, 24 <a href="/wiki/Panavia_Tornado_ADV" title="Panavia Tornado ADV">Panavia Tornado Air Defense Variant</a> (ADV) interceptors were leased from the United Kingdom for a period of 10 years. The ADV Tornados served as fighter-interceptors to supplement and then to replace the old F-104 Starfighters. However, delays in the production of the Typhoon forced the Italians to seek a supplement, and then replacement, for the leased Tornado ADVs. </p><p>With the UK lease due to expire in 2004, the Italian government wished to avoid a costly lease extension and instead opted to lease 34 <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcon</a> multi-role fighter planes on multi-year leases from the US. The last of these fighters was returned to the United States in May 2012, following the Italian Air Force's acquisition of a sufficient number of Typhoons over a period of several years. The Typhoons are intended to replace all of the F-104, Tornado ADV and F-16 aircraft. The last of the Italian F-104s was withdrawn from service in 2004. </p><p>Armed conflicts in <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> and the nearby <a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a> led to the Italian Air Force becoming a participant in multinational air forces, <a href="/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia" title="NATO bombing of Yugoslavia">such as that of NATO</a> over the former <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>, just a few minutes flying time east of the Italian peninsula. The commanders of the Italian Air Force soon saw the need to improve the Italian air defences. </p><p>The capability of the Italian Air Force as a transportation unit has been improved with the acquisition of 22 American C-130J tactical transports and 12 Alenia C-27J Spartans, which have replaced all of the G222s. In 2003, the Italian Air Force extended its capabilities to small-scale land warfare by small special-forces units. This was accomplished by forming the <a href="/wiki/17%C2%BA_Stormo_Incursori" class="mw-redirect" title="17º Stormo Incursori">17º Stormo Incursori</a> ("17th Special Operations Wing"), also known as RIAM (<span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Reparto Incursori Aeronautica Militare</i></span>, "Air Force Raiders Group"), a unit that is primarily responsible for raids on land-based aeronautical compounds, <a href="/wiki/Forward_air_control" title="Forward air control">forward air control</a> missions and <a href="/wiki/Combat_search_and_rescue" title="Combat search and rescue">combat search and rescue</a> operations.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=6" 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href="/wiki/List_of_active_Italian_military_aircraft" title="List of active Italian military aircraft">List of active Italian military aircraft</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_used_by_Italian_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft used by Italian Air Force">List of aircraft used by Italian Air Force</a></div> <p>As of 2014, the Italian Air Force<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> operates a total active fleet of 557 aerial vehicles,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including 209 manned and 12 <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned combat aerial vehicle">unmanned</a> combat aircraft, with eight more <a href="/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon" title="Eurofighter Typhoon">Eurofighter Typhoon</a> on order and 75 more <a href="/wiki/F-35" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35">F-35s</a> planned.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Flightglobal_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flightglobal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/50px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/75px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/100px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="350" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/50px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/75px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/100px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="350" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/50px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/75px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/100px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="350" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Rank_insignia_of_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/50px-Rank_insignia_of_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Rank_insignia_of_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/75px-Rank_insignia_of_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Rank_insignia_of_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/100px-Rank_insignia_of_aviere_capo_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="350" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Graduato aiutante</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Primo graduato</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Primo aviere capo</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Primo aviere scelto</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Aviere capo</i></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td colspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/50px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/75px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/100px-Rank_insignia_of_primo_aviere_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="350" /></a></span> </td> <td colspan="6"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Rank_insignia_of_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/50px-Rank_insignia_of_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Rank_insignia_of_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/75px-Rank_insignia_of_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Rank_insignia_of_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg/100px-Rank_insignia_of_aviere_scelto_of_the_Italian_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="350" /></a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><b>No insignia</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td colspan="2"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Primo luogotenente</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Luogotenente</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Primo maresciallo</i></span> </td> <td colspan="1"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Sergente maggiore aiutante</i></span> </td> <td colspan="1"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Sergente maggiore capo</i></span> </td> <td colspan="6"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Sergente maggiore</i></span> </td> <td colspan="6"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Sergente</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Primo aviere</i></span> </td> <td colspan="6"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Aviere scelto</i></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Aviere</i></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Armed_Forces" title="Italian Armed Forces">Italian Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carabinieri" title="Carabinieri">Carabinieri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardia_di_Finanza" title="Guardia di Finanza">Guardia di Finanza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Army" title="Italian Army">Italian Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Navy" title="Italian Navy">Italian Navy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Flight_Training_School" title="International Flight Training School">International Flight Training School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_Italian_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the Italian Armed Forces">Uniforms of the Italian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centro_Sportivo_Aeronautica_Militare" title="Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare">Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_used_by_Italian_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft used by Italian Air Force">List of aircraft used by Italian Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Regia_Aeronautica_aircraft_used_in_World_War_II" title="List of Regia Aeronautica aircraft used in World War II">List of Regia Aeronautica aircraft used in World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_I_Entente_aircraft" title="List of World War I Entente aircraft">List of World War I Entente aircraft</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Forces">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bahamas_Defence_Force" title="Royal Bahamas Defence Force">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bahraini_Air_Force" title="Royal Bahraini Air Force">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Air_Force" title="Bangladesh Air Force">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Air_Force" title="Belarusian Air Force">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Air_Component" title="Belgian Air Component">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belize_Defence_Force_Air_Wing" title="Belize Defence Force Air Wing">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benin_Air_Force" title="Benin Air Force">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_Air_Force" title="Bolivian Air Force">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_and_Anti-Aircraft_Defence_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_Defence_Force_Air_Wing" title="Botswana Defence Force Air Wing">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Air_Force" title="Brazilian Air Force">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Brunei_Air_Force" title="Royal Brunei Air Force">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Air_Force" title="Bulgarian Air Force">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Cambodian_Air_Force" title="Royal Cambodian Air Force">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameroon_Air_Force" title="Cameroon Air Force">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic_Air_Force" title="Central African Republic Air Force">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadian_Air_Force" title="Chadian Air Force">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_Air_Force" title="Chilean Air Force">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Air_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Air Force">China</a></li> 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