Ghedi Air Base (, ) is a base of the Italian Air Force in Ghedi, about 15 kilometres from Brescia, northern Italy.
It is home to the 6º Stormo of the Italian Air Force with the 102º Gruppo (Paperi) with F-35A Lightning II, the 154º Gruppo (Diavoli Rossi) with F-35A Lightning II and the 155º Gruppo (Pantere Nere) with Tornado ECR.
It is one of six active air bases in five European countries with B61 nuclear bombs in underground WS3 Weapon Storage and Security System inside aircraft shelters. and as of 2019 housed more than 40 nuclear weapons.
The commander since 2017 is the Italian Air Force Colonel Luca Maineri.
See also Air bases with US nuclear weapon vaults in Europe per nuclear sharing: Aviano Air Base, Italy Büchel Air Base, Germany Kleine Brogel Air Base, Belgium Volkel Air Base, NL Ramstein Air Base, Germany RAF Lakenheath, England Araxos Air Base, Greece Balikesir Air Base, Turkey Incirlik Air Base, Turkey Akıncı Air Base, Turkey
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External links Information on the base