The Army Light Aviation Unit (, UALE), initially known as Army Light Aviation Group (, GALE), is the Portuguese Army's unit dedicated to missions of light aviation, being integrated in the Army Forces System, under the operational command of the Ground Forces Operational Command (). In June 2012, the Portuguese government officially announced that it would cancel the order of all 10 NHI NH90 due to budget cuts, thus compromising the future of the UALE. Portugal is now the only NATO member whose army has no helicopters.