自20世纪90年代末,意大利空军就开始精兵简政,裁减人员,缩小编制规模。进入21世纪之后,意大利政府投入到空军的国防预算更是一直在削减,从2002年的41.1亿欧元已经减少到2015年的29.1亿欧元。在短短13年的时间里,空军经费开支削减了四分之一还要多,如果算上物价上涨因素,那么实际上的削减幅度还要更大。 Since the late 1990s, the Italian Air Force began to streamline its ranks, cut its staff and reduce its size. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the budget for the defense invested by the Italian government in the Air Force has also been on the decline, having dropped from 4.21 billion euros in 2002 to 2.91 billion euros in 2015. In just 13 years, Air Force spending has been cut by more than a quarter, and the real cuts have been even greater if we factor in price increases.