Aircraft
First Aircraft Delivered To Italian Flight School
Leonrado and the Italian air force have established a flight school to offer advanced fighter training to international customers
The T-346 serves with the Italian air force in the advanced/fighter lead-in training role. (photo: Leonardo)
The T-346 serves with the Italian air force in the advanced/fighter lead-in training role. (photo: Leonardo)

Italy’s International Flight Training School (IFTS) project took a step forward with the delivery of the first pair of Leonardo M-346 Masters from four aircraft that are being supplied to the project by Leonardo. The quartet will join the 18 M-346s operated by the Italian Air Force’s 61° Stormo (61st Wing) from Lecce (Galatina airport) and will form part of an innovative Public-Private Partnership (PPP). This PPP will see Leonardo and the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI, Italian air force) establishing an International Flight Training School using a mix of industry and air force personnel, aircraft, and assets.


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