 Other uses in the Republican era of color are the border of the Italian presidential banner (blue, in heraldry, means "law" and "command") as well as on the institutional flags of some primary public offices (President of the Council of Ministers, minister and undersecretary of defense, high degrees of the Italian Navy and of the Italian Air Force), as well as on the distinctive range of the presidents of the Italian provinces, on the Italian blue cockade and on the aircraft used by the Frecce Tricolori.In the sporting field, the blue of Savoy distinguishes almost all of the athletes who represent Italy internationally in any discipline