41°39′16″N012°26′42″E / 41.65444°N 12.44500°E /41.65444; 12.44500
Pratica di Mare Air Base | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Aeronautica Militare | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Pomezia,Rome | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 42 ft / 13 m | ||||||||||||||
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Pratica di Mare Air Base (ICAO:LIRE) is a military airport of theItalian Air Force, located inPomezia, Lazio, southwest of Rome. It was first opened in 1937, and in 1957, it was named afterColonnelloMario de Bernardi. It is one of the largestItalian air bases.
The base houses a "Dragon Star" Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (a modifiedGulfstream III) used forISTAR.[2]
Known as "Dragon Star", the Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML) is a specially configured Gulfstream III (registered N30LX) transformed into a flying test bed with a wide array of sensors forseen [sic?] by a configuration developed by LM for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) persistent operations. Since it was deployed to Pratica di Mare, the aircraft has been used by the Italian Air Force in a live operational environment.
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