The section was tasked with support the Italian Armed Forces' Special Units Grouping, which guarded military intelligence installations in Sardinia and was tasked with training the direct action personnel of the Italian Armed Forces' intelligence agency SISMI.

On 15 February 1995, the President of the Italian Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro granted the regiment a flag.

[3][4][7] On 16 September 1996, the regiment was transferred from the 3rd Army Corps to the Support Units Command "Legnano".

[2] On 9 November 2014, the 26th Squadrons Group "Giove" left the 1st Army Aviation Regiment "Antares" and the next day squadrons group entered the newly formed 3rd Special Operations Helicopter Regiment "Aldebaran", which was assigned to the Army Aviation Brigade.

[10] On 31 December 2015, the detachment in Pisa was disbanded and the remaining AB 205 helicopters assigned to other regiments.

Accordingly, an army aviation regiment's coat of arms highlights the name-giving star within its constellation.