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A total of 12 AMX lightweight fighter-bombers drawn from the 13 Gruppo of 32 Stormo, 103 Gruppo of 51 Stormo and 132 Gruppo of 51 Stormo, Italian Air Force, took part in Operation Allied Force, all from Amendola AB. This example is shown as seen at that air base around the time, wearing the famous 51° Stormo badge of a black cat chasing three mice, but no visible serial on the side. This type primarily deployed general-purpose bombs of US-design, such as Mk.82s and Mk.83s in combat over Kosovo. For self-defence purposes, it was regularly equipped with wing-tip-mounted AIM-9M Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. (Artwork by Goran Sudar)