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'''Falconara Airport''' {{airport codes|AOI|LIPY}} is a joint-use civil airport and [[Italian Air Force]] (''Aeronautica Militare'') facility in [[Italy]], located approximately 3km west of Falconara Marittima in [[ province of Ancona]], about 200km north-northeast of [[Rome]]. |
'''Falconara Airport''' {{airport codes|AOI|LIPY}} is a joint-use civil airport and [[Italian Air Force]] (''Aeronautica Militare'') facility in [[Italy]], located approximately 3km west of [[Falconara Marittima]] in [[ province of Ancona]], about 200km north-northeast of [[Rome]]. |
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The airport is used for [[general aviation]], with no commercial airline service. Along with the Italian Air Force, It is also the headquarters of the Italian Army's 84th Infantry Battalion. |
The airport is used for [[general aviation]], with no commercial airline service. Along with the Italian Air Force, It is also the headquarters of the Italian Army's 84th Infantry Battalion. |
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| Location | Falconara , Italy | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°36′58.83″N 013°21′44.35″E / 43.6163417°N 13.3623194°E | ||||||||||
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Falconara Airport
Location of Falconara Airport, Italy
Falconara Airport (IATA: AOI, ICAO: LIPY) is a joint-use civil airport and Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) facility in Italy, located approximately 3km west of Falconara Marittima in province of Ancona, about 200km north-northeast of Rome.
The airport is used for general aviation, with no commercial airline service. Along with the Italian Air Force, It is also the headquarters of the Italian Army's 84th Infantry Battalion.
World War II
During World War II, Falconara Airfield was a military airfield used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force for B-25 Mitchell combat operations by the 321st Bombardment Group between 1 Apr and 1 Sep 1945.
After the war ended, the airfield was turned over to local authorities.
References
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5
