The National Aerobatic Team will roll the Tricolor on the starting grid of the Monza circuit
Also this year the union between the world of engines and Formula 1 and the Italian Air Force is renewed. On Sunday 8 September the MB-339PAN aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori will fly over the starting grid of the 2019 Italian Grand Prix, drawing the longest Tricolor in the world just before the start of the race. The National Aerobatic Team patrols in the Monza sky at the end of the Mameli Hymn, making a series of flight passes.
Engines and speed, but also technology, innovation and above all team spirit, key elements that unite the Flight Departments of the Italian Air Force and the stables of the 1 Formula. The Air Force, since its establishment, is naturally inclined to the development of innovation and modernity, fundamental pillars that allow the Armed Forces airplanes to furrow, as they do from 96 years, the skies of the whole world following the same vocation: to be useful to the country and operate at the service and for the defense of the community.
After the overflight at the Monza racetrack, the National Aerobatic Team will roll the Tricolor on the Upper Lake Iseo, in Lovere, on the occasion of the 17 ° Memorial Mario Stoppani, a highly decorated loverese aviator considered one of the most important seaplane pilots of all times.
The 313 Acrobatic Training Group "Frecce Tricolori"
The 313 Air Force Training Group of the Italian Air Force was born at the Rivolto airport on March 1 1961, with the task of representing the synthesis of the capacities of the pilots and specialists of the entire Armed Force; the mission assigned to the Group is in fact to represent the values, technology, professionalism and ability to team up with the entire Air Force.
The Frecce Tricolori, heirs of the glorious Acrobatic Patrols of the past, are the most evident expression of the Italian Air Force and have the privilege of being able to demonstrate to the public and experts from around the world the flight technique of the Italian acrobatic school, born in Campoformido (UD) in the late twenties. In the "Fifties" Italy was represented in various national and international events by Patrols that were formed annually at the various hunting Departments. But in the 1961 the General Staff of the Air Force decided to
to establish a National Acrobatic Patrol with a permanent headquarters in the Rivolto airport, in Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Thus was born the 313 ° Group of Acrobatic Training "Frecce Tricolori"; this is the official organic name of a Department made up of more than 100 soldiers including Officers, NCOs and Ranks of Troops from all the operational, logistic and support departments, representing the over 40000 men and women that make up the Air Force today Military.
The aircraft initially adopted was the prestigious F-86, replaced in the season by the glorious 1964
G.91 PAN. At the end of the 1981 the 313 ° Group made the transition on the Aermacchi MB-339A PAN, an Italian design and construction aircraft, which has accompanied the life of this Department for over 35 years.
A flight program, like that of the Frecce Tricolori, is the result of many years of specific activity in the collective acrobatics carried out by the Departments of the Air Force; it is therefore a wealth of great experience, which has been built and handed down over time through the contribution of ideas and experiences of the members of the Italian Acrobatic Patrols. To date, PAN has flown more than 2000 demonstrations, visiting European countries, nations of North Africa, the Middle East, Canada and the United States of America.
In the 2020 the Frecce Tricolori will celebrate their 60 ^ acrobatic season, a special birthday that will give life to an air show right at the military airport of Rivolto, which will be attended by some of the most prestigious acrobatic patrols in the world and the main Italian industrial and aerospace realities . A static exhibition will also be set up with historical aircraft, civil and military aircraft. A great event that will keep everyone upturned and breathless.