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.
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Coat of Arms of the Italian Armed Forces
Air Force
![](../I/m/Eurofighter_EF-2000_Typhoon_S_MM7286_-_36-02_(cropped).jpg)
A Eurofighter Typhoon landing at Rivolto Air Base
![](../I/m/Italian_Helicopter_HH139%2C_Trident_Juncture_15_(cropped).jpg)
An Italian HH139 during Trident Juncture 2015
![](../I/m/Italian_Air_Force_Hercules_C-130J-30_departs_RIAT_Fairford_14thJuly2014_arp.jpg)
A C-130J departs RIAT Fairford July 2014
![](../I/m/Breda_Nardi_NH-500E%2C_Italy_-_Air_Force_JP6869869.jpg)
A NH-500E lands at Rome Viterbo Airport
![](../I/m/Piaggio_P180_Avanti_-_RIAT_2011_(6303565531).jpg)
A Piaggio P180 Avanti on approach at RIAT 2011
![](../I/m/HH-101A_Caesar_7731.jpg)
A HH-101A Caesar
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Combat aircraft | |||||
Eurofighter Typhoon | Multinational | Air superiority Conversion |
F-2000A TF-2000A |
81 14[1] |
1x F-2000A lost in 2017 |
F-35 Lightning II | USA | Multirole | F-35A F-35B |
12[1] 1[2] |
60 ordered in total[3][1] 15 ordered in total[2] |
AMX | Italy, Brazil | Ground attack Conversion |
A-11B ACOL TA-11B ACOL |
32 5[1] |
being replaced by F-35A |
Tornado | Multinational | Multirole SEAD Conversion |
IDS A-200C ECR EA-200B IDS TA-200C |
38 15 3[1] |
|
Airborne early warning and control | |||||
Gulfstream G550 | USA/Israel | AEW | G550 CAEW | 2[1][4] | |
Signals intelligence | |||||
Super King Air | USA | SIGINT | King Air 350ER | 1[1] | leased |
Electronic warfare | |||||
Alenia C-27J | Italy | Electronic warfare | EC-27J Jedi | 2[1] | |
Maritime patrol | |||||
ATR 72 | Italy/France | ASuW/ASW | P-72A | 3[1] | 4 ordered in total |
Aerial refueling | |||||
Boeing KC-767 | USA | Aerial refueling | KC-767A | 4[1] | |
Transport | |||||
Alenia C-27J | Italy | Transport | C-27J | 10[1] | 3x can be converted to MC-27J Praetorian |
C-130J Super Hercules | USA | Tactical airlift | C-130J C-130J-30 |
11 10[1] |
|
P.180 Avanti | Italy | Liaison | Avanti I Avanti II |
6[1] | |
Airbus A319 | Germany | VIP | A319CJ | 3[5] | |
Falcon 50 | France | VIP | 2[6] | being phased out | |
Falcon 900 | France | VIP | 900EX EASy | 3[7] | |
S.208 | Italy | Liaison/Glider towing | S.208M | 20[8] | |
Helicopter | |||||
AB 212 | Italy | Utility | HH-212 | 32[1] | |
MD 500 Defender | Italy | Light utility Trainer |
TH-500E | 39[9][1] | |
AW101 | Italy | CSAR | HH-101A | 9 | 15 ordered in total[1] |
AW139 | Italy | SAR VIP |
HH-139A VH-139A |
15[9] 4[9] |
|
Trainer aircraft | |||||
SF.260 | Italy | Basic trainer | SF.260EA | 30[1] | |
MB-339 | Italy | Jet trainer | MB-339A MB-339CDII MB-339PAN |
31 29 10[1] |
A/PAN being replaced by T-345A[10][11] |
M-345 Trainer | Italy | Jet trainer | T-345A | 5[10][11] | 13 ordered (27 more planned) |
M-346 Master | Italy | Advanced trainer | T-346A | 22[1] | |
P.180 Avanti | Italy | Multi-engine trainer | T-180A | 7[1] | |
Unmanned aerial vehicles | |||||
RQ-1 Predator | USA | Surveillance | MQ-1C | 8[12][13] | |
MQ-9 Reaper | USA | Surveillance | MQ-9A | 5[12][14] | |
P.1HH Hammerhead | Italy | Maritime surveillance | 6 on order[15] | ||
Gliders | |||||
G103 Twin II[16] | Germany | Glider | 8 | ||
LAK-17[17] | Lithuania | Glider | LAK-17A | 2 | |
Nimbus-4[18] | Germany | Motor glider | Nimbus-4DM | 2 | |
Army Aviation
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A Mangusta air display at RIAT 2005
![](../I/m/Dornier_Do-228-212%2C_Italy_-_Army_JP6954937.jpg)
A Dornier Do-228 of the Italian Army
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Fixed-wing aircraft | |||||
P.180 Avanti | Italy | Liaison | P.180 Avanti II | 3[1] | |
Do 228 | Germany | Liaison | 3[1] | STOL capable aircraft | |
Helicopter | |||||
A129 Mangusta | Italy | Anti-armor | A129C A129D |
16 32[19] |
to be replaced by AW249 |
AB 206 | Italy | Training | AB 206C | 31[1] | |
AB 205 | Italy | Utility | AB 205A | 57[1] | to be replaced by AW169 MA[20][21] |
AB 212 | United States | Utility | AB 212 | 8 | to be replaced by AW169 MA[20][21] |
AB 412 | United States | Utility | AB 412HP | 20 | licensed built by Agusta |
CH-47 Chinook | United States | Transport | CH-47F CH-47F ER |
16 4 |
|
NH90 | Italy | Transport | UH-90A | 44 | 60 ordered in total[1] |
AW109 | Italy | Reconnaissance | AW109A EOA | 15[1] | |
AW169[20][21][20][21] | Italy | Training Multirole |
AW169 AW169 MA |
2 - |
being delivered 15 ordered (35 more planned) |
Unmanned aerial vehicles | |||||
RQ-7 Shadow[22] | United States | Reconnaissance | RQ-7C Shadow 200 | 16 | |
RQ-11 Raven[23] | United States | Reconnaissance | RQ-11B RQ-11B DDL |
Naval Aviation
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Italian Navy's first F-35B Lightning en route to NAS Patuxent River
![](../I/m/Agusta-Westland_EH-101-410_Merlin%2C_Italy_-_Navy_JP7306257.jpg)
An AW101 over the aircraft carrier Cavour
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Combat aircraft | |||||
AV-8B Harrier II | United States | Ground attack | AV-8B+ | 14[1] | being replaced by F-35B |
F-35 Lightning II | United States | Multirole | F-35B | 2 | 15 ordered in total[1] |
Fixed-wing aircraft | |||||
P.180 Avanti | Italy | Liaison | P.180 Maritime | 3[1] | |
Helicopter | |||||
AB 212 | Italy | ASuW/ASW Transport |
SH-212A MH-212B |
33[1] | being replaced by NH90 |
NH90 | EU | ASuW/ASW Transport |
SH-90A MH-90A |
38[1] | 46 ordered in total 10 ordered in total |
AW101 | Italy | ASuW/ASW Transport HEW |
SH-101A MH-101A EH-101A |
8 10 4[24] |
|
Unmanned aerial vehicles | |||||
Camcopter S-100 | Austria | Surveillance | 2[25][26] | ||
Insitu ScanEagle | United States | Surveillance | 10[27] |
Carabinieri
![](../I/m/Agusta-Bell_AB-412HP%2C_Italy_-_Arma_dei_Carabinieri_JP6869867.jpg)
An Agusta-Bell 412
Aircraft[28][29] | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Fixed-wing aircraft | |||||
P.180 Avanti | Italy | Liaison | P.180 Avanti I P.180 Avanti II |
1[28][29] 1[28][29] |
|
Helicopter | |||||
AB-412 | Italy | Utility | AB-412HP AB-412EP-Q008 AB-412SP |
15[28][29] 5[28][29] 9[28][29] |
|
AW109 | Italy | Patrol VIP transport |
A109N Nexus A109E Power |
20[28][29] 2[28][29] |
|
MD-500 Defender | Italy | Patrol | NH-500D | 8[28][29] |
See also
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