31st Wing (Italy)

The 31st Wing "Carmelo Raiti" (Italian: 31° Stormo "Carmelo Raiti") is a unit of the Italian Air Force.

It assumed its current designation in 1936.

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Dassault Falcon 900 - Italian Air Force
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Mission

It has two different institutional missions:

  • VVIP transportation (highest state and military authorities).
  • hospital, emergency and humanitarian flights including transportation of severely traumatized people, organs for transplantation, medical teams and equipments and public utility missions in general.

The 31st Wing is based at Rome Ciampino International Airport, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) away from Rome.

Fleet

The 31st Wing fleet is composed of these aircraft:

An Airbus A340-541 I-TALY was leased from Etihad Airways from 2016 to 2018. It operated out of Rome Fiumicino International Airport because of runway restrictions at Ciampino.[1]

See also

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