the allies' absolute air supremacy prevent the trains from leaving their camouflaged shelters. The eight trains based in Sicily were blown up by their crews during the retreat from the island. Air Force Command Sicily Airfields in Sicily were under command of the Royal Italian Air Force's Air Force Command Sicily, which fell under Armed Forces Command Sicily. The commanding officer was Generale di divisione aerea Adriano Monti. Each airfield was garrisoned by two infantry companies, reinforced by two mortar squads with 81mm Mod. 35 mortars, and two artillery batteries with 149/12 howitzers. The airfields and units under command of Air Force Command Sicily on 10 July 1943, and the reinforcements, which arrived in Sicily on 10 and 11 July 1943, were: Augusta Airfield 8th Naval Reconnaissance Squadron (Z.506 Airone and RS.14 float planes) 170th and 186th flights (197th Flight detached to Stagnone Airfield) Castelvetrano Airfield 16th Fighter Squadron (C.202 Folgore fighters) 167th, 168th, and 169th flights Staff Schlachtgeschwader 2 I/Schlachtgeschwader 2, at Milis Airfield in Sardinia (Fw 190 F-2 fighters) II/Schlachtgeschwader 2 (Fw 190 F-2 fighters) Chinisia Airfield 21st Fighter Squadron (C.202 Folgore fighters) 356th, 361st, and 386th flights 155th Fighter Squadron (C.205 Veltro fighters; arrived from Monserrato Airfield) 351st and 360th flights (378th Flight remained at Monserrato) Comiso Airfield 3rd Fighter Squadron (Bf.109G fighters) 153rd, 154th, and 155th flights Staff Jagdgeschwader 53 I/Jagdgeschwader 53, at Vibo Valentia Airfield (Bf-109 G6 fighters) II/Jagdgeschwader 53, at Gerbini Airfield (Bf-109 G6 fighters) III/Jagdgeschwader 53, at Sigonella Airfield (Bf-109 G6 fighters) II/Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Ju-88C6 III/Schnellkampfgeschwader 10, at Comiso Airfield (Fw 190 A-5 fighters) Gerbini Airfield 131st Torpedo-Bomber Squadron (SM.79 Sparviero torpedo-bombers) 279th and 284th flights Staff Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 II/Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 (Fw 190 A-5 fighters) III/Schnellkampfgeschwader 10, at Comiso Airfield (Fw 190 A-5 fighters) IV/Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 (Fw 190 A-5 fighters) II/Jagdgeschwader 53 (Bf-109 G6 fighters) Palermo-Boccadifalco Airfield 66th Reconnaissance Squadron (Ca.311, Ca.313, and Ca.314 reconnaissance/attack planes) 131st Flight (87th Flight detached to Sigonella Airfield) 153rd Fighter Squadron (C.202 Folgore fighters) 372nd, 373rd, 374th, and 377th flights 46th Assault Squadron (CR.42 Falco fighters; arrived from Capoterra Airfield) 20th Flight 47th Assault Squadron (CR.42 Falco fighters; arrived from Oristano Airfield) 53rd Flight 207th Flight/ 103rd Dive-Bomber Squadron (Ju.87D Stuka dive bombers; arrived from Decimomannu Airfield) Elements of the 3rd Fighter Wing with C.202 Folgore fighter arrived from Cerveteri Airfield near Rome on 11 July Reggio Calabria Airfield (located just over the Messina Strait on mainland