15th Wing provides disaster relief and Search and Rescue (SAR) for the civilian population in the national territory and territorial waters. In recent years it was also engaged in international humanitarian missions: Somalia, Albania, Kosovo and Iraq, to name the most important. Most recently acquired Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) capacity with the introduction of the Caesar and is also involved in Slow Movers Interception air-air missions to escort unidentified slow aircraft
Since 2014, 9 Stormo is the dedicated CSAR unit of the Italian Air Force. 15 Stormo was reclassified as a Combat Support unit takin over many different missions including Special Operations, Force Protection, Airlift and Air-to-Air Refuelling
Structure |
23 Gruppo - 30oct18 to -
615 Squadriglia Collegamenti
80 centro c/sar
└━ 670 Squadriglia
└━ 672ª Squadriglia Collegamenti e Soccorso
81 Centro Addestramento Equipaggi
82 centro c/sar
83 centro c/sar
84 centro c/sar
85 centro c/sar
News about 15° Stormo |
Italian Rescue Helicopters During Emilia-Romagna Flooding
09-Aug-23 - Four AW139 helicopters from the Italian Air Force (AMI) 15th Wing evacuated 330 people and 15 animals in the first hours of the flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region in northeast Italy which killed at least 15 people and displaced 50,000 others #floodsFirst HH-139B to Italian Air Force
03-Dec-20 - Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) received the first of 17 HH-139B which includes double winch, new mission console, new avionics and 200kg extra MTOW. The B version will join the 13 HH-139A and 4 VH-139A in service #HH139BItalian Special Forces FIT 19-1 Exercise
30-Mar-19 - Helicopter squadrons from the Italian Armed Forces participated in the 10th Special Forces Annual Exercise FIT (Force Integration Training). This year edition was hosted by the Navy at Grottaglie and participated CH-47F Chinook, NH90, HH-101 Caesar and HH-212 #SpecialForcesNight Aerial Refueling Capability for Italian HH-101
21-Sep-18 - The Italian Air Force is the first in Europe to achieve certification for helicopter night aerial refueling in a completely autonomous way using their HH-101 with the KC-130J Hercules tanker #AerialRefuelingItalian Red Cross Flight Nurse Course on HH-139A
25-May-17 - Italian air force held the second course of flight nurses for 25 volunteers of the Italian Red Cross 15° Stormo Operations |
Dates | Operation | |
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APROC 2018 | ||
2017-sep-04 | 2017-sep-08 | Grifone 2017 |
APROC 2017 | ||
2017-mar-17 | 2017-mar-17 | CaSTA (Skiyng Alpin troups campionship) tecnical |
2011-sep-05 | 2011-sep-09 | Grifone (Griffin) 2011 |
2008-jun-26 | 2008-jun-27 | SAR Meet 2008 |