Gioia del Colle

Gioia del Colle is a town with 27 921 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Bari, in Puglia.

Military airfield

In Gioia del Colle is since 1915 an important military airfield of the Italian Air Force, which has stationed a squadron of fighter aircraft of the type Euro Fighter Typhoon. During the Cold War nuclear bombs were stored at the base as part of the nuclear sharing. The Royal Air Force used the base for various operations in the Balkans in the 1990s and 2011 on Libya.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Nicola Legrottaglie (born 1976 ), football player
  • Frank Stallone ( Staglione ) Senior - father of Sylvester Stallone

Cooperations

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