Regia Aeronautica

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air force military branch

The Regia Aeronautica was the air force of the Kingdom of Italy from 1923 to 1946, active in major campaigns of World War II alongside the Axis powers.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force → military branch →
alliance	Axis powers →
commanderInChief	Benito Mussolini →
conflict	Battle of Britain → Battle of the Mediterranean → Eastern Front → Greco-Italian War → North African Campaign → Second Italo-Ethiopian War → Spanish Civil War → World War II →
country	Kingdom of Italy →
doctrineInfluencedBy	Giulio Douhet →
endTime	1946 →
establishedBy	Kingdom of Italy →
followedBy	Aeronautica Militare →
garrison	Rome →
headOfStateTitle	King of Italy →
historicalPeriod	Interwar period → World War II era →
ideology	Italian fascism →
legalForm	independent service branch →
nativeName	Regia Aeronautica →
notableCommander	Giulio Douhet → Italo Balbo → Pietro Badoglio →
partOf	Italian Armed Forces →
precededBy	Corpo Aeronautico Militare →
role	aerial warfare → air defense → close air support → maritime patrol → strategic bombing →
startTime	1923 →
translatedName	Royal Air Force →
usedAircraft	Cant Z.1007 Alcione → Cant Z.506 Airone → Caproni Ca.135 → Caproni Ca.313 → Fiat BR.20 Cicogna → Fiat CR.42 Falco → Fiat G.50 Freccia → Macchi C.202 Folgore → Macchi C.205 Veltro → Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II → Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario → Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero → Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello → Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 Marsupiale → Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 →

Referenced by (69)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cant Z.1007 Alcione → Cant Z.506 Airone → Caproni Ca.135 → Caproni Ca.313 → Fiat BR.20 Cicogna → Fiat CR.32 → Fiat CR.42 Falco → Fiat G.50 Freccia → Macchi C.205 Veltro → Messerschmitt Bf 109 ("Italian Regia Aeronautica") → Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II → Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario → Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero → Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello → Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 Marsupiale → Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 →	primaryUser
Cant Z.1007 Alcione → Cant Z.506 Airone → Caproni Ca.135 → Fiat BR.20 Cicogna → Fiat CR.32 → Fiat G.50 Freccia → First Marshal of the Empire → Junkers Ju 87 → Macchi C.202 Folgore → Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II → Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello → Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 Marsupiale → Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 →	usedBy
Bruno Mussolini → Fulco Ruffo di Calabria ("Corpo Aeronautico Militare") → Gabriele D'Annunzio → Italo Balbo → Vittorio Mussolini →	militaryBranch
Caproni Ca.313 → F-35B Lightning II ("Italian Air Force") → Fiat CR.42 Falco →	operator
Allied reconquest of British Somaliland → Operation Halberd → Yugoslav Royal Air Force →	opponent
Italian Co-belligerent Air Force → National Republican Air Force → Regia Aeronautica ("Corpo Aeronautico Militare") →	precededBy
Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II ("Italian Royal Air Force") → Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario →	airForce
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces → Operation Substance →	opposedBy
Fiat BR.20 Cicogna ("Italian Royal Air Force") →	airForceBranch
Siege of Tobruk →	airOpposition
Luftwaffe →	alliedWith
Battle of Malta →	attackedBy
Mediterranean Theater of Operations →	axisForcesInvolved
Guernica ("Italian Aviazione Legionaria") →	bombedBy
Royal Romanian Air Force →	cooperatedWith
No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron →	enemyOpponents
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero →	enteredServiceWith
Fiat G.50 Freccia →	firstModernAllMetalFighterOf
Iraq campaign (1941) →	hasParticipant
Italo Balbo →	helpedBuild
Italian Armed Forces →	historicalPrecursor
Italian conquest of British Somaliland →	involvedMilitaryUnit
Italian invasion of Albania →	militaryBranchInvolved
Regia Aeronautica →	nativeName
Aviazione Legionaria →	operatedBy
Allied air forces →	opposed
Operation Pedestal →	participant
Aviazione Legionaria →	partOf
Aeronautica Militare →	predecessor
Italian invasion of France →	usedMilitaryForce