Ghedi Air Base (, ) is a base of the
Italian Air Force in
Ghedi, about 15 kilometres from
Brescia
Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the se ...
,
northern Italy
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.
It is home to the
6º Stormo of the
Italian Air Force with the
102º Gruppo (''Papero''), the
154º Gruppo (''
Diavoli Rossi'') and the
155º Gruppo (''Le linci'') equipped with the
Tornado IDS.
It is one of six active air bases in five European countries with
B61 nuclear bomb
The B61 nuclear bomb is the primary thermonuclear weapon, thermonuclear gravity bomb in the United States Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War. It is a low-to-intermediate yield strategic nuclear weapon, strategic and tactical nuc ...
s in underground
WS3 Weapon Storage and Security System inside aircraft shelters. and as of 2019 housed more than 40 nuclear weapons.
The commander since 2017 is the Italian Air Force Colonel Luca Maineri.
See also
Air bases with US nuclear weapon vaults in Europe per
nuclear sharing:
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Aviano Air Base, Italy
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Büchel Air Base, Germany
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Kleine Brogel Air Base, Belgium
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Volkel Air Base, NL
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Ramstein Air Base, Germany
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RAF Lakenheath
Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force List of Royal Air Force stations, station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, UK, north-east of Mildenhall, Suffolk, Mildenhall and west of Thetford. The insta ...
, England
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Araxos Air Base, Greece
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Balikesir Air Base, Turkey
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Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
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Akıncı Air Base, Turkey
References
External links
Information on the base
Italian airbases
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