Galatina Air Base is an airbase near
Galatina
Galatina (; ; ), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina, is a town and (municipality) in the Province of Lecce in Apulia, southern Italy. It is situated about south of the city of Lecce.
Main sights
*The late Romanesq ...
, south of the city of
Lecce
Lecce (; ) is a city in southern Italy and capital of the province of Lecce. It is on the Salentine Peninsula, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula, and is over two thousand years old.
Because of its rich Baroque architecture, Lecce is n ...
in the
Apulia
Apulia ( ), also known by its Italian language, Italian name Puglia (), is a Regions of Italy, region of Italy, located in the Southern Italy, southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Ot ...
(''Puglia'') region of
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
. Currently the
Italian Air Force
The Italian Air Force (; AM, ) is the air force of the Italy, Italian Republic. The Italian Air Force was founded as an independent service arm on 28 March 1923 by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, King Victor Emmanuel III as the ("Royal Air Force ...
's 10th Aircraft Maintenance Unit is based there, which maintains the air force's
MB-339
The Aermacchi MB-339 is a military jet trainer and light attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Italian aviation company Aermacchi.
The MB-339 was developed during the 1970s in response to an Italian Air Force requirement that sought a re ...
training and light attack jets.
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List of airports in Italy
This is a list of airports in Italy, grouped by region and sorted by location.
Overview
Italy is the fifth in Europe by number of passengers by air transport, with about 148 million passengers or about 10% of the European total in 2011. Most o ...
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Airports in Apulia
Buildings and structures in the Province of Lecce
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