The regiment is part of the army aviation and assigned to the Airmobile Brigade "Friuli".

On 1 August 1971, the Alpine Military School in Aosta formed another Light Aviation Unit at Pollein Airport.

On 20 January 1976, the 4th Army Light Aviation Grouping "Altair" was formed at Bolzano Airport and took command of the following aviation units of the IV Alpine Army Corps:[4] On 1 June 1976, the Alpine Military School's Light Aviation Unit at Pollein Airport was renamed 545th Multirole Helicopters Squadron and assigned to the 54th Multirole Helicopters Squadrons Group "Cefeo".

[4] From 1 June 1976, the grouping was organized as follows:[4][6][7][8] Since the 1975 army reform Italian army aviation units are named for celestial objects:[8] groupings, and later regiments, are numbered with a single digit and named for stars in the 88 modern constellationss.

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

Squadron groups were numbered with two digits and named for constellations, or planets of the Solar System.

[8] The 4th Army Light Aviation Grouping was named for Altair, which is the brightest star in the Aquila constellation.

[8] On 14 March 1977, the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone granted with decree 173 the grouping a flag.

On 1 September 1991, the 545th Multirole Helicopters Squadron moved from Pollein Heliport to Venaria Reale Airport.