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Aviano Air Base is situated at the foot of the Dolomiti Alps South of the Alps in Northeastern Italy overlooking the Po Valley to the southwest, the largest and richest agricultural and industrial plain in Italy. The air base is about a half hour from skiing at Piancavallo, an International ski resort, and an hour from the Mediterranean beaches of the Adriatic (Grado, Jesolo, Lignano, Bibione and Carole). The closest large city to Aviano is Pordenone, which is about 15 minutes away. Aviano Air Base is about an hour northeast of Venice by car or train and an hour west by car of Slovenia, Yugoslavia's first break away republic. Austria is about an hour and a half away to the north by car, while Switzerland, Croatia & Bosnia are several hours away by car.

Aviano Air Base is home of the Headquarters of the 16th Air Force, 31st Fighter Wing, and many temporary duty units supporting it's various operations. The 16th Air Force is the headquarters serving the Southern Region or Mediterranean Region. The major bases include Aviano and Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.

The 31st Fighter Wing is home to two F-16 fighter squadrons, the 510th FS and the 555th FS. Both squadrons relocated from Ramstein AB in 1994 and redesignated. The wing was redesignated from the 401st Fighter Wing to the 31st Fighter Wing in 1994 as Aviano took on permanently based aircraft for the first time in over 50 years. Additional sites attached to the 31st Fighter Wing include Ghedi-Torre and Camp Darby, Italy; Araxos, Greece; and Moron Air Base, Spain. The History of Aviano Air Base goes back many years.

The layout of Aviano is unique because the community consists of seven areas, which include the administrative, community and support areas, the 16th Air Force command compound, the flight line area, a munitions storage area, a civil engineering complex, a recreational area and a decommissioned fuel railhead. Aviano Air Base is divided into nine areas stretched between the towns of Aviano and Pordenone, nine miles south of the base. The major areas are:

• Area A1 contains most of Aviano's support functions.
• Area A2 contains Billeting, the Fitness Centers, Dining Halls, Dormitories, Thrift Shop and Fire Department.
• Area C contains Civil Engineering activities.
• Area E, 16th Air Force Headquarters area, contains AFN, some communications functions (base operators) and K-9 facilities.
• Area F is the flightline area and contains operational and support units: 31st Fighter Wing Commander's Office, a portion of the Traffic Management Office, Air Mobility Command Passenger Terminal, Supply, Security Force Offices, flying squadrons, Recreational Area (ball parks, track, campground), Golf Course, Pass & Registration, and Drivers Testing.

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