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"Come folgore"

The 185^th RAO Regiment (for the Reconnaissance and Acquisition of Objectives) is the heir of the 1^st Paratroopers Infantry Regiment (RFP) constituted in April 1941 at the Parachuting School in Tarquinia. Descendent of the 1^st Paratroopers Infantry Regiment of the "Folgore" Division, the 185^th RFP constituted the "Folgore" Recognition Squadron, after the 3^rd Battalion of 185^th RFP was dissolved on 8^th September 1943. In Italy that Squadron carried out patrols, infiltration and sabotage actions against German lines that ended with the "Herring" Operation (20^th April 1945), the unique airdrop of our Army on Italian territory, in the area of Po Valley. The task of the Squadron was to facilitate the allied advance along the peninsula, through special patrols and sabotage actions. Those war operations were carried out also thanks to the training led by the English Special Air Service (SAS) in Puglia in 1944. Today the operators of the 185^th RAO Regiment are the result of a severe two-year selection through which the techniques to carry out missions in any Operational Theatres are learnt: from the mountain to the amphibious environment, from the desert to the Mediterranean and continental one.

The Regiment celebrates:
29^th September S. Michele Arcangelo
18^th-20^th April (1945) commemoration of Herring Operation
21^st June​ Commemoration of the assumption of the Flag of 185^th Paratroopers Infantry Regiment and decoration of the Infantry Squadron​