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Ghedi Air Base

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Coordinates:45°25′56″N010°16′04″E / 45.43222°N 10.26778°E /45.43222; 10.26778

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Airport in Brescia, Italy

"Luigi Olivari" Ghedi Air Base^[1]

IATA:none
ICAO:LIPL

Summary

Airport type

Military

Owner

Italy

Operator

Aeronautica Militare Italiana

Location

Ghedi,Brescia,Italy

Built

1909

Elevation AMSL

333 ft / 101 m

Coordinates

45°25′56″N010°16′04″E / 45.43222°N 10.26778°E /45.43222; 10.26778

Map

LIPL

Location of Ghedi Air Base

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
13/31	9,813	2,991	Asphalt

Sources:DAFIF^[2]

Ghedi Air Base (Italian:Base aerea di Ghedi,ICAO:LIPL) is a base of theItalian Air Force inGhedi, about 15 kilometres fromBrescia,northern Italy.

It is home to the6º Stormo of theItalian Air Force with the102º Gruppo (Papero) withF-35A Lightning II, the154º Gruppo (Diavoli Rossi) withF-35A Lightning II and the155º Gruppo (Le linci) withTornado ECR.

It is one of six active air bases in five European countries withB61 nuclear bombs in undergroundWS3 Weapon Storage and Security System inside aircraft shelters.^[3] and as of 2019 housed more than 40 nuclear weapons.^[4]

The commander since 2017 is the Italian Air Force Colonel Luca Maineri.^[5]

References

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^"Centesimo anniversario della fondazione dell'aeroporto Luigi Olivari di Ghedi".giornalemetropolitano.it. Retrieved26 January 2019.
^"World Aero Data: GHEDI -- LIPL".worldaerodata.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved26 January 2019.
^"Armi nucleari in Italia: Dove, come, perché". 24 April 2013.
^swissinfo.ch, S. W. I.; Corporation, a branch of the Swiss Broadcasting."Un arsenale atomico alle porte della Svizzera".TVSvizzera. Retrieved26 January 2019.
^"Cambio di comando all'Aeroporto di Aviano".www.aeronautica.difesa.it. Retrieved26 January 2019.

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Information on the base

United States Air Force

Leadership

Structure

Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations
Direct reporting units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy
Major commands	ACC AETC AFGSC AFMC AFRC AFSOC AMC PACAF USAFE–AFAFRICA
Numbered Air Forces	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Expeditionary Fifteenth Sixteenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second
Wings ANG Groups ANG Squadrons ANG Security Forces Civilian auxiliary:Civil Air Patrol

Personnel and
training

Uniforms and
equipment

History and
traditions

Category

v t e United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA)
Air Forces	Third (Europe)
Bases	Aviano Air Base Incirlik Air Base RAF Lakenheath RAF Mildenhall Ramstein Air Base Spangdahlem Air Base
Support facilities	Ämari Air Base Büchel Air Base Camp Lemonnier Câmpia Turzii Air Base Chabelley Airport Chièvres Air Base Ghedi Air Base Izmir Air Station Kleine Brogel Air Base Lajes Field Łask Air Base Morón Air Base RAF Akrotiri RAF Alconbury RAF Fairford RAF Menwith Hill RAF Molesworth RAF Welford Stuttgart Airport Volkel Air Base
Major units	31st Fighter Wing 39th Air Base Wing 48th Fighter Wing 52nd Fighter Wing 86th Airlift Wing 100th Air Refueling Wing 406th Air Expeditionary Wing 435th Air Ground Operations Wing 501st Combat Support Wing

Airports inItaly

International

Major	Milan–Malpensa Rome–Fiumicino
Minor	Alghero Ancona Bari Bergamo Bologna Bolzano Brindisi Cagliari Catania Comiso Crotone Cuneo Elba Florence Forlì Genoa Lamezia Terme Milan–Linate Naples Olbia Palermo Parma Perugia Pescara Pisa Reggio Calabria Rimini Rome–Ciampino Salerno Trapani Treviso Trieste Turin Venice Verona