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.
[2][3] On 1 March 1957, the 2nd Army Light Aircraft Repairs Unit was formed in Bologna.
[4] On 12 December 1989, the President of the Italian Republic Francesco Cossiga granted the unit a flag.
On 1 September 1996, the unit was renamed 2nd Army Aviation Support Regiment "Orione".
[2][3][5] Since the 1975 army reform Italian Army aviation units are named for celestial objects:[6] aviation support regiments are numbered with a single digit and named for one of the 88 modern constellations.