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1st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment (Italy)
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The 1st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment (Italian: 1° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei) is an inactive air defence regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Albenga in Liguria. Originally an air defence regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the unit was last active from 1947 to 1964.[1] The regimental anniversary falls, as for all Italian Army artillery regiments, on June 15, the beginning of the Second Battle of the Piave River in 1918.[1]
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1st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment | |
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1° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei | |
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Active | 1 June 1930 — 8 Sept. 1943 1 July 1947 — 31 May 1964 |
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Branch | Italian Army |
Garrison/HQ | Albenga |
Motto(s) | "Del volo spezzo la superba audacia" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
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