Army Aviation Brigade (Italy)
The Army Aviation Brigade is the Italian Army's aviation brigade. Four of the army's six aviation regiments are part of the brigade, while two aviation regiments are part of the Airmobile Brigade "Friuli". History. The unit was founded in 2001 as Air Cavalry Grouping with the 1st Air Cavalry Regiment "Antares", 2nd Air Cavalry Regiment "Sirio", 4th Air Cavalry Regiment "Altair", 28th Squadrons Group "Tucano", and the Squadrons Group So.A.T.C.C. "Dragone" (Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Signals, Command and Control Group). In 2003 the aviation units left the cavalry arm and became a distinct corps  of the army, therefore the Grouping was renamed Army Aviation Grouping, which was changed on 1 March 2006 to Army Aviation Brigade. On the same date the Squadrons Group So.A.T.C.C. was disbanded. On 10 November 2014 the 26th Squadrons Group "Giove" left the 1st Army Aviation Regiment "Antares" and was reorganized as 3rd Special Operations Helicopter Regiment "Aldebaran" on the same day. Structure. As of the 2021 the brigade is organized as follows: