Italian Air Force Adopts M-346 For National Aerobatic Team

M-346

Credit: Italian Air Force
The Italian Air Force plans to use Leonardo’s M-346 twin-engine advanced jet trainer as the future mount for its aerobatic display team. The Frecce Tricolori, Europe’s largest military aerobatic team, is currently equipped with 10 Aermacchi MB-339s. It will transition over to the M-346 in around...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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