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Aviano Air Base (IATA: AVB, ICAO: LIPA) (Italian: Base aerea di Aviano) is a base in northeastern Italy, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. It is located in the Aviano municipality, at the foot of the Carnic Pre-Alps or Southern Carnic Alps , about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Pordenone .
The 601st Quartermaster Company is an Aerial Delivery Support Company of the United States Army based in Aviano, Italy. It is a subordinate unit of the 173rd Support Battalion (United States) . The members are primarily Parachute Riggers who are responsible for the packing, storage, maintenance and issuing of both personnel and heavy drop ...
United States Air Force: Role: Search and Rescue: Part of: United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa: Garrison/HQ: Aviano Air Base: Decorations: Presidential Unit Citation (United States) Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm [1] Insignia; 56th Rescue Squadron emblem (approved 31 March 1989) [1
A United States Air Force air control squadron is a group assigned to provide combat air control services in the form of radar, surveillance identification, weapons control, Battle Management and theater communications data link to the forces or area it is assigned to. This list contains squadrons inactive, active, and historical.
Barksdale Air Force Base [2] 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 4th Maintenance Group, 4th Fighter Wing: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base [3] 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 5th Maintenance Group, 5th Bomb Wing: Minot Air Force Base [4] 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 6th Maintenance Group, 6th Air Mobility Wing: MacDill Air Force Base [5]
The wing headquarters was located at Aviano Air Base, Italy.It operated from expeditionary sites at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo; Camp Able Sentry, Macedonia; Sarajevo and Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia; Taszar Air Base, Hungary; Zagreb, Croatia and Naval Air Station Sigonella and San Vito Air Station, Italy; in addition to a contingency processing center at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany.
Aviano Middle/High School (previously Aviano American High School) is a Department of Defense Education Activity secondary school located on the Italian-owned NATO air base in Aviano, Italy, which hosts the 31st Fighter Wing. The majority of students are dependents of active duty military personnel, Department of Defense employees, contractors ...
In December 2006 it was redesignated the 8th Air Support Operations Squadron and activated at Aviano Air Base, Italy. [ b ] The squadron's main mission was to advise Southern European Task Force and the 173rd Airborne Brigade on the use of air power and provide precision terminal attack guidance of close air support aircraft. [ 2 ]