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aviation">Naval aviation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">2,000 personnel (2015)<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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Commander_in_Chief_Naval_Fleet" title="Commander in Chief Naval Fleet">Commander in Chief Naval Fleet</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data">Rear Admiral Giancarlo Ciappina</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" 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/></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Agusta-Westland_EH-101-410_Merlin,_Italy_-_Navy_JP7306257.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Agusta-Westland_EH-101-410_Merlin%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP7306257.jpg/220px-Agusta-Westland_EH-101-410_Merlin%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP7306257.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Agusta-Westland_EH-101-410_Merlin%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP7306257.jpg/330px-Agusta-Westland_EH-101-410_Merlin%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP7306257.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Agusta-Westland_EH-101-410_Merlin%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP7306257.jpg/440px-Agusta-Westland_EH-101-410_Merlin%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP7306257.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1194" data-file-height="727" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">EH-101-410 Merlin</a> </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B%2B_Harrier_II,_Italy_-_Navy_JP6593672.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B%2B_Harrier_II%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP6593672.jpg/220px-McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B%2B_Harrier_II%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP6593672.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B%2B_Harrier_II%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP6593672.jpg/330px-McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B%2B_Harrier_II%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP6593672.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B%2B_Harrier_II%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP6593672.jpg/440px-McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B%2B_Harrier_II%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP6593672.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="870" /></a><figcaption>A <i>Marina Militare</i> AV-8B Harrier II aboard <i>Cavour</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Italian Naval Aviation</b> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Aviazione Navale</i>) is the <a href="/wiki/Naval_aviation" title="Naval aviation">naval air component</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Navy" title="Italian Navy">Italian Navy</a> composed of around 2000 men and women and 69 aircraft and helicopters. </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_Naval_Aviation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is more commonly known as Naval Aviation as it received various official designations throughout its service and its origins date back to 1913, when it was created as the air branch of the Navy.<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> The service was then disbanded and integrated into the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Air_Force" title="Italian Air Force">Italian Air Force</a>, upon the creation of this new branch in 1937, when a law gave control of all national fixed-wing air assets to the Italian Air Force. </p><p>Having been reactivated in 1956 to operate the Navy's new shipborne helicopters entering service with the Italian frigates.<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> The ban on fixed-wing aircraft was lifted in 1989, and the Italian Navy acquired <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II" title="McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II">Harrier II</a> fighters to fly from the aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Giuseppe_Garibaldi" title="Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi"><i>Giuseppe Garibaldi</i></a>. </p><p>In 2009, the <i>Giuseppe Garibaldi</i> was replaced as the flagship of the Italian navy by the new and larger aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Cavour" title="Italian aircraft carrier Cavour"><i>Cavour</i></a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_Naval_Aviation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The units of the Italian Naval Aviation are based at three civil airports. A small detachment is based at the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Air_Force" title="Italian Air Force">Italian Air Force</a>'s the <a href="/wiki/Pratica_di_Mare_Air_Base" title="Pratica di Mare Air Base">Pratica di Mare Air Base</a>.<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-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Air Forces Command</b> (Comando delle Forze Aeree - COMFORAER), in Rome <ul><li>Aerial Section (Sezione Aerea - SEZAER), at <a href="/wiki/Pratica_di_Mare_Air_Base" title="Pratica di Mare Air Base">Pratica di Mare Air Base</a> with 3x <a href="/wiki/Piaggio_P.180_Avanti" title="Piaggio P.180 Avanti">P.180 Maritime</a> liaison planes</li> <li><b>Naval Aircraft Station</b> (Stazione Aeromobili della Marina Militare - MARISTAER), at <a href="/wiki/Taranto-Grottaglie_Airport" title="Taranto-Grottaglie Airport">Taranto-Grottaglie Airport</a> <ul><li><b>Carrier Air Group</b> (Gruppo Aerei Imbarcati - GRUPAER) <ul><li>Operations Unit (Reparto Operazioni) with <a href="/wiki/List_of_Harrier_variants#McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II" title="List of Harrier variants">AV-8B+ Harrier II</a> fighters (being replaced by <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35B Lightning II</a>)</li> <li>Operational Support Unit (Reparto Supporto Operativo)</li> <li>Operational Informations Unit (Reparto Informazioni Operative)</li></ul></li> <li><b>4th Helicopter Group</b> (Quarto Gruppo Elicotteri - GRUPELICOT QUATTRO) <ul><li>Operations Unit (Reparto Operazioni) with <a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90#NFH:_NATO_Frigate_Helicopter" title="NHIndustries NH90">SH-90A</a> <a href="/wiki/ASuW" class="mw-redirect" title="ASuW">ASuW</a>/<a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a> helicopters and <a href="/wiki/Camcopter_S-100" class="mw-redirect" title="Camcopter S-100">Camcopter S-100</a> <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">unmanned aerial vehicles</a></li> <li>Training Unit (Reparto Addestramento) with SH-90A ASuW/ASW helicopters</li> <li>Operational Support Unit (Reparto Supporto Operativo)</li> <li>Operational Informations Unit (Reparto Informazioni Operative)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b>Naval Helicopter Station Luni</b> (Stazione Elicotteri della Marina Militare Luni - MARISTAELI Luni), at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarzana-Luni_Airport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sarzana-Luni Airport (page does not exist)">Sarzana-Luni Airport</a> <ul><li><b>1st Helicopter Group</b> (Primo Gruppo Elicotteri - GRUPELICOT UNO)<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> <ul><li>Helicopter Assault Unit (Reparto Eliassalto) with <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">MH-101A</a> transport helicopters supporting <a href="/wiki/COMSUBIN" class="mw-redirect" title="COMSUBIN">COMSUBIN</a></li> <li>ASuW/ASW/EW Unit (Reparto AWW/ASW/EW) with <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">EH-101A</a> <a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">HEW</a> helicopters</li> <li>Operational Support Unit (Reparto Supporto Operativo)</li> <li>Operational Informations Unit (Reparto Informazioni Operative)</li></ul></li> <li><b>5th Helicopter Group</b> (Quinto Gruppo Elicotteri - GRUPELICOT CINQUE) <ul><li>Helicopter Assault Unit (Reparto Eliassalto) with <a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90#NFH:_NATO_Frigate_Helicopter" title="NHIndustries NH90">MH-90A</a> tactical transport helicopters supporting <a href="/wiki/COMSUBIN" class="mw-redirect" title="COMSUBIN">COMSUBIN</a></li> <li>ASuW/ASW Unit (Reparto AWW/ASW) with <a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90#NFH:_NATO_Frigate_Helicopter" title="NHIndustries NH90">SH-90A</a> <a href="/wiki/ASuW" class="mw-redirect" title="ASuW">ASuW</a>/<a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a> helicopters</li> <li>Operational Support Unit (Reparto Supporto Operativo)</li> <li>Operational Informations Unit (Reparto Informazioni Operative)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b>Naval Helicopter Station Catania</b> (Stazione Elicotteri della Marina Militare Catania - MARISTAELI Catania), at <a href="/wiki/Catania%E2%80%93Fontanarossa_Airport" title="Catania–Fontanarossa Airport">Catania–Fontanarossa Airport</a> <ul><li><b>2nd Helicopter Group</b> (Secondo Gruppo Elicotteri - GRUPELICOT DUE) <ul><li>Operations Unit (Reparto Operazioni) with <a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90#NFH:_NATO_Frigate_Helicopter" title="NHIndustries NH90">SH-90A</a> <a href="/wiki/ASuW" class="mw-redirect" title="ASuW">ASuW</a>/<a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a> helicopters</li> <li>Operational Support Unit (Reparto Supporto Operativo)</li> <li>Operational Informations Unit (Reparto Informazioni Operative)</li></ul></li> <li><b>3rd Helicopter Group</b> (Terzo Gruppo Elicotteri - GRUPELICOT TRE)<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> <ul><li>Operations Unit (Reparto Operazioni) with <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">SH-101A</a> ASuW/ASW helicopters</li> <li>Training Unit (Reparto Addestramento) with SH-101A ASuW/ASW helicopters</li> <li>Operational Support Unit (Reparto Supporto Operativo)</li> <li>Operational Informations Unit (Reparto Informazioni Operative)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_Naval_Aviation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Il_primo_F-35B_della_Marina_Militare_in_volo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Il_primo_F-35B_della_Marina_Militare_in_volo.jpg/220px-Il_primo_F-35B_della_Marina_Militare_in_volo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Il_primo_F-35B_della_Marina_Militare_in_volo.jpg/330px-Il_primo_F-35B_della_Marina_Militare_in_volo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Il_primo_F-35B_della_Marina_Militare_in_volo.jpg/440px-Il_primo_F-35B_della_Marina_Militare_in_volo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1068" /></a><figcaption>The Italian Navy's first F-35B Lightning en route to <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River" title="Naval Air Station Patuxent River">NAS Patuxent River</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center; background:#acc;">Aircraft </th> <th style="text-align: center; background:#acc;">Origin </th> <th style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;">Type </th> <th style="text-align:left; background:#acc;">Variant </th> <th style="text-align:center; background:#acc;">In service </th> <th style="text-align: center; background:#acc;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Military_aircraft#Combat_aircraft" title="Military aircraft">Combat aircraft</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II" title="McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II">AV-8B Harrier II</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">ground attack</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Harrier_variants#McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II" title="List of Harrier variants">AV-8B+</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>being replaced by F-35B </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Lightning II</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Multirole_combat_aircraft" title="Multirole combat aircraft">Multirole</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#Variants" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35B</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>20 ordered in total </td></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Liaison</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Piaggio_P.180_Avanti" title="Piaggio P.180 Avanti">Piaggio P.180</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td>Liaison </td> <td>P.180 Maritime </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">Helicopter</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1N_Twin_Huey#Italian-built_variants" title="Bell UH-1N Twin Huey">Agusta-Bell 212</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ASuW" class="mw-redirect" title="ASuW">ASuW</a>/<a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a><hr />Transport </td> <td>SH-212A<hr />MH-212B </td> <td>33 </td> <td>being replaced by NH90 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90" title="NHIndustries NH90">NH90</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">EU</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ASuW" class="mw-redirect" title="ASuW">ASuW</a>/<a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a><hr />Transport </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90#NFH:_NATO_Frigate_Helicopter" title="NHIndustries NH90">SH-90A</a><hr /><a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90#TTH:_Tactical_Transport_Helicopter" title="NHIndustries NH90">MH-90A</a> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>46 ordered in total<hr />10 ordered in total </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">AW101</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td>ASuW/ASW<hr />Transport<hr /><a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">HEW</a> </td> <td>SH-101A<hr />MH-101A<hr />EH-101A </td> <td>8<hr />10<hr />4<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> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">Unmanned aerial vehicles</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Camcopter_S-100" class="mw-redirect" title="Camcopter S-100">Camcopter S-100</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> </td> <td>surveillance </td> <td> </td> <td>2<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Insitu_ScanEagle" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing Insitu ScanEagle">Boeing Insitu ScanEagle</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td>surveillance </td> <td> </td> <td>10<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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