The 3rd Army Aviation Support Regiment "Aquila" (Italian: 3° Reggimento Sostegno Aviazione dell'Esercito "Aquila") is an Italian Army unit based at Orio al Serio Airport near Bergamo in Lombardy.
[2][3] On 1 September 1965, the 3rd Army Light Aviation Repairs Unit was formed at the Orio al Serio Airport in Bergamo.
[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 3rd Army Aviation Support Regiment "Aquila".
[2][3] 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.