The National Aerobatic Team will fly over the starting grid of the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix of Italy.
On Sunday 11 September, the well-established union between the world of Formula 1 and the Air Force will be renewed at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. On the occasion of the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, in fact, 9 MB-339 PAN aircraft will fly over the starting grid of the race, spreading the longest Tricolor in the world.
The passage of the National Aerobatic Team will take place on the last notes of the Mameli Hymn which for the occasion will be sung by Maestro Andrea Bocelli accompanied by the Air Force Music Band. The overflight on the Autodromo Nazionale Monza is now a traditional appointment much appreciated by lovers of the automotive and aeronautical world.
Speed, innovation, technology, engines and team spirit have always been common to the Air Force Flight Departments and the Formula 1 stables. service of the country in the imprint of innovation and modernity.
This year the overflight will also be an opportunity to celebrate the centenary of the "Temple of Speed", built in Monza in 1922, at the dawn of Italian motoring history.
100 years, an important milestone that the Air Force is preparing to cut. In fact, in 2023 the Armed Force will celebrate its first century of history which will see it as the protagonist in numerous initiatives throughout the national territory.
The 313 Acrobatic Training Group "Frecce Tricolori"
The 313 ° Acrobatic Training Group, this is the official name of the Department, is a Flight Group of the Italian Air Force which since 1 March 1961, the date of its establishment on the Rivolto Air Base (UD), has the task of representing the of the entire Armed Force.
The mission assigned to the Frecce Tricolori is in fact to represent, in the eyes of Italy and the world, through their spectacular acrobatics, the founding values of the Air Force: professionalism, team spirit, constant commitment and the search for improvement.
The Frecce Tricolori, heirs of a long and glorious acrobatic tradition of the past, are today a Department made up of about 100 soldiers, who have the grateful task of representing the more than 40.000 men and women of the Air Force with their work.
The Frecce Tricolori are engaged in these summer months in their 62nd acrobatic season. After two years of forced stop due to the pandemic, the PAN has resumed bringing its Tricolore in Italy and around the world, with about 30 events on Italian coasts and abroad (in Portugal, the United Kingdom and Austria).