Frecce Tricolori

The Frecce Tricolori is the largest aerobatics display team in the world. The team’s pilots are known for their series of highly synchronized manoeuvres in specially modified Alenia Aermacchi MB-339A jets, the MB-339PAN, which have made the Frecce Tricolori one of the world’s premier aerobatic teams, as well as one of the most popular. Their spectacular displays consist of a formation of nine aircraft with a soloist, who pushes his aircraft to the limit. Even before they hit the sky to perform tight turns, loops, controlled spins, fast climbs and rapid descents, the 10 jets make a dramatic impact as they pump out a plumes of coloured smoke immediately prior to take-off. The Frecce Tricolori History Officially known as the 313° Gruppo Addestramento Acrobatico (313th Aerobatic Training Group), the Frecce Tricolori was founded in 1961. The team is based in northeast Italy and works out of the Rivolto Air Force Base in Udine,