Frecce Tricolori ("Three-coloured Arrows") is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force. The team flies the Aermacchi MB-339-A/PAN, a two-seat fighter-trainer and anti-tank craft capable of 898 km/h at sea level. The Frecce Tricolori fly 10 planes in their demonstrations, of which 9 remain in formation while 1 flies solo for most of the show. The team is based in Rivolto in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. In 2005 they won the award for best exhibition at a major military airshow: the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford, England.
On August 28, 1988, the Frecce Tricolori were involved in the Ramstein airshow disaster in which over seventy people lost their lives. Their official name is: 313. Gruppo Addestramento Acrobatico; Pattuglia Acrobatica Nazionale (PAN) Frecce Tricolori.
 At the Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, England, in 2005 |
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AAC Blue Eagles • CF Snowbirds • FAA Escuadrón Cruz del Sur • FACh Halcones • FAF Patrouille de France • IAF Frecce Tricolori • CroAF Wings of Storm • Breitling jet team • Brazilian Air Force Esquadrilha da Fumaça • IAF Surya Kiran • IAF Sarang • IN Sagar Pawan • IAC Silver Swallows • JASDF Blue Impulse • PAF Sherdils • PAF Team Iskry • PAF Orlik Aerobatic Team • PoAF Asas de Portugal • PLAAF August 1st • RAAF Roulettes • RAF Red Arrows • RJ Royal Jordanian Falcons • RMAF Marche Verte • RN Black Cats • RNZAF Red Checkers • SAAF Silver Falcons • SAF Patrulla Aguila • SAF Team 60 • SAF Patrouille Suisse • TUAF Turkish Stars • UAF Ukrainian Falcons • USAF Thunderbirds • USN Blue Angels • VVS Russian Knights • VVS Strizhi |
Links
- Frecce Tricolori on the site of Italian Air Force
- Club Frecce Tricolori
- free simulator of the Frecce Tricolori jet
