First Two T-345 Trainers Delivered To The Italian Air Force
First Two T-345 Trainers Delivered To The Italian Air Force
One of the two first T-345A of the Italian Air Force (MM55235/61-203). (Image credit: Oscar Bernardi.)
Two T-345 trainers in the colors of the 61° Stormo (Wing) have been delivered to the Italian Air Force.
The first two new Leonardo T-345 trainer aircraft (local designation of the M-345), were delivered to the Italian Air Force at Venegono airport, in northwestern Italy, where the final assembly lines of Leonardo Aircraft and Helicopter Divisions are based, on Dec. 22, 2020.
The aircraft sport the markings of the the 61st Stormo (Wing) of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force – ItAF), based at Lecce-Galatina Airbase, in southeastern Italy, and are registered MM55234/61-202 and MM55235/61-203. Interestingly, the aircraft were given the codes in the 61-2xx range, that is not used by the existing lines at Lecce (the MB-339A – designated T-339A; the MB-