Grazzanise Air Base


Grazzanise Air Base is an Italian Air Force air base south of Grazzanise, in the Province of Caserta in the region of Campania, located about west of Caserta, and northwest of Naples, Italy.
It has two, parallel runways with the main, asphalt runway being 06R/24L, x, at elevation. The parallel concrete runway is for limited helicopter operations, as it has no taxiway connection to the rest of the base. There is a dispersal and hangar area on the eastern end for nine aircraft, with larger maintenance hangars and parking areas at each end.
Navigation aids sited at the field are TACAN and NDB.
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Units

The main base complex is about north-west of the airfield. It is the base for:9º Stormo Francesco Baracca, part of Support and Special Forces Command

Previous use

The air base was formerly the site of operations for squadrons equipped with the North American F-86 Sabre, Fiat G.91 and Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. An F-86 and an F-104 are mounted on a pole within the 2nd NATO Signal Squadron compound north of the air base.