A close-up of the 20mm three-barrel Gatling gun on the A129 Mangusta.

An A129 fires two 70mm rockets over the Salto di Quirra range.

The CAAE has 28 AB206s to teach new pilots.

Brigadier General Filippo Camporesi, current CAAE Commander at Viterbo is also a flight instructor on the AB206.

Currently, the CAAE has ten NH90s, though with the type due to enter service soon, these helicopters will be redistributed to operational squadrons.

An NH90 approaching the landing zone at the Salto di Quirra range, with the gunner manning the 7.62mm M134D minigun.

A NH90 fires a 7.62mm M134D minigun at a target on the Salto di Quirra range at Perdasdefogu.

The AB205 is used by the CAAE for liaison missions.

A REOS CH-47 conducting a mission over Afghanistan.

A CH-47 of the 26th Gruppo REOS.

A view of the Sardinian coast from the cockpit of a CH-47.

One of the three Dornier 228s that serve the 28th Gruppo Squadroni 'Tucano'. The unit also has three P-180 Avantis.

A REOS AB412 pilot explains the details of a mission to his crew before a training sortie.

Six AB412s are currently assigned to the 26th Gruppo REOS at Viterbo.