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17th Raiders Wing

Field	Value
unit_name	17th Raiders Wing
native_name	17º Stormo Incursori
dates	1 March 2003 – present
country	Italy
branch	Italian Air Force
type	Special forces
role	Special operations
size	2 Group
command_structure	Comando interforze per le Operazioni delle Forze Speciali (Joint Special Forces Operations Command)

The 17th Raiders Wing () is the Italian Air Force special forces unit. It is the youngest special force created in Italy. It is based in Furbara, near Rome and part of the Comando interforze per le Operazioni delle Forze Speciali (COFS—Special Forces Operations Command). Until 8 April 2008 the unit was named Reparto Incursori Aeronautica Militare (RIAM—Air Force Raiders Group) but with the expansion and evolution of the unit's assignments and its size, the name was changed to "17° Stormo Incursori".

Specialisations and Capabilities

Hostage Rescue Operations (HRO)
Counterterrorism (Mostly Abroad)
Direct actions Against HVT (High Value Targets)
Military Assistance (MA)
Special Reconnaissance (SR)
Close Protection Units (Specialized in Abroad V.I.P. CPT)
Non-Conventional Warfare
Precision Airstrikes Against HVT (Special Ops. JTAC+ Capabilities)
Tactical Interdictions (Specialized against Airbases and Aeronautical Site of interest)
Combat Controller (CCT US/NATO Certified)
Combat Search and Rescue (C-SAR, SOCM Capabilities)
Combat Weatherman (SOWT)
Pathfinder in Non-Permissive Environments

Organization

Raiders Group

Raiders Group divided into Command, Operations, Vehicles and Special Equipment, and four squadriglie (wings) of raiders, each of two to four detachments of eight to twelve soldiers. This means that the entire operational force will be (at full strength) from 64 to 192 soldiers.

Training Group

This branch provides training for the operational main force but is also capable of providing training sessions on Evasion and Escape and EOD/EOR/IEDD to other Italian army and navy units.

Vehicles and equipment

17th Raiders Wing is part of 1st Special Ops Air Brigade which also includes 9th Raiders Wing equipped with modern HH-101A Caesar helicopters. C-130J "Hercules IIs" and C-27J "Spartans" are also available. In the field, the operative force is equipped with the VTLM "Lince", quads and jeeps.

This unit has access to a large arsenal of sniper rifles and anti-materiel rifles to be used to knock out aircraft. It also uses mini UAVs such as the "Strix" produced by Galileo Avionica, and L-3 Communication's "ROVER IV".

The 17th Raiders Wing has a variety of armament and equipment.

Pistols

9x19mm Beretta Px4 Storm Type D
9x19mm Glock 17
5,7x28mm FN Five-seven

Shotguns

Benelli M4

Submachine guns and personal defense weapons

Heckler & Koch MP7
MP-5A3
MP-5SD3

Assault and battle rifles

5,56x45mm Heckler & Koch 416
Heckler & Koch G36
FN SCAR
ARX-160A2
7,62x51mm Heckler & Koch HK417
IWI Arad

Light machine guns

IWI Negev

Sniper rifles

7,62x51mm Sr-25/Mk-11
7,62x51mm Sako TRG-22
8,6x70mm Sako TRG-42

Anti-materiel rifles

10,4x77mm BCM Europearms Extreme MAAR
12,7x99mm Barrett M-82A1
12,7x99mm PGM Hécate II

Combat accessories

Various Aimpoint, Trijicon and EOTech optical sights
Schmidt & Bender PM-2
LAM 100/200 laser pointer
Insight AN/PEQ-2, AN/PEQ-4 and AN/PEQ-15 (infrared) laser sighting systems
Mako MEPRO MOR insight system
Insight Mk23 thermal camera

References

http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/comunicazione/notizie/Pagine/riorganizzazione-1-brigata-aerea-operazioni-speciali.aspx. 1^ BRIGATA AEREA OPERAZIONI SPECIALI
(30 May 2019). "La situazione delle forze armate italiane: l'armamento degli incursori dell'aria".
(15 November 2022). "A first in Italy: Israeli Arad assault rifles & Negev machine guns in army service | Israel Defense".

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