# Once Upon A Time, The Knights Of Malta had an Air Force. LINK

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The Knights of Saint John, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta briefly has an air force, of 100% bombers, post-World War Two.  
It consisted of Savoia-Marchetti SM.82. [LINK TO SPECS.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_SM.82)  
[LINK TO KNIGHT OF MALTA AF.](https://ucatholic.com/blog/the-time-when-the-order-of-malta-had-an-air-force/)

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It would be so great if their mascot was the Falcon.

They coulda done it, too. The ovel came out in 1930, and had been filmed three times before the end of WWII. The John Huston version was pretty famous.