Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare

The Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare is the sport section of the Italian Air Force.

Structure
Air Force athletes receive an Air Force rank and salary equivalent to servicemen. They also receive basic military training, although the majority of their training is sport-specific and usually takes place in one of the Air Force sports centers.

Sports
There are 12 disciplines of C.S. Aeronnatica Militare.


 * Fencing
 * Archery
 * Athletics
 * Artistic gymnastics
 * Rhythmic gymnastics
 * Equestrianism
 * Table Tennis
 * Shooting
 * Basketball
 * Volleyball
 * Beach Volleyball
 * Sailing

Notable athletes

 * Athletics
 * Andrew Howe
 * Emanuele Di Gregorio
 * Michael Tumi (former, from 2012 pass to G.S. Fiamme Gialle)
 * Manuela Levorato


 * Archery
 * Michele Frangilli
 * Mauro Nespoli
 * Marco Galiazzo


 * Fencing
 * Paolo Pizzo
 * Matteo Tagliariol
 * Andrea Baldini

Athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Of the 290 athletes who represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 29 were Air Force athletes. These athletes are: • ;Archery

• Marco Galiazzo

• Michele Frangilli

• Mauro Nespoli

• Pia Lionetti

• Jessica Tomasi

• ;Artistic gymnastics

• Matteo Morandi

• Alberto Busnari

• Enrico Pozzo

• Paolo Ottavi

• ;Athletics

• Jacques Riparelli

• Davide Manenti

• ;Beach volleyball

• Greta Cicolari

• Marta Menegatti

• ;Equestrian

• Vittoria Panizzon

• ;Fencing

• Paolo Pizzo

• Ilaria Salvatori

• Andrea Baldini

• Bianca Del Carretto

• Diego Occhiuzzi

• Nathalie Moellhausen

• ;Rhythmic gymnastics

• Elisa Santoni

• Elisa Blanchi

• Anzhelika Savrayuk

• Romina Laurito

• Andreea Stefanescu

• Marta Pagnini

• Julieta Cantaluppi

• ;Sailing

• Francesca Clapcich

• ;Table tennis

• Mihai Bobocica