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Italian Air Force

Coat of Arms of the Italian Air Force
Military unit
Unit nameItalian Air Force
Aeronautica Militare
Founded28 March 1923
CountryItaly
Size43,000 personnel
551 aircraft
Part ofItalian Armed Forces
Motto 
"With Valour to the Stars"

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The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) is the air force of the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana). It has held a prominent role in modern Italian military history and its Aerobatic display team is the Frecce Tricolori.

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Santa Claus on US radar this X'mas eve - Oneindia Tweet this news
Oneindia--The US -air force- is planning to follow Santa Claus when he disperses gifts and good cheer this X'Mas season. The US -Air Force- will follow Santa's journey ... - Date : Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:49:05 GMT+00:00
Signature of Upgrade Contract for 25 Tornado... - defpro Tweet this news
defpro--09:08 GMT, December 23, 2010 Hallbergmoos | In accordance with the requirement of the -Italian Air Force- (IAF) to increase the Tornado aircraft capability by ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:01:11 GMT+00:00
Italian Air Force: a year of missions for the AMX airplanes in Afghanistan - AVIONEWS Tweet this news
AVIONEWS--(WAPA) - The AMX fighter airplanes of the -Italian Air Force- (AMI) deployed in Herat have recently celebrated a year from their first mission in operating ... - Date : Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:04:06 GMT+00:00
Air Force warned against further tanker delay - FederalNewsRadio.com Tweet this news
FederalNewsRadio.com---Air Force- retired Lt. Gen. Norman Seip said further delay whether because of protests or process could only hasten the unthinkable. ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:28:58 GMT+00:00
Abducted British aid worker killed during rescue - Ct Post Tweet this news
Ct Post--Photo: Dusan Vranic / AP The boot of an -Air Force- pararescueman from the 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadrons hangs down from the open door of a HH-60G Pave ... - Date : Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:43:53 GMT+00:00
High flyer - Times of Malta Tweet this news
Times of Malta---...- Commanding Officer Lt Col Claudio Spiteri. The -Italian Air Force's- Lt Col Davide Demartis is seen speaking to Dr Gonzi with Lt Col Spiteri on the right.--- - Date : Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:37:10 GMT+00:00
PM pays tribute to soldiers who 'risk their lives for others' - Malta Independent Online Tweet this news
Malta Independent Online---...- demonstration by -air- wing personnel onboard the AFM's Alouette III helicopter, Dr Gonzi also met members of the -Italian- contingent -air force- permanently ... - Date : Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:03:02 GMT+00:00
MINDEF awards contract to ST Aerospace to acquire 12 M-346 aircraft - Channel News Asia Tweet this news
Channel News Asia--The acquisition is for the Republic of Singapore -Air Force- (RSAF) Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) replacement programme. According to a statement by MINDEF, ... - Date : Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:03:45 GMT+00:00
NATO Air Squadron Commander Proud of Afghan 'Grey Eagles'; Air University - NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (blog) Tweet this news
NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (blog)--For example, the Afghan -Air Force- flies the -Italian--made C-27 Spartan. This aircraft requires maintenance and even airmanship techniques different from what ... - Date : Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:00:16 GMT+00:00
Boeing NewGen Tanker Win Would Bring 320 Jobs, $17 Million to New Jersey - Trading Markets (press release) Tweet this news
Trading Markets (press release)--The company also has delivered four KC-767Js to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and is on contract to deliver four KC-767As to the -Italian Air Force-. ... - Date : Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:56:17 GMT+00:00


Retired aircraft :

Retired aircraft :
generale
General
generale di squadra aerea generale di divisione aerea generale di brigata aerea
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general
'Ufficiali superiori' - Senior officers
colonnello tenente colonnello maggiore
Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major
'Ufficiali inferiori' - Junior officers
capitano tenente sottotenente
Captain 1st lieutenant 2nd lieutenant
'Sottufficiali' - Petty officers
primo maresciallo luogotenente
1st Lieutenant marshall
primo maresciallo maresciallo di prima classe maresciallo di seconda classe maresciallo di terza classe
1st marshall 1st class marshall 2nd class marshall 3rd class marshall
sergente maggiore capo sergente maggiore sergente
Chief sergeant major Sergeant major Sergeant
'Truppa' - Enlisted personnel
No insignia
primo aviere capo primo aviere scelto aviere capo primo aviere aviere scelto aviere
First chief airman First senior airman Chief airman First airman Senior airman Airman

Stato Maggiore Aeronautica Militare : Comando Operativo Delle Forze Aeree
Name Term start Term end
Pier Ruggero Piccio 1 January 1926 6 February 1927
Armando Armani 10 February 1927 13 October 1928
Giuseppe Valle 22 February 1930 23 November 1933
Antonio Bosio 23 November 1933 22 March 1934
Giuseppe Valle 22 March 1934 10 November 1939
Francesco Pricolo 10 November 1939 15 November 1941
Rino Corso Fougier 15 November 1941 27 July 1943
Renato Sandalli 27 July 1943 18 June 1944
Pietro Piacentini 19 June 1944 13 December 1944
Mario Ajmone Cat 13 December 1944 5 February 1951
Aldo Urbani 5 February 1951 10 November 1955
Ferdinando Raffaelli 10 November 1955 1 February 1958
Silvio Napoli 1 February 1958 1 September 1961
Aldo Remondino 1 September 1961 28 February 1968
Duilio S. Fanali 28 February 1968 1 November 1971
Vincenzo Lucertini 1 November 1971 27 February 1974
Dino Ciarlo 27 February 1974 20 June 1977
Alessandro Mettimano 20 June 1977 1 April 1980
Lamberto Bartolucci 2 April 1980 12 October 1983
Basilio Cottone 19 October 1983 17 September 1986
Franco Pisano 18 September 1986 15 April 1990
Stelio Nardini 16 April 1990 24 March 1993
Adelchi Pillinini 25 March 1993 3 June 1995
Mario Arpino 4 June 1995 5 February 1999
Andrea Fornasiero 5 February 1999 5 August 2001
Sandro Ferracuti 5 August 2001 4 August 2004
Leonardo Tricarico 5 August 2004 19 September 2006
Vincenzo Camporini 19 September 2006 30 January 2008
Daniele Tei 30 January 2008 25 February 2010
Giuseppe Bernardis 25 February 2010 Incumbent

IT Military of Italy

Italian Army (Esercito Italiano) Italian Navy (Marina Militare) Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) � Carabinieri (Gendarmerie)

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