# List of active Italian military aircraft

The following is a list of military aircraft currently used by the four branches of the Italian Armed Forces: Italian Army, Italian Navy, Italian Air Force, and Carabinieri.

## Air Force
### Current inventory

| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Combat aircraft ||||||
| Eurofighter | UK Germany Italy Spain | MultiroleOperational conversion | F-2000ATF-2000A | 7914 | A total of 96 Typhoons were ordered, of which 3 were lost in accidents. Currently 93 Typhoons are in service. 24 new Typhoons have been ordered in 2024, which will replace 27 Typhoons of Tranche 1. |
| Eurofighter | UK Germany Italy Spain | Multirole | Tranche 4 | 0 | 24 on order |
| Tornado | UK Germany Italy | MultiroleElectronic warfareOperational conversion | IDSECRIDS | 28135 | Will be replaced by 95 F-35 (75 F-35A + 20 F-35B) destined for the Air Force (an additional 20 F-35B are destined for the Naval Aviation). |
| F-35 Lightning II | USA Italy | Multirole | F-35AF-35B | 134 | 75 ordered (2026-2040)20 ordered |
| AEW&C ||||||
| Gulfstream G550 | United States / Israel | AEW | E550 CAEW | 2 | 3 on order (September 2024) |
| Electronic warfare ||||||
| Alenia C-27J | Italy | Electronic warfare | EC-27 Jedi | 3 | |
| Gulfstream G550 | United States / Israel | AISREW "airborne intell, surveillance, reconnaissance electronic warfare" | G550 AEA | 0 | 2 on order + 1 option (September 2024) |
| Reconnaissance ||||||
| Super King Air | United States | SIGINT | 350 | 2 | |
| Maritime patrol ||||||
| ATR 72 | France / Italy | ASW / patrol | P-72AS | 4 | |
| Tanker ||||||
| Boeing KC-767 | United States | Aerial refueling | | 4 | |
| KC-130 Hercules | United States | Aerial refueling | KC-130J | 3 | |
| Transport ||||||
| Alenia C-27J | Italy | Transport | | 7 | |
| Piaggio P.180 | Italy | VIP | | 6 | 11 on order |
| Airbus A319CJ | European Union | VIP | | 3 | |
| Airbus A340-500 | European Union | VIP | | 1 | I-TALY: unused since 2018, parked and abandoned at Rome Fiumicino Airport, disputed ownership between Etihad Airways and the Air Force |
| Dassault Falcon 50 | France | VIP | | 2 | |
| Dassault Falcon 900 | France | VIP | | 3 | |
| C-130J Super Hercules | United States | Tactical airlift | | 14 | |
| Helicopters ||||||
| AgustaWestland AW101 | Italy / United Kingdom | Utility / CSAR | | 12 | |
| AgustaWestland AW139 | Italy | Utility / SAR | | 30 | |
| Trainer aircraft ||||||
| Alenia M-346 | Italy | Advanced trainer | T-346A | 21 | |
| Alenia M-345 | Italy | Advanced trainer | T-345A | 2 | 16 on order |
| Piaggio P.180 | Italy | Multi-engine trainer | | 7 | |
| Aermacchi MB-339 | Italy | Jet trainer | | 48 | |
| SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 | Italy | Basic trainer | | 29 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD 500 | Italy | Rotorcraft trainer | NH-500M | 38 | licensed built by Breda Nardi |
| UAV ||||||
| MQ-9A Predator B | United States | Surveillance | | 5 | 1× lost in an accident in 2019 |
| Piaggio-Selex P.1HH Hammerhead | Italy | Surveillance | | | 6 on order |

## Italian Army Aviation
### Current inventory

| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Transport ||||||
| Piaggio P.180 | Italy | transport | | 3 | |
| Dornier 228 | Germany | transport | | 3 | STOL capable aircraft |
| Helicopters ||||||
| Agusta A129 Mangusta | Italy | anti-armor | | 59 | |
| Leonardo Helicopters AW249 Fenice | Italy | Attack helicopter | | | 17 on order |
| Agusta Bell 206 | Italy | utility | | 30 | |
| Agusta Bell 205 | Italy | utility | | 55 | |
| Agusta-Bell 412 | United States | utility / CASEVAC | | 21 | licensed built by Agusta |
| Agusta-Bell 212 | United States | utility | | 9 | licensed built by Agusta |
| Boeing CH-47 Chinook | United States | transport | CH-47C/F | 22 | licensed built by Elicotteri Meridionali |
| NHIndustries NH90 | European Union | utility / transport | UH-90A | 60 | |
| AgustaWestland AW169 | Italy | utility / trainer | | 2 | |
| UAV ||||||
| AAI RQ-7 Shadow | United States | surveillance | | 16 | 4 TUAS ordered in 2010 |

## Italian Naval Aviation
### Current inventory

| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Combat aircraft ||||||
| AV-8B Harrier II | United States | ground attack | AV-8B+ | 14 | V/STOL capable aircraft |
| F-35 Lightning II | United States | multirole | F-35B | 6 | 20 on order |
| Transport ||||||
| Piaggio P.180 | Italy | transport | | 3 | |
| Helicopters ||||||
| AgustaWestland AW101 | Italy / United Kingdom | VERTREP / SAR | | 17 | |
| Agusta-Bell 212 | Italy | ASW / utility | | 33 | licensed built by Agusta |
| NHIndustries NH90 | European Union | ASW / Transport | NFH / TTH | 56 |
| Trainer aircraft ||||||
| AV-8B Harrier II | United States | conversion trainer | TAV-8B | 1 | V/STOL capable aircraft |
| UAV ||||||
| Camcopter S-100 | Austria | surveillance | | 2 | |
| Boeing Insitu ScanEagle | United States | surveillance | | 10 | |

## Carabinieri

| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | Notes |
| Fixed-wing ||||||
| Piaggio P180 Avanti | Italy | patrol | Avanti II | |
| Helicopters ||||||
| Agusta-Bell AB412 | Italy | SAR / utility | 412SP/HP | licensed built by Agusta |
| AgustaWestland AW109 | Italy | utility / patrol | 109A/E/Mk.II | |