Pratica di Mare Air Base

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The military airfield Practica di Mare " Mario de Bernardi ", 25 km south of the Italian capital Rome on the Mediterranean coast, in the area of the municipality of Pomezia the district Practica di Mare. 23 km north-west is the international airport Fiumicino.

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The Military airfield of Practica di Mare is one of the most important strongholds of the Italian Air Force. Here is the head office of the weather service, the staff of the Support Command ( Comando Logistico - COMLOG ) and also the 1st Division, which maintains numerous offices here, including the Flight Test Centre ( Reparto Sperimentale di Volo - RSV) with aircraft of various types, as well as aero-medical and scientific institutes. The command in Practica di Mare is also published under the military restricted area of Salto di Quirra in Sardinia.

In addition, a squadron of Special Affairs is stationed at the airfield: The 14 ° Stormo (8 ° and 71 ° Gruppo ) is for air refueling, air transport (Boeing KC- 767A ), electronic warfare and reconnaissance, aerial photography and the calibration of navigation facilities responsible ( Aeritalia G.222GE / VS, Aermacchi MB 339, Piaggio P.180 Piaggio P.166 ).

By 2010, a helicopter squadron (15 ° Stormo ) was located in pratica, which is then moved to Cervia to Rimini. The units of this squadron are part of the search and rescue service, which is why they are stationed at several air bases in Italy. In Practica di Mare remains a unit, which is equipped with Agusta - Sikorsky HH- 3F and carries out tasks in the field of Combat Search and Rescue.

In Practica di Mare, the air force of the Polizia di Stato, Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza have their headquarters.

Flight readiness of the Italian government (31 ° Stormo ) and flying units in other government agencies are based at Rome Ciampino airport.

Flight days

The Italian military focused on the airfield for many air shows. Also for the retirement of the Lockheed F- 104 Starfighter in 2004 was a grand ceremony held at the airport with a flight show in which besides the Italian Frecce Tricolori also occurred the Swiss Patrouille Suisse.

On 24 May 1998, held with the national aerobatics teams from Italy, Spain, England, France and Switzerland for the 75th anniversary of the Italian air force one air show.

Pictures

Coat of Arms 14 º Stormo

KC- 767A tanker, 14 ° Stormo, Practica di Mare

Helicopter of the Carabinieri in pratica