page_title: Structure of the Italian Air Force
section_title: Air Force Schools Command - 3rd Air Region
hierarchical_section_title: Structure of the Italian Air Force / Chief of the Air Force General Staff / Air Force Schools Command - 3rd Air Region
caption_attribution_description: M311 - RIAT 2008
context_page_description: The article provides an overview of the entire chain of command and organization of the Italian Air Force as of 1 January 2018 and includes all currently active units. The Armed Forces of Italy are under the command of the Italian Supreme Defense Council, presided over by the President of the Italian Republic. The Italian Air Force is commanded by the Chief of the Air Force General Staff or "Capo di Stato Maggiore dell’Aeronautica Militare" in Rome.
  The source for this article is the booklet "L’ORDINAMENTO IN AERONAUTICA MILITARE", which is published every year by the Air Force General Staff for the students of the Air Force Academy. The booklet for 2017-2018 in PDF-format can be found at on the website of the Italian Air Force
context_section_description: The Air Force Schools Command - 3rd Air Region is based in Bari and responsible for the formation and training of all members of the Aeronautica Militare, and also provides territorial functions and liaisons with communal, provincial and regional administrations in the South of Italy.
  Comando Scuole dell'Aeronautica Militare - 3ª Regione Aerea (Air Force Schools Command - 3rd Air Region CSAM/3ªRA), in Bari
  Accademia Aeronautica (Air Force Academy), in Pozzuoli
  Reparto Servizi Tecnici Generali (General Technical Services Regiment)
  Gruppo Servizi Tecnici (Technical Services Squadron)
  Gruppo Servizi Vari (Various Services Squadron)
  Gruppo Telematico (Telematic Squadron)
  Plotone Protezione delle Forze (Force Protection Platoon)
  Centro di Formazione Aviation English (Aviation English Formation Center), in Loreto
  Gruppo Servizi Generali (General Services Squadron)
  Plotone Protezione delle Forze (Force Protection Platoon)
  Istituto di Scienze Militari Aeronautiche (Military Aeronautical Sciences Institute), in Florence
  Reparto Servizi Tecnici Generali (General Technical Services Regiment)
  Gruppo Servizi Tecnici (Technical Services Squadron)
  Gruppo Servizi Vari (Various Services Squadron)
  Plotone Protezione delle Forze (Force Protection Platoon)
  Scuola Militare Aeronautica Giulio Douhet (Military Aeronautical High School Giulio Douhet), in Florence
  Scuola Marescialli Aeronautica Militare / Comando Aeroporto Viterbo (Air Force Non Commissioned Officers School / Airport Command Viterbo), in Viterbo
  Gruppo Servizi Generali (General Services Squadron)
  Plotone Protezione delle Forze (Force Protection Platoon)
  Scuola Specialisti Aeronautica Militare (Air Force Specialists School), in Caserta
  Gruppo Servizi Generali (General Services Squadron)
  Plotone Protezione delle Forze (Force Protection Platoon)
  Scuola Volontari Aeronautica Militare (Air Force Volunteers School), in Taranto
  Gruppo Servizi Generali (General Services Squadron)
  Plotone Protezione delle Forze (Force Protection Platoon)
  Scuola di Aerocooperazione (Air-cooperation School – an inter-service coordination & training center), in Guidonia Montecelio (50% air force staffed)
  Vice Comandante (Air Force Schools Command - Deputy Commander)
  Quartier Generale CSAM/3ªRA (Headquarters CSAM/3ªRA), in Bari
  Gruppo Servizi Tecnico-Operativi (Technical Services Squadron)
  Gruppo Servizi Logistico-Operativi (Logistic Services Squadron)
  Plotone Protezione delle Forze (Force Protection Platoon)
  Centro di Selezione Aeronautica Militare (Air Force Selection Center), in Guidonia Montecelio
  Distaccamento Aeroportuale Alghero (Airport Detachment Alghero)
  Distaccamento Aeronautico Monte Scuro (Aeronautical Detachment Monte Scuro)
  Centro di Sopravvivenza, in Montagna (Mountain Survival Center)
  Distaccamento Aeronautico Otranto (Aeronautical Detachment Otranto)
  Distaccamento Aeronautico Siracusa (Aeronautical Detachment Syracuse)
  Centro Addestramento Equipaggi - Multi Crew (Crew Training Center - Multi Crew, for other armed services, police forces, and government agencies), at Pratica di Mare Air Base
  204° Gruppo Volo (204th Squadron) with P.180 Avanti
  Gruppo Istruzione Professionale (Professional Training Squadron)
  Italian Air Force Delegation, at Kalamata Air Base (Greece), at the Hellenic Air Force's 120th Training Wing
  Italian Air Force Delegation, at Sheppard Air Force Base (USA), at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Programm
   60° Stormo (60th (Glider) Wing), in Guidonia Montecelio
  Gruppo di Volo a Vela (Glider Squadron) with G103 Twin Astir II, Nimbus-4D, Nimbus 4M and LAK-17A gliders, S.208M, MB-339A and MB-339CDII planes, and NH-500E helicopters
  460° Gruppo Servizi Tecnico-Operativi (460th Technical Services Squadron)
  560° Gruppo Servizi Logistico-Operativi (560th Logistic Services Squadron)
  Servizio Efficienza Aeromobili (Maintenance Service)
  Compagnia Protezione delle Forze (Force Protection Company)
   61° Stormo (61st (Jet Training) Wing), at Galatina Air Base
  212° Gruppo Volo (212nd Squadron) with M-346A Master
  213° Gruppo Volo (213rd Squadron) with MB-339CDII, being replaced by T-345A
caption: T-345A Trainer prototype landing
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