The mission of the 9th Wing is to provide air and ground support to Special Operations Forces (SOF) and to perform Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) missions.
On October 2019 began transition to the HH-101A Caesar performing the first maintenance of the aircraft. Received first helicopter on July 2020
HH-101A Caesar Delivered to AMI 9th Stormo, 05-Aug-20 : #Caesar The Italian air force 9th Combat Search and Rescue Wing (9 Stormo) at Grazzanise air base performed welcome ceremony to the Leonardo HH-101A Caesar helicopter
Italian Special Forces FIT 19-1 Exercise, 30-Mar-19 : #SpecialForces 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