The Aeronautica Militare Italiana is the Italian air force. It was founded as an independent service arm on the March 28, 1923, by King Vittorio Emanuele III as the Regia Aeronautica (meaning "Royal Air Force"). After World War II, when Italy was made a republic by referendum, the Regia Aeronautica was given its current name. Its Aerobatic precision team is the Frecce Tricolori. An air force is a military organization that primarily operates in air-based war. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ( 11 November , 1869 – 28 December , 1947 ), was the King of Italy ( 29 July , 1900 – 9 May , 1946 ), and claimed the titles Emperor of Ethiopia ( 1936 - 1943 ) and King of Albania (1939 - 1943). ... The Regia Aeronautica, during World War II, was the Italian air force. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... In a broad definition a republic is a state or country that is led by people who do not base their political power on any principle beyond the control of the people living in that state or country. ... Frecce Tricolori (Three-coloured Arrows) is the precision aerobatic demonstration team for the Italian Air Force. ...

Aircrafts

• Aermacchi MB-339
• F-16 ADF (34 leased from USAF)
• Eurofighter Typhoon
• AMX
• Tornado IDS
• Tornado IT-ECR
• C27J Spartan
• C-130J
• KC-767A
• RQ-1A Predator

The Aermacchi MB-339 is an Italian military trainer and attack aircraft. ... Jump to: navigation, search F-16 Fighting Falcon over Iraq The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a modern multi-role jet fighter aircraft built in the United States. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... British Eurofighter Development Aircraft (DA) The Eurofighter Typhoon is a highly agile twin-engine multi-role canard-delta fighter aircraft, designed and built by a consortium of European nations formed in 1983. ... AMX may refer to: The AMX International AMX, a fighter aircraft AMX International, the company that makes the aircraft The AMX (automobile), an Italian car AMX Mod a server-side modification for Half-Life games AMX Corporation, a manufacturer of audio-visual control devices This is a disambiguation page — a... Jump to: navigation, search The Panavia Tornado is a jet engine fighter-bomber jointly developed as the Multi-role combat aircraft - or MRCA - by the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Panavia Tornado is a jet engine fighter-bomber jointly developed as the Multi-role combat aircraft - or MRCA - by the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. ... The Alenia G.222 (Alenia originally Aeritalia) is a medium-sized STOL military transport aircraft. ... The Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a four-engine turboprop aircraft, is the main tactical air transport aircraft of the United States and UK military forces. ... Jump to: navigation, search The RQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which the U.S. Air Force describes as a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle system. ...

Future aircrafts

• F-35

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a fighter plane currently in early development by Lockheed Martin (with partners Northrop Grumman and BAE SYSTEMS.) The primary customers are the United States armed forces and the United Kingdom (RN and RAF), but the Netherlands...

Retired aircrafts

• F-104 Starfighter
• Tornado ADV (24 leased from RAF)
• G.222
• C-130H

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See also

• List of air forces

This is a list of Air Forces, sorted alphabetically by country. ...

External links

• Official site