US EditionTrapani-Birgi To Host First F-35 Training Center Outside U.S.
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It will be the twin structure of the one already operating in the Luke Air Force base in Arizona, in the United States. The works will start next spring and will end by the spring of 2028 , explains the president of the commission Defense of the House Nino Minardo (Forza Italy)
The works will begin next spring and will end by the spring of 2028
The Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, had announced it in July: "Sicilia will be the first place outside the United States where the F-35" pilots will be trained. And now we also know where: the new center of global training of military aircraft will be born in Trapani Birgi, airport that, on its only track, hosts both military and civil infrastructures. It will be the twin structure of the one already operating in the Luke Air Force base in …
Trapani-Birgi to be global F-35 training base - General News
A new global training centre for F-35 fighter jets will be set up at the military base at Trapani-Birgi airport in Sicily, Nino Minardo, the president of the Lower House's defence committee, told ANSA on Friday. (ANSA)
Trapani-Birgi To Host First F-35 Training Center Outside U.S.
The airbase in Sicily will become the first location outside the U.S. for international F-35 pilot training, as Italy further consolidates its position as a global leader in advanced training. On Sept. 8, 2025, for the first time, ten U.S. Air Force student pilots began the “Multiphase Jet Training” course at Decimomannu Air Base, Sardinia, […]
The new global training hub for the F-35 fighter jets will be built in Trapani-Birgi, Sicily, and will be the twin facility of the one already operating at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, United States.
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