Aircraft
Italian Air Force Testing M346s
Italy’s air force has evaluated the M346 and hopes to purchase nine more to join the first six that it has ordered.
Italy’s air force has evaluated the M346 and hopes to purchase nine more to join the first six that it has ordered.

Since the first quarter of 2012 two Aermacchi M346s have been flying under Italian air force colors, carrying out the initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) campaign. From March 5 to Sept. 5, 2012 the two Masters logged some 130 flight hours in the hands of the Reparto Sperimentale Volo (test flight wing) of Pratica di Mare.