2/12 "Picardy making its appearance it May 1, 1954, it is seen allotting 2 escadrilles June 5 of the same year, the spa 173 and the spa 172. It is only in September 1996 that the 2/12 while becoming autonomous, takes again the spa 90, it obtains its 3rd flotilla thus.

The spa 172 at summer created November 1918 and dissolved on March 27, 1919. It was thus again present at the creation of the 2/12 in 1954.

The spa 172 A for badge a red parrot.