Pratica di Mare Air Base is a military airport of the
Italian Air Force
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, located in
Pomezia
Pomezia () is a municipality (''comune'') in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, central Italy. In 2009 it had a population of about 60,000.
History
The town was built entirely new near the location of ancient Lavinium on land resulting ...
, Lazio, southwest of Rome. It was first opened in 1937, and in 1957, it was named after
Colonnello Mario de Bernardi
Mario de Bernardi (1893–1959) was an Italian World War I fighter pilot, seaplane air racer of the 1920s, and test pilot of early Italian experimental jets.
Early life
De Bernardi was born on 1 July 1893 in Venosa, Italy. In 1911, at the age ...
. It is one of the largest
Italian
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air bases.
The base houses a "Dragon Star" Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (a modified
Gulfstream III
The Gulfstream III, a business jet produced by Gulfstream Aerospace, is an improved variant of the Grumman Gulfstream II.
Design and development
The Gulfstream III was built at Savannah, Georgia, in the United States and was designed as an i ...
) used for
ISTAR
ISTAR stands for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance. In its macroscopic sense, ISTAR is a practice that links several battlefield functions together to assist a combat force in employing its sensors and managing ...
.
References
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Italian airbases
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