Aldo Urbani (Viterbo, 28 September 1896 – Rome, 5 April 1973) was an Italian Air Force general during and after World War II.

He was born in Viterbo on 28 September 1896, the son of a senior officer of the Royal Italian Army, and attended the Military Academy of Modena, graduating with the rank of second lieutenant of the Alpini Corps on 30 November 1916, during the First World War.

[1][2] He was appointed airship officer in August 1920, and in 1923 he joined the newly formed Regia Aeronautica ("Royal Air Force"), becoming airplane observer from May 28, 1924, and obtaining the seaplane pilot license on February 9, 1928, with the rank of major.

After having served as deputy commander and later commander of the Air Force Academy from 1931 to 1935, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he was promoted to colonel in 1935 and assigned to the 19th Wing and later the 10th Wing, being then appointed Chief of Staff of the Air Force of Libya from 1936 to July 1937.

[3][4][5] From December 1939 until January 1942 he held the position of Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Aeronautics, reaching the rank of Air Division General (air vice marshal) in 1941; from January 1942 to April 1943 he commanded the Air Force of Sardinia, after which he returned to the post of Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Aeronautics until the proclamation of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.