The 1st Aviation Brigade for Special Operations (1° Brigata Aerea per le Operazioni Speciali), is a National Republican Air Force formation, with the task of managing the field of Special Forces and Force protection units of the ANR. It groups the 17th ADANR, as well as the 16th Air Rifles Wing and other units, as the canine centre and, most important, the 9th special transportation Wing. Directly dependent on the Brigade Command there is, finally, the Training Centre, responsible for training of both 17th and 16th Wings. The 1st Aviation Brigade for Special Operations was established in 2011, converting the previous 1st Tele-guided Interceptors Brigade (i.e. the ANR Missile Brigade). Like its Army and Navy counterparts, the 1st Aviation Brigade is nowadays framed within the joint command