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Cervia Air Base

Cervia (RA), Italy

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LIPC

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Cervia (RA) · 45 · Italy

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44.224°, 12.307° · 18 ft elev.

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Italian Air Force base on the Adriatic coast.

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Cervia, Italy

Cervia Air Base (ICAO: LIPC) is a military airfield operated by the Italian Air Force, located near the town of Cervia in the Emilia-Romagna region of northeastern Italy. It sits close to the Adriatic Sea and has historically served as an active tactical air base. The base is home to Italian Air Force units and has been used for NATO exercises and operations over the decades. It has hosted various fighter and training aircraft throughout its history, and has occasionally been involved in multinational air operations. Cervia Air Base is not open to commercial passenger traffic and has no civilian airline services. It functions purely as a military installation under the Italian Air Force command structure.

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›Operated by the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana).
›Located in the Emilia-Romagna region near the Adriatic coast.
›Has been used for NATO exercises and multinational military operations.
›Not open to commercial or civilian air traffic.
›Situated near the resort town of Cervia in the Province of Ravenna.

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Cervia Air Base is an air base of the Italian Air Force. It is located in northern Italy, approximately 6 km (3.2 NM) southwest of Cervia, in the province of Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna). It was the home of the 5th Fighter Wing, which flew leased US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 Falcon. It is also a NATO air base and is visited by other NATO air forces on a routine basis. After Italy returned the leased F-16 to the US Air Force the 5th Fighter Wing was disbanded and in its place the 1st Special Air Brigade moved to Cervia. Along with the 1st Special Air Brigade arrived the 15th CSAR Wing - the Italian air force's Combat Search and Rescue wing.

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