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The following is a list of military aircraft currently used by the four branches of the Italian Armed Forces: Italian Army, Italian Navy, Italian Air Force, Guardia di Finanza, Italian Coast Guard, and Carabinieri.

| Picture | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat aircraft | ||||||
| 150px | F-35 Lightning II | USA Italy |
Swing role stealth fighter | F-35A | 36[1] |
F-35A acquisition:[2] F-35B acquisition: |
| Swing role stealth fighter, STOVL | F-35B | 4[5] | ||||
| 150px | Eurofighter | UK Germany Italy Spain |
Multirole | F-2000A | 79 | |
| Conversion trainer | TF-2000A | 14 | ||||
| Multirole | Tranche 4 | 0
(+ 24 on order) |
24 ordered in 2024, replacing the Eurofighter Tranche 1.[6] | |||
| 150px | Tornado | UK Germany Italy |
Multirole | IDS | 19 | Being replaced by the F-35. |
| Electronic warfare | ECR | 12 | ||||
| Conversion trainer | IDS | 4 | ||||
| AEW&C | ||||||
| 150px | G550 CAEW | USA Israel |
Airborne early warning and control | E-550A | 2 | Ordered in 2012, in service since 2016.[7]
3 additional planned to be ordered. |
| Electronic warfare | ||||||
| 150px | C-27J Spartan | Italy | Electronic warfare | EC-27 Jedi | 3 | |
| 150x150px | EA-37B Compass Call | USA | Electronic Attack | EA-37B | 0
(+ 2 on order) |
2 ordered in July 2025, and 1 in option.[8] |
| G550 JAMMS | AISREW
(Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare) |
G550 JAMMS
(PMMMS) |
1
(+ 2 on order) |
Ordered in 2021.[9][10] | ||
| Reconnaissance | ||||||
| 150px | Super King Air | USA | SIGINT / COMINT / ISR | 350 Spydr | 1 | [11] |
| Maritime patrol | ||||||
| 150px | ATR 72 | Italy | ASW / patrol | P-72AS | 4 | Mission crews are provided by the Italian Navy. |
| Tanker | ||||||
| 150px | KC-767 | USA | Aerial refueling | – | 4 | Entered service in 2011.[12]
Replacement with the KC-46A cancelled.[12] |
| 150px | KC-130J | USA | Aerial refueling | KC-130J | 4 | 6 acquired, 1 lost in November 2009.[13]
4 remain in service.[1] |
| Transport | ||||||
| 150px | C-130J Super Hercules | USA | Tactical airlift | C-130J-30 | 9 | |
| 150px | C-27J Spartan | Italy | Transport | – | 7 | |
| 150px | P-180 Avanti | Italy | VIP transport | P-180A | 4 | [14] |
| P-180 EVO+ | 5 | |||||
| 150px | Dassault Falcon 900 | France | VIP transport | Falcon 900 | 2 | Operated by the 31st Wing.[16] |
| Falcon 900EX | 1 | |||||
| 150x150px | Gulfstream G650 | USA | VIP transport | Gulfstream G650ER | 2
(+ 3 on order) |
Operated by the 31st Wing.[17]
Replaced the Falcon 50 and to replace the Falcon 900 / 900EX. |
| Helicopters | ||||||
| 150px | AW101 | Italy UK |
Utility / CSAR | – | 12 | |
| 150px | AW139 | Italy | Utility / SAR | AW139/M | 30 | |
| Helicopter trainer | 2 | |||||
| 150px | MD 500 | USA Italy |
Helicopter trainer | NH-500M | 37 | Licensed built by Breda Nardi. |
| Trainer aircraft | ||||||
| 150px | M-346 Master | Italy | Lead-in fighter training | T-346A | 27 | 23 ordered by the Italian Air Force:
IFTS:
|
| 150px | Alenia M-345 HET | Italy | Basic trainer / advanced trainer | T-345A | 9
(+ 9 on order) |
Orders:
45 planned in total.[21] |
| 150px | Aermacchi MB-339 | Italy | Basic trainer / advanced trainer | – | 25 | Being replaced by the M-345. |
| 150px | SF.260 | Italy | Ab initio trainer | – | 29 | |
| 150px | P-180 | Italy | Multi-engine trainer | VC-180C
(P-180 EVO+) |
10 | [22] |
| 150x150px | Gulfstream G550 | USA | Multi-engine trainer | G550 | 2 | Part of the G550 "Green" that are not yet modified to a specialised variant, used for training.[23] |
| Miscellaneous aircraft | ||||||
| 150x150px | Aermacchi MB-339 | Italy | Aerobatics show aircraft | MB-339 PAN | 10 | 21 acquired of this variant.[24][25] |
| 150px | M-346 Master | Italy | Aerobatics show aircraft | T-346 PAN | 0
(+ 15 on order) |
Replacement of the MB-339 PAN with the Frecce Tricolori.[27][26][28] |
| 150px | P-180 | Italy | Radio / radar measures | P-180 EVO+ | 4 | [29][14] |
| UAV | ||||||
| 150px | MQ-9 Reaper | USA | ISTAR | MQ-9A Predator B | 5 | 1× lost in an accident in 2019. |

| Picture | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat aircraft | ||||||
| 150px | F-35 Lightning II | USA | Swing role stealth fighter, STOVL | F-35B | 10 | [32]
F-35B acquisition: |
| 150px | AV-8B Harrier II | UK USA |
V/STOL | AV-8B+ | 11 | [33]
Being replaced by the F-35B. |
| Transport | ||||||
| 150px | P-180 | Italy | Transport | P-180 Maritme | 3 | [34][35] |
| Helicopters | ||||||
| 150px | AW101 | Italy UK |
SAR | SH-101A | 10 | [36][37] |
| VERTREP | MH-101A | 8 | [38] | |||
| ASW / ASuW | EH-101A | 4 | [39] | |||
| 150px | NH90 | European Union | ASW / ASuW | SH-90A (NFH) | 45 | [40][41]
Delivered between 2011 and October 2023.[42] 1 lost in July 2023.[31] |
| Transport | MH-90A (TTH) | 10 | ||||
| 150px | AB-212 | USA Italy |
ASW | SH-212A | 22 | [43]
Licensed built by Agusta. |
| Utility | MH-212B | |||||
| Trainer aircraft | ||||||
| 150px | AV-8B Harrier II | UK USA |
Conversion trainer | TAV-8B | 1 | |
| UAV | ||||||
| 150px | Camcopter S-100 | Austria | ISR, helicopter UAV | 2 | ||
| 150px | ScanEagle | USA | ISR, fixed-wing UAV | 10 | ||

| Picture | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transport | ||||||
| 150px | P-180 | Italy | Transport | P-180A Avanti | 3 | [47] |
| 150px | Dornier 228 | Germany | Transport, STOL | Do 228-212 | 3 | [48] |
| Helicopters | ||||||
| 150px | A129 Mangusta | Italy | Attack helicopter | A129C | 5 | [49] |
| A129D | 32 | |||||
| 150px | AW249 Fenice | Italy | Attack helicopter | AW249 (IOC) | 2
(7 on order) |
[51]
|
| AW249 (FOC) | 3
(41 on order) | |||||
| 150px | CH-47 Chinook | USA Italy |
Heavy transport helicopter | CH-47C | 5 | Of the 40 acquired, 5 remain in service.[1] |
| ICH-47F | 16 | Licence made by Leonardo.[53][54][55] | ||||
| 150px | NH90 | European Union | Utility / transport | UH-90A (TTH) | 59 | [56][57]
60 ordered and delivered, 1 was lost in an accident.[58][59] |
| 150x150px | AW169M | Italy | Utility / MEDEVAC / CASEVAC | AW169MA
(UH-169D) |
3[1](+ 22 on order) | [60]
Programme LUH (light utility helicopter, successor of the A109, AB-206, AB-205, AB-212,AB-412).[61] Orders: |
| 150px | AB-205 | USA Italy |
Utility | AB-205 | 34 | [64][65][66]
Licensed built by Agusta, to be replaced by UH-169D |
| AB-212 | 25 | |||||
| AB-412 | ||||||
| 150px | AB-206 | USA Italy |
Utility | 29 | [67]
Licensed built by Agusta, to be replaced by UH-169D | |
| Trainer aircraft | ||||||
| 150px | AW139 | Italy | Helicopter trainer | AW139/M
(UH-169B) |
2 | [61] |
| 150px | AW169 ABC
Addestramento Basico Commerciale |
Italy | Helicopter trainer | UH-169B | 2 | 2 acquired in December 2019 for training, received in July 2020.[68] |
| UAV | ||||||
| 150px | RQ-7 Shadow | USA | ISTAR | 16 | 4 TUAS systems ordered in 2010 with 4 drones each.[69] | |

| Picture | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maritime patrol | ||||||
| 150px | ATR 72 | Italy | ASW / Maritime patrol aircraft | P-72A | 4 | |
| 150px | ATR 42 | Italy France |
Maritime surveillance | ATR-42-400MP | 4 | |
| Transport | ||||||
| 150px | P-180 | Italy | Transport | P-180 Avanti II | 2 | |
| Helicopters | ||||||
| 150px | AW169 | Italy | Utility / Transport | AW-169M | 24 | 6 with fixed landing gear and 18 with skids |
| 150px | AW139 | Italy | Utility / Transport | 20 | ||
| 150px | AW109 | Italy | Utility / Transport | AW-109N | 4 | |
| 150px | NH-500 | USA | Trainer | NH-500MC | 6 | |
| NH-500MD | ||||||

| Picture | Aircraft[70] | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed-wing | ||||||
| 150px | P-180 | Italy | Transport | P-180 Avanti II | 2 | |
| Helicopters | ||||||
| 150px | AB-412 | USA Italy |
Search and Rescue / Utility | AB-412 | 9 | License built by Agusta |
| AB-412HP | 12 | |||||
| AB-412SP | 9 | |||||
| 150px | AW109 | Italy | Utility / Patrol | A109A/A-II | 26 | |
| A109E Power | 3 | |||||
| A109N Nexus | 17 | |||||
| 150px | AW119 Koala | Italy | Utility / Patrol | AW-119Kx | 20 | |
| 150px | AW139 | Italy | Utility / Patrol | UH-139D | 3 | |
| 150px | AW169 | Italy | Utility / Patrol | AW169M | 6 | |
| 150px | NH-500 | USA | Trainer | NH 500D | 10 | |

| Picture | Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In
service |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maritime patrol | ||||||
| 150px | ATR 42 | Italy France |
Maritime surveillance | ATR-42MP-420 | 1 | |
| ATR-42MP-500 | 2 | |||||
| ATR-42MP-600 | 1 | |||||
| 150px | P-180 | Italy | Maritime surveillance | P-180 Avanti II | 1 | |
| Helicopters | ||||||
| 150px | AB412 | Italy | Search and Rescue | AB-412HP Koala | 5 | |
| 150px | AW139 | Italy | Search and Rescue | PH-139 Nemo | 15 | |
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