Articles for tag Frosinone Air Base
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Jan
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2026
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About an hour’s drive southeast of Rome lies Frosinone Air Base. At first glance, the base appears to be a small location in a valley with only a grass strip. However, it is the training ground for Italy's military helicopter pilots and home to the 72nd Stormo (72nd Wing). The unit operates the small, reliable, and rugged TH-500B. Unit Commander Colonel Alessandro Fiorini briefed us on a unique mission: performing the very first aerial dances with the newest helicopter pilots of the Italian armed forces.
Colonel Fiorini’s path to Frosinone is as varied as it is impressive. After joining the Italian air force academy in 1996, he graduated as a military pilot in 2002 at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) program at Sheppard AFB in Texas. Fiorini said, “After the lead-in fighter training course, I served as a Panavia Tornado pilot and as an instructor at the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU). My instructor position at the OCU was followed by a temporary assignment at the ENJJPT program as a T-38C flight instructor.”
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72nd Wing
Frosinone Air Base
Italy's military helicopter pilots training
TH-500B