[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 7th Army Aviation Regiment was named for Vega, which is the brightest star in the Lyra constellation.

[8] On 15 July 1996, the President of the Italian Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro granted the regiment a flag,[9] which has since been decorated with one Military Order of Italy for the regiment's participation in international missions in Albania, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and one Bronze Medal of Army Valor, which was awarded to the then autonomous 48th Reconnaissance Helicopters Squadrons Group "Pavone" for its service after the 1976 Friuli earthquake.

[1][2] On 1 September 1998, the 7th Attack Helicopters Regiment "Vega" transferred the 48th Attack Helicopters Squadrons Group "Pavone" to the 5th Army Aviation Regiment "Rigel", which moved on the same date to the former Italian Air Force Miramare Air Base near Rimini.