2nd Army Aviation Support Regiment "Orione"
military unit
The 2nd Army Aviation Support Regiment "Orione" (Italian: 2° Reggimento Sostegno Aviazione dell'Esercito "Orione") is an Italian Army unit based at Borgo Panigale Airport near Bologna in the Emilia Romagna. The regiment is part of the Italian Army's army aviation and assigned to the Army Aviation Support Brigade. The regiment provides 2nd-line maintenance, upgrade and test services for the NH90 transport helicopters of the 3rd Special Operations Helicopter Regiment "Aldebaran", 5th Army Aviation Regiment "Rigel", and 7th Army Aviation Regiment "Vega".
History
On 1 March 1957, the 2nd Army Light Aircraft Repairs Unit was formed in Bologna. In 1959, the unit was renamed 2nd Army Light Aviation Repairs Unit. In 1962, the unit moved from Bologna to Borgo Panigale Airport. At the time the unit consisted of a command, a command squadron, a supply section, an inspection and recovery section, an aircraft maintenance and repair section, a helicopter maintenance and repair section, and a subsystems repair section. The unit provided technical-logistical services for all of the army's flying units in northeastern Italy and the Tuscan-Emilian Military Region.
On 12 December 1989, the President of the Italian Republic Francesco Cossiga granted the unit a flag. In 1990, the unit consisted of a command, an administration office, an aviation materiel office, a general services department, a technical department, and aircraft squadron.
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