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'''Aviano Air Base''' (commonly wrote ''Aviano AB'' and improperly ''Aviano AFB'') is a NATO base built in 1911 in the Italian region of {{wikipedia|Friuli-Venezia_Giulia}}. It is located in the {{wikipedia|Aviano}} municipality, at the foot of the Carnic Pre-Alps (reason why local people calls it "Pedemontana"), about 8 NM from Pordenone. | '''Aviano Air Base''' (commonly wrote ''Aviano AB'' and improperly ''Aviano AFB'') is a NATO base built in 1911 in the Italian region of {{wikipedia|Friuli-Venezia_Giulia}}. It is located in the {{wikipedia|Aviano}} municipality, at the foot of the Carnic Pre-Alps (reason why local people calls it "Pedemontana"), at about 8 NM from Pordenone. | ||
The {{wikipedia|Aeronautica Militare|Italian Air Force}} has administrative control of the base | The {{wikipedia|Aeronautica Militare|Italian Air Force}} has administrative control of the base which hosts the {{wikipedia|US Air Force|U.S. Air Force}}'s {{wikipedia|31st Fighter Wing}}. | ||
The 31st FW is the only U.S. fighter wing south of the Italian Alps. This strategic location makes the wing critical to operations in NATO's southern region. The 31st FW maintains two [[F-16]] fighter squadrons, {{wikipedia|555th Fighter Squadron|555th Fighter Squadron "Triple Nickel"}} and the {{wikipedia|510th Fighter Squadron|510th Fighter Squadron "Buzzards"}}, allowing the wing to conduct offense and defensive combat air operations. | The 31st FW (which commander is Brig. Gen. Barre Seguin) is assigned to the {{wikipedia|United States Air Forces in Europe}} major command and the {{wikipedia|Third Air Force}}. It's the only U.S. fighter wing south of the Italian Alps. This strategic location makes the wing critical to operations in NATO's southern region. The 31st FW maintains two [[F-16]] fighter squadrons, {{wikipedia|555th Fighter Squadron|555th Fighter Squadron "Triple Nickel"}} and the {{wikipedia|510th Fighter Squadron|510th Fighter Squadron "Buzzards"}}, allowing the wing to conduct offense and defensive combat air operations. | ||
In peacetime, the 31st FW prepares for its combat role by maintaining aircraft and personnel in a high state of readiness. | In peacetime, the 31st FW prepares for its combat role by maintaining aircraft and personnel in a high state of readiness. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
''Aviano Air Base'' is one of the oldest military airports in Italy, established by the Italian government in 1911, it was used as training base for Italian pilots and construction facility for aircraft parts. During WWI, Italy used the airfield in missions against the Austro-Hungarian and German armies. At that time, two Italian aviators, Captain Maurizio Pagliano and Lieutenant Luigi Gori, conducted an unauthorized, but heroic and successful, air raid on the Austrian naval yards in Pula, in what is now Croatia. In their honor, the base's name was officially changed to "Aeroporto Pagliano e Gori", in 1919. During the war the airfield was also overrun by the Austro-German army in the months between November 1917 to November 1918. Between the two wars the airfield was again used as a training base. | ''Aviano Air Base'' is one of the oldest military airports in Italy, established by the Italian government in 1911, it was used as training base for Italian pilots and construction facility for aircraft parts. During WWI, Italy used the airfield in missions against the Austro-Hungarian and German armies. At that time, two Italian aviators, Captain Maurizio Pagliano and Lieutenant Luigi Gori, conducted an unauthorized, but heroic and successful, air raid on the Austrian naval yards in Pula, in what is now Croatia. In their honor, the base's name was officially changed to "Aeroporto Pagliano e Gori", in 1919. During the war the airfield was also overrun by the Austro-German army in the months between November 1917 to November 1918. Between the two wars the airfield was again used as a training base. | ||
In the WWII, both the Italian Air Force and the German Luftwaffe flew missions from it. British forces captured the base in 1945; they conducted air operations there up to 1947, when the Italian Air Force resumed operational use of the airport and resized it in the early 50s until the arrival of the US Air Force. | In the WWII, both the Italian Air Force and the German Luftwaffe flew missions from it. British forces captured the base in 1945; they conducted air operations there up to 1947, when the Italian Air Force resumed operational use of the airport and resized it in the early 50s until the arrival of the US Air Force. | ||
In 1954, the US Government signed with the Italian Government an agreement for the joint use of the base which became NATO. In the years 1950-1990, Aviano housed in turns fighter squadrons, in support of the tasks assigned to NATO and deployments of the Air Force tasked with training in the use of weapons. | In 1954, the US Government signed with the Italian Government an agreement for the joint use of the base which became NATO. In the years 1950-1990, Aviano housed in turns fighter squadrons, in support of the tasks assigned to NATO and deployments of the Air Force tasked with training in the use of weapons. | ||
Between the 1990s and 2005 and then in 2011, Aviano hosted various aircrafts for multiple operations in ex-Jugoslavia and Lybia and deployed aircrafts | On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew swept across southern Florida, leaving extensive damage in its wake. Every building of Homestead AFB received some damage and many buildings were destroyed. The fighter squadrons evacuated most of the planes before the storm but were unable to return. In the aftermath, the secretary of defense recommended closure of the base (then used by the Air Force Reserve) and inactivating the 31st FW. To avoid losing the wing’s heritage and history as the highest scoring Army Air Force unit in the Mediterranean Theater in WWII, the impressive combat record in Vietnam and number of significant firsts they produced in the early years of the Air Force, the 31 FW was chosen to move rather than fade into obscurity. On April 1, 1994, the 31st Fighter Wing inactivated at Homestead AFB and subsequently activated at Aviano Air Base, Italy in place of the 401st Fighter Wing. | ||
Between the 1990s and 2005 and then in 2011, Aviano hosted various aircrafts for multiple operations in ex-Jugoslavia, Iraq and Lybia and deployed aircrafts | |||
in Iraq, Lybia, Afghanistan and (presently) in Turkey in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. | in Iraq, Lybia, Afghanistan and (presently) in Turkey in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. | ||
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* Area F is the flightline area, and is the largest area in Aviano. The complex contains the active runway and taxiways and most of the base's facilities like the AMC passenger terminal, the legal office and the Commissary. | * Area F is the flightline area, and is the largest area in Aviano. The complex contains the active runway and taxiways and most of the base's facilities like the AMC passenger terminal, the legal office and the Commissary. | ||
The base is also full of aprons and hangars of different sizes for fighters and also big aircrafts like the [[747]] or the [[C-17 Globemaster III]]. | The base is also full of aprons and hangars of different sizes for fighters and also to host big aircrafts like the [[747]] or the [[C-17 Globemaster III]]. | ||
=== Communications === | === Communications === | ||
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| Taxi signs | | Taxi signs | ||
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| More signs are placed | | More signs are placed. | ||
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| Aprons | | Aprons | ||
| {{progressbar|90}} | | {{progressbar|90}} | ||
| A lot of small parkings have been added/edited in the Area F, especially the great one on the left side rwy 23, need only a few fine tunings. Edited the northeast zone of parkings and | | A lot of small parkings have been added/edited in the Area F, especially the great one on the left side rwy 23, need only a few fine tunings. Edited the northeast zone of parkings and the southwest. Apart of the runway, taxiways etc. also the internal area of the base is in a final part of development. | ||
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| Exclusion zones | | Exclusion zones | ||
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| | | They include also the internal part of the base. | ||
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| Roads | | Roads | ||