Italian air force struggles to prove air power relevance

Italy’s air force is “taken for granted” by the general public, politicians and the nation’s other armed services, according to a leading academic. “It is difficult to make surface forces realise that they have some of their freedom because of the air [operations],” he says. And despite notable recent milestones – including it performing the first transatlantic crossing with the Lockheed Martin F-35 – the air force is still perceived less favourably than its sister services.

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