Decimomannu Air Base  | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Decimomannu, Sardinia, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 100 ft / 30 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°21′15″N 008°58′20″E / 39.35417°N 8.97222°E | ||||||||||||||
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  Decimomannu Location of airport in Italy | |||||||||||||||
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Decimomannu Air Base (IATA: DCI, ICAO: LIED) is an Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) air base located approximately 5 km (2.7 NM) north of Decimomannu a comune in the Province of Cagliari on the island of Sardinia in Italy.
It is a military airport located northwest of the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, in a vast area between the towns of Decimomannu, Decimoputzu, San Sperate and Villasor.
The airport is named after Colonel pilot Giovanni Farina, Gold Medal for bravery, died in combat in the skies of Sardinia 14 June 1942.
The airfield is a front-line NATO training facility primarily used since 1979 for Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) of various NATO air force fighter aircraft.
Decimonannu was also the Home Base for the Taktisches Ausbildungskommando der Luftwaffe Italien and the base was used for training flights.
- ^ Airport information for LIED[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for DCI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).