Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force

Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force
Flag of the Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force
Incumbent Generale di squadra Luca Goretti since 28 October 2021
Ministry of Defence
Member of	Italian Air Force
Reports to	Chief of the Defence Staff
Formation	1 January 1926
First holder	Pier Ruggero Piccio

The Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force refers to the Chiefs of Staffs of the Royal Italian Air Force from 1926 to 1946 and the Italian Air Force from 1946 to the present.

List of chiefs of staff

Kingdom of Italy

Flag of the chief of staff of the Royal Air Force

No.	Portrait	Chief of Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Piccio, PierGenerale di divisione Pier Ruggero Piccio (1880–1965)	1 January 1926	6 February 1927	1 year, 36 days
2		Armani, ArmandoGenerale di squadra Armando Armani (1879–1970)	10 February 1927	13 October 1928	1 year, 246 days
3		Valle, GiuseppeGenerale di brigata Giuseppe Valle (1886–1975)	22 February 1930	23 November 1933	3 years, 274 days
4		Bosio, AntonioGenerale di divisione Antonio Bosio (general) (1885–1967)	23 November 1933	22 March 1934	119 days
(3)		Valle, GiuseppeGenerale di squadra Giuseppe Valle (1886–1975)	22 March 1934	10 November 1939	5 years, 233 days
5		Valle, GiuseppeGenerale di squadra Francesco Pricolo (1891–1980)	10 November 1939	15 November 1941	2 years, 5 days
6		Fougier, RinoGenerale di squadra Rino Corso Fougier (1894–1963)	15 November 1941	27 July 1943	1 year, 254 days
7		Sandalli, RenatoGenerale di divisione Renato Sandalli (1897–1968)	27 July 1943	18 June 1944	327 days
8		Piacentini, PietroGenerale di divisione Pietro Piacentini (1898–1963)	19 June 1944	13 December 1944	177 days
9		Cat, MarioGenerale di squadra Mario Ajmone Cat (1894–1952)	13 December 1944	5 February 1951	6 years, 54 days

Italian Republic

No.	Portrait	Chief of Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Urbani, AldoGenerale di squadra Aldo Urbani	5 February 1951	10 November 1955	4 years, 278 days
2		Raffaelli, FerdinandoGenerale di squadra Ferdinando Raffaelli (1899–1981)	10 November 1955	1 February 1958	2 years, 83 days
3		Napoli, SilvioGenerale di squadra Silvio Napoli (1902–1961)	1 February 1958	1 September 1961	3 years, 212 days
4		Remondino, AldoGenerale di squadra Aldo Remondino (1908–1990)	1 September 1961	28 February 1968	6 years, 180 days
5		Fanali, SergioGenerale di squadra Sergio Duilio Fanali (1911–1987)	28 February 1968	1 November 1971	3 years, 246 days
6		Lucertini, VincenzoGenerale di squadra Vincenzo Lucertini (1914–1985)	1 November 1971	27 February 1974	2 years, 118 days
7		Ciarlo, DinoGenerale di squadra Dino Ciarlo (1917–2012)	27 February 1974	20 June 1977	3 years, 113 days
8		Mettimano, AlessandroGenerale di squadra Alessandro Mettimano (1920–1983)	20 June 1977	1 April 1980	2 years, 286 days
9		Bartolucci, LambertoGenerale di squadra Lamberto Bartolucci (born 1924)	2 April 1980	12 October 1983	3 years, 193 days
10		Cottone, BasilioGenerale di squadra Basilio Cottone (born 1926)	19 October 1983	17 September 1986	2 years, 333 days
11		Pisano, FrancoGenerale di squadra Franco Pisano (1930–2018)	18 September 1986	15 April 1990	3 years, 210 days
12		Nardini, StelioGenerale di squadra Stelio Nardini (1932–2016)	16 April 1990	24 March 1993	2 years, 342 days
13		Pillinini, AdelchiGenerale di squadra Adelchi Pillinini (1934–2016)	25 March 1993	3 June 1995	2 years, 71 days
14		Arpino, MarioGenerale di squadra Mario Arpino (born 1937)	4 June 1995	5 February 1999	3 years, 246 days
15		Fornasiero, AndreaGenerale di squadra Andrea Fornasiero (born 1937)	5 February 1999	3 August 2001	2 years, 179 days
16		Ferracuti, SandroGenerale di squadra Sandro Ferracuti (born 1940)	3 August 2001	4 August 2004	3 years, 1 day
17		Tricarico, LeonardoGenerale di squadra Leonardo Tricarico (born 1942)	5 August 2004	19 September 2006	2 years, 45 days
18		Camporini, VincenzoGenerale di squadra Vincenzo Camporini (born 1946)	20 September 2006	30 January 2008	1 year, 132 days
19		Tei, DanieleGenerale di squadra Daniele Tei (1946–2011)	30 January 2008	25 February 2010	2 years, 26 days
20		Bernardis, GiuseppeGenerale di squadra Giuseppe Bernardis (born 1948)	25 February 2010	25 February 2013	3 years, 0 days
21		Preziosa, PasqualeGenerale di squadra Pasquale Preziosa (born 1953)	25 February 2013	30 March 2016	3 years, 34 days
22		Vecciarelli, EnzoGenerale di squadra Enzo Vecciarelli (born 1957)	30 March 2016	31 October 2018	2 years, 215 days
22		Rosso, AlbertoGenerale di squadra Alberto Rosso (born 1959)	31 October 2018	28 October 2021	2 years, 362 days
23		Goretti, LucaGenerale di squadra Luca Goretti (born 1962)	28 October 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 40 days

See also

• Italian Armed Forces
  • Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)
• Royal Italian Air Force
• Italian Air Force