The Regia Aeronautica (Italian: Regia Aeronautica) is the air force of the Kingdom of Italy. The Air Force was founded as an independent service arm on March 28th 1923, by King Vittorio Emanuele III as the Regia Aeronautica (which equates to "Royal Air Force"). Since its formation the service has held a prominent role in modern Italian military history. The aerobatic display team is the Frecce Tricolori.
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Aircraft[]
Combat Aircraft[]
- AMX A-11 Ghibli x 60 (Attack Aircraft)
- De Havilland Mosquito II x 86 (Infiltrator)
- Supermarine Typhoon x 168 (Multirole Fighter) - another 72 on order
ELINT[]
- Hawker 800 AEW.1 x 4 - another 2 on order
Transport Aircraft[]
- Airbus VC-319A x 4 (VIP Transport)
- Airbus A330 MRTT x 8 (Aerial Tanker)
- Alenia C-27J Spartan x 24 (Tactical Transport)
- Dassault Falcon VC50 x 2 (VIP Transport)
- Dassault Falcon VC900A/B x 4 (VIP Transport)
- De Havilland Canada DHC-9 Bison x 22 (Tactical Transport)
- Piaggio P180 Avanti x 18 (Utility Transport)
Trainer Aircraft[]
- SIAI-Marchetti U-208A x 20 (Trainer Aircraft)
- Aermacchi SF-260 x 30 (Trainer Aircraft)
- Aermacchi MB-339 x 82 - to replaced by M-345 (Trainer Aircraft)
- Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master x 6 - 36 ordered in total, to replace MB-339A (Trainer Aircraft)
- Grob G103 Twin Astir x 12 (Trainer Aircraft)
- Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 x 2 (Trainer Aircraft)
- LAK-17 x 2
Helicopters[]
- Agusta-Bell AB212 x 46 (Search and Rescue Helicopter)
- Agusta-Westland AW101 Merlin x 16 (Search and Rescue Helicopter)
- Agusta-Westland AW139 x 16 (CSAR, SAR, Utility, VIP Transport Helicopter)
- BHI CH-139 JetRanger x 50 (Training Helicopter)
