{"id":57094,"date":"2024-09-13T19:47:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T17:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57094"},"modified":"2025-09-13T00:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:17:37","slug":"the-new-frecce-tricolori-planes-and-their-new-design-a-work-of-pininfarina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/13\/the-new-frecce-tricolori-planes-and-their-new-design-a-work-of-pininfarina\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Frecce Tricolori planes and their new design, a work of Pininfarina"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Aeronautica Militare Italiana aerobatic patrol yesterday presented a new phase with some luxury aircraft and design.<\/p>\n

The farewell of the Italian Air Force to its veteran AMX 'Ghibli' fighter aircraft<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe four candidates of the Spanish Air Force to replace its old F-5\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

This Thursday, September 12, the return of the Frecce Tricolori was celebrated after their recent tour of North America<\/strong>, which began in June and included 9 air shows and 17 flyovers over different places in Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n

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In addition to welcoming this aerobatic patrol back home, the Aeronautica Militare took the opportunity to present the new aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori: the Leonardo M-346 Master.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Last year I already told you about this excellent training aircraft<\/a>, with a maximum speed of 1,090 km\/h, a range of 2,550 kilometres and highly advanced avionics, which allows pilots to be trained even for fifth-generation fighters such as the F-35<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The Italian Air Force has been operating the M-346 as an advanced trainer aircraft since 2015,<\/strong> with a fleet of 18 aircraft of the T-346A version, deliveries of which were completed in 2018.<\/p>\n

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In addition to Italy, the M-346 has also been selected as a training aircraft by Israel, Poland, Greece, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Qatar, Singapore and Turkmenistan.<\/p>\n

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As I pointed out here a few months ago, the M-346 is one of the Spanish Air Force's favorites to replace its F-5BMs<\/a>, although lately it seems that for political reasons - due to the current Spanish government's affinity with the Turkish government - the chosen one could end up being the Turkish TAI H\u00fcrjet aircraft.<\/p>\n

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The Frecce Tricolori will debut their M-346s next year,<\/strong> probably with 10 aircraft as until now. Currently, the Italian aerobatic patrol flies with the Aermacchi MB-339 PAN, an aircraft that began to be used in 1982 and that has been the longest-lived model of all those used by this patrol<\/strong> (the F-86E Sabre only lasted two years and the Fiat G.91 flew with the Frecce Tricolori from 1964 to 1981).<\/p>\n

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In addition to receiving some excellent new aircraft, the Frecce Tricolori will also have a new livery, designed by the prestigious Italian firm Pininfarina<\/strong>, famous throughout the world for its automotive designs. The firm has defined the new design as follows: \"This livery is a perfect combination of elegance and power<\/strong>, traits that are characteristic of both Pininfarina and the National Aerobatic Team, embodying hard work, ingenuity, and teamwork, the core values of the Italian Air Force.\"<\/em> You can watch the video released today by Pininfarina presenting the new design here:<\/strong><\/p>\n