On 3 April 2025, the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy is issuing a commemorative stamp dedicated to the 185th Parachute Reconnaissance and Target Acquisition Regiment "FOLGORE", known as the 185th RRAO, a unit of the Italian Army belonging to the Special Forces, specialised in advanced reconnaissance and target acquisition operations in highly critical environments. Features of the stamp The [...]
The rise of General Officers from the Air Force continues. The former Commander of the 185th RRAO 'Folgore' Alessandro Grassano received his second star as General. Born in Alessandria on 21 November 1970, Grassano began his career at the Army Military Academy in Modena in 1990. Achieving the rank of Lieutenant in 1995, he started [...]
The 185th Parachute Reconnaissance Target Acquisition Regiment 'Folgore', also known as RRAO, recently held a series of commemorative events in honour of Sergeant Salvatore Marracino, who fell in Iraq on 15 March 2005. The commemoration took place both at the regiment's headquarters in Livorno and in the Sergeant's hometown of San Severo, [...].
On a day steeped in history and memory, a delegation from the 185th Parachute Regiment Objective Acquisition Reconnaissance 'Folgore', led by Colonel Marco Margutti, embarked on a significant journey through the key sites of Operation 'Herring', a particularly emblematic episode in Italy's participation in the Second World War. The infiltration and sabotage action, was carried out from the night of 20 [...].
