Before the merger the 87th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Senio" had been disbanded on 31 January 1991, and the 35th Field Artillery Group "Riolo" and the 19th Armored Battalion on 6 May 1991. After the reintroduction of the regimental level in 1992 the brigade was composed of the following units on 1 January 1993: Mechanized Brigade "Friuli", in Bologna Command and Signal Unit "Friuli", in Bologna (renamed Command and Tactical Supports Unit after merging with the Engineer Company "Friuli" in 1993) 4th Tank Regiment, in Ozzano dell'Emilia (Leopard 1A2 main battle tanks; renamed 33rd Tank Regiment on 1 September 1993) 6th Bersaglieri Regiment, in Bologna (VCC-2 armoured personnel carriers) 66th Mechanized Infantry Battalion "Valtellina", in Forlì (VCC-2 armoured personnel carriers; later renamed 66th Infantry Regiment "Trieste") 78th Infantry Regiment "Lupi di Toscana", in Scandicci (VCC-2 armoured personnel carriers) 225th Regiment "Arezzo", in Arezzo (replaced by the 121st Infantry Regiment "Macerata" on 15 September 1993) 21st Self-propelled Artillery Group "Romagna", in Bologna (M109 155mm self-propelled howitzers; later renamed 21st Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Trieste") Logistic Battalion "Friuli", in Budrio Engineer Company "Friuli", in Bologna (merged in September 1993 into the Command and Signal Unit) Airmobile Brigade "Friuli" On 7 October 1995 the brigade received a cavalry regiment: the 4th Alpine Army Corps' Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" (3rd) based in Meran in South Tyrol was disbanded and the name transferred to the Regiment "Lancieri di Firenze" (9th) based in Grosseto in Tuscany. On 5 September of the same year the 78th Infantry Regiment "Lupi di Toscana" was disbanded. During the late 1990s the brigade was earmarked to become Italy's only Air Assault brigade and therefore the 33rd Tank Regiment was transferred to the Armored Brigade "Ariete", the 121st Infantry Regiment "Macerata" to the Mechanized Brigade "Legnano", and the 21st Self-propelled Artillery Regiment "Trieste" to the Armored Brigade "Pinerolo". On 1 January 1999 the 7th Air Cavalry Regiment "Vega" and on 1 May 2000, the 5th Air Cavalry Regiment "Rigel" joined the brigade, which on the latter date changed its name to Airmobile Brigade "Friuli". On 27 June 2001 the Logistic Battalion "Friuli" became the 6th Transport Regiment and was transferred to the Logistic Projection Brigade. In 2003 the army's aviation left the cavalry arm and became a corps of its own and consequently the brigade's two air cavalry regiments changed their names to army aviation regiment. On 1 January 2005 the 6th Bersaglieri Regiment