Ghedi Air Base

Ghedi Air Base (Italian: Base aerea di Ghedi, ICAO: LIPL) is a base of the Italian Air Force in Ghedi, about 15 kilometres from Brescia, northern Italy.

"Luigi Olivari" Ghedi Air Base[1]
IATA: none ICAO: LIPL
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Italy
Operator	Aeronautica Militare Italiana
Location	Ghedi, Brescia, Italy
Built	1909
Elevation AMSL	333 ft / 101 m
Coordinates	45°25′56″N 010°16′04″E
Map
LIPL Location of Ghedi Air Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 9,813 2,991 Asphalt
Sources:DAFIF[2]

It is home to the 6º Stormo of the Italian Air Force with the 102º Gruppo (Papero) with F-35A Lightning II, the 154º Gruppo (Diavoli Rossi) with Tornado IDS (being replaced by F-35A Lightning II) and the 155º Gruppo (Le linci) with Tornado ECR.

It is one of six active air bases in five European countries with B61 nuclear bombs in underground WS3 Weapon Storage and Security System inside aircraft shelters.^[3] and as of 2019 housed more than 40 nuclear weapons.^[4]

The commander since 2017 is the Italian Air Force Colonel Luca Maineri.^[5]

See also

Air bases with US nuclear weapon vaults in Europe per nuclear sharing:

• Aviano Air Base, Italy
• Büchel Air Base, Germany
• Kleine Brogel Air Base, Belgium
• Volkel Air Base, NL
• Ramstein Air Base, Germany
• RAF Lakenheath, England
• Araxos Air Base, Greece
• Balikesir Air Base, Turkey
• Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
• Akıncı Air Base, Turkey