Gioia del Colle Air Base

Gioia del Colle Air Base (ICAO: LIBV) is an Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) base located in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy, located approximately 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) south-southeast of Gioia del Colle.

It was turned over to the Allied Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force (Aviazione Cobelligerante Italiana, or ACI) in September 1945.

The base is an Italian military facility, presently home of the 36th Stormo, flying the Eurofighter Typhoon.

As part of the Coalition intervention in Libya, resulting from the 2011 Libyan civil war and the subsequent enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, it became the forward operating base for units of the Royal Air Force, operating both the Panavia Tornado GR4 and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.

[2] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency