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| name = Falconara Airport |
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| nativename = Aeronautica Militare Falconara |
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| IATA = AOI |
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| ICAO = LIPY |
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| type = Civil/Military |
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| location = Falconara , Italy |
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| pushpin_map = Italy |
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| coordinates = {{Coord|43|36|58.83|N|013|21|44.35|E|type:airport_region:FR|display=inline,title|name=Falconara Airport}} |
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| r1-number = 04/22 |
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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 3 km west of [[Falconara Marittima]] in the [[province of Ancona]], about 200 km 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. |
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==World War II== |
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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. |
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==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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* Maurer, Maurer. [https://archive.org/details/AirForceCombatUnitsOfWorldWarIi ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II''.] Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. 521p. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}. |
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* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402|pages= }} |
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==External links== |
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{{Commonscat|Falconara Airport}} |
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{{USAAF 12th Air Force World War II}} |
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[[Category:Airports in Italy]] |
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[[Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Italy]] |
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{{Italy-airport-stub}} |
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