Italian Air Force Special Units
- 17ยบ Stormo Incursori the raiders corp of Italian Air Force. Its primary missions: raids on aeronautical compounds, forward air control, combat controlling, and combat search and rescue. Its origins are in the A.D.R.A Arditi Distruttori Regia Aeronautica (Royal Air Force Brave Destroyers), a corp of WW2. They were used in not-well-known missions against bridges and allied airfields in North Africa after the fall of Tunisia. The only well-known mission reported the destruction with explosive charges of 25 B-17s and the killing of 50 bomber crew members.
- The Italian Air Force operates a special helicopter squadron (the 9st "Francesco Baracca") dedicated to supporting the special operations conducted by the special forces units of other branches of the Armed Services.
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