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This is a list of British Army Army Air Corps aircraft units.

Current units

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Wings

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Brigades

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Regiments

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Regiment Formed
at		 Formed
on		 Location Notes
1 Regiment RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) [2]
2 (Training) Regiment Army Aviation Centre, Middle Wallop Flying Station [3]
3 Regiment Wattisham Flying Station [4]
4 Regiment Wattisham Flying Station [5]
5 Regiment 1979[6] Middle Wallop Flying Station [7]
6 Regiment (Reserve) RHQ at Middle Wallop Flying Station [8]
7 (Training) Regiment Army Aviation Centre, Middle Wallop Flying Station [3]
9 Regiment RAF Shawbury [9]

Squadrons

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Squadron Formed
at		 Formed
on		 Current aircraft Unit Role Notes
651 Squadron Feltwell
?		 1 Sept 1957
1 Nov 1971[10]		 n/a 1 Regiment previously operated the Defender[11]
652 (Wildcat Fielding) Squadron Germany October 1969[10] AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1 1 Regiment Aviation Reconnaissance Became 3 Division Army Aviation HQ 1966[10]
653 Squadron Kermia, Cyprus[12]
?
?		 11 May 1958[10]
1 Nov 1971[10]
Dec 1977[10]		 Boeing Apache AH-64E 3 Regiment Aviation Attack
656 Squadron Noble Field, Kuala Lumpur
Sek Kong
Farnborough		 1 Sept 1957
Dec 1969[13]
1978[14]		 Boeing Apache AH-64E 4 Regiment Aviation Attack
658 Squadron Germany
Netheravon
?		 1 Nov 1971[14]
Apr 1978[14]
?		 Eurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin II Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW) Special Forces Support
659 Squadron Germany 1 Nov 1971[15] AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1 1 Regiment Aviation Reconnaissance
660 Squadron Netheravon
Sek Kong
?		 10 Nov 1969[15]
1 Aug 1978
?		 Eurocopter Juno HT1 No. 1 Flying Training School RAF
2 Maritime Air Wing (2 MAW)		 Training Topcliffe (Apr 1970)[15]
First unit to operate the Gazelle AH.1 (6 July 1974)[16]
Disbanded (Dec 1977)
Formerly No. 11 Flight AAC - Sioux AH.1 & Scout AH.1[17]
Formerly No. 660 Aviation Squadron AAC[18]
Disbanded 20 Dec 1993[19]
661 Squadron Germany 1 Nov 1978[15] AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1 1 Regiment Aviation Reconnaissance
662 Squadron Germany 1 Nov 1971[15] Boeing Apache AH-64E 3 Regiment Aviation Attack
663 Squadron Netheravon 2 Mar 1970[15] Boeing Apache AH-64E 3 Regiment Aviation Attack Belize Airfield, British Honduras - Sioux AH.1 (Jan [20] - Nov 1973)[21]
Formerly No. 663 Aviation Squadron AAC
664 Squadron Farnborough (1 Nov 1971)[15] Boeing Apache AH-64E 4 Regiment Aviation Attack Belize Airfield, Belize - Sioux AH.1 (1974 - )[22]
668 (Training) Squadron ?
?		 Dec 1969[6]
?		 n/a 2 (Training) Regiment Groundcrew Training Disbanded (12 Dec 1971)[6]
670 Squadron Eurocopter Juno HT1 9 Regiment Training
671 Squadron n/a 7 (Training) Regiment Training
673 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 7 (Training) Regiment Training
674 Squadron Grob Tutor T1 Army Aviation Centre Grading [citation needed]
675 (The Rifles) Squadron n/a 6 Regiment (Reserve) Groundcrew
676 Squadron n/a 2 (Training) Regiment Training
677 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron n/a 6 Regiment (Reserve) Groundcrew
679 (The Duke of Connaught's) Squadron n/a 6 Regiment (Reserve) Groundcrew

Former Units

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Former Wings

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Wing Formed
at		 Formed
on		 Disbanded
at		 Disbanded
on		 Notes
No. 1 Wing AAC Detmold, Germany 1958 1989
No. 2 Wing AAC Northern Ireland 1958 1989
No. 3 Wing AAC Falaise Airfield, Little Aden 1965 RAF Khormaksar 19 Oct 1967[23] Previously No. 653 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC[24]
Controlled: 8, 13 and 15 Flights[24]
No. 4 Wing AAC Singapore[25] 1 October 1965 Singapore 11 Jan 1971[26] Previously No. 656 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC[27]
Co-located with HQ FARELF

Former Regiments

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Regiment Location Dates Notes
Northern Ireland Regiment - 1993 [28] became 5 Regiment Army Air Corps

Former Squadrons

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Squadron Formed
at		 Formed
on		 Disbanded
at		 Disbanded
on		 Last
unit		 Last
aircraft		 Notes
654 Squadron ?
?		 1 Sept 1958[10]
Oct 1969[10]		 Wattisham Airfield Jul 2014 4 Regt AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 [29]
Disbanded 1964[10]
655 Squadron Germany[14]
?		 1 Apr 1962
1969[14]		 Middle Wallop Airfield 1 Apr 2014 6 Regt n/a Groundcrew
Disbanded 1964[14]
McMunn Barracks, Colchester (1973)
Belize Airfield, Belize - Sioux AH.1 (Nov 1973[21] - 1974)[22]
657 Squadron Germany
Colchester		 1 Nov 1971[14]
Apr 1978[14]		 RAF Odiham May 2018 JSFAW Westland Lynx AH9A [30]Reformed from 665 Sqn (1978)[14]
665 Squadron Colchester
NI		 1 Nov 1971[15]
1 April 1986[15]		 JHC FS Aldergrove 31 Oct 2024 5 Regt Westland Gazelle AH1 [31]Disbanded April 1978)[15]
666 Squadron Plymouth
Netheravon		 19 Aug 1969[6]
1 Apr 1986[6]		 Airfield Camp, Netheravon 1 Apr 2009 7 Regt Gazelle AH.1 Previously No. 666 Aviation Squadron AAC
Previously No. 8 Flight AAC[32]
RAF Ballykelly (October 1969)
Det: Lisanelly Barracks (Omagh) - Sioux AH.1 and Scout AH.1 (1969)[32]
UK (January 1970)[18]
RAF Topcliffe (Nov 1970)[6]
Disbanded (Apr 1978)[6]
667 Squadron Netheravon
?		 1 Jun 1969[6]
?		 Medicina Lines 2022 Bell 212 AH1/AH3 [33] Became 7 Regiment (1 Jun 1971)[6]
669 Squadron Germany 1 Jun 1971[6] Dishforth Airfield 31 Jul 2016 9 Regt Lynx AH9A
672 Squadron Dishforth 1991[6] Dishforth Airfield 31 Jul 2016 9 Regt Lynx AH9A Joined with 656 Sqn (1994)[6]
678 (The Rifles) Squadron Buckinghamshire
Bedfordshire		 Nov 2021 6 Regt n/a Groundcrew (Reserve)
Hong Kong Aviation Squadron Sek Kong Feb 1969[13] Sek Kong Dec 1969 Scout AH.1 Became No. 656 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC
Demonstration and Trials Squadron Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1 [34]
Chipmunk Squadron Chipmunk T.10 Middle Wallop (1986)[35]
Basic Rotary Squadron Gazelle AH.1 Middle Wallop (1986)[35]
Advanced Rotary Squadron Gazelle AH.1 Middle Wallop (1986)[35]
Operational Training Squadron Gazelle AH.1, Lynx AH.1 & Scout AH.1 Middle Wallop (1986)[35]
Falkland Islands Squadron
(AAC Falklands Squadron)[14]		 Jun 1982[14] 31 May 1987 [28]

Former Flights

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Flight Formed
at		 Formed
on		 Disbanded
at		 Disbanded
on		 Aircraft
operated		 Locations
used		 Notes
1 Flight Hobart Barracks, Detmold 1 Sept 1957 RAF Aldergrove, NI Jul 2008 Islander[11] Formerly No. 1 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1901 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[37][38]
2 Flight Ipoh, Perak[39]
RAF Aldergrove, NI
Netheravon
?		 1 Sept 1957
1962
3 Jan 1966[40]
?		 ?
?
Seremban
Netheravon		 ?
?
Mar 1970
1992		 ?
Auster AOP.9 & Skeeter AOP.12[41]
Auster AOP.9 & Scout AH.1
Gazelle AH.1[34]		 Sibu (1966)[40]
Seremban (1968)[42]		 Formerly No. 2 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1902 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
3 Flight ?
Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh		 1 Sept 1957
1 May 1976		 ?
RAF Leuchars		 ?
2009		 Scout AH.1[43]
Sioux AH.1 until October 1977
Gazelle AH.1 from October 1977[44]		 Borneo (1965)[45] Formerly No. 3 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
Formerly Air Squadron, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars[46]
Last user of Sioux in NI[44]
4 Flight 1 Sept 1957 Formerly No. 4 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
5 Flight 1 Sept 1957 Formerly No. 5 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
6 Flight Middle Wallop 1 Sept 1957
1993		 RAF Shawbury 2009 Sycamore, Skeeter AOP.12, Auster AOP.9[47]
Beaver AL.1 & Alouette II[48]		 Formerly No. 6 Independent Depot/Liaison Flight AAC
Formerly No. 6 Independent Liaison Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1906 (Helicopter) Flight RAF)[38]
6A Flight Alouette II Netheravon [34]
6B Flight Beaver AL.1 Netheravon [34]
7 Flight Taiping, Malaya[39]
RAF Gatow, Berlin
Scout Base, Brunei[49]		 1 Sept 1957
?
?		 Terendak
Gatow, Berlin
Medicina Lines, Brunei		 Dec 1969[42]
1994[50]
1 Aug 2021		 Auster AOP.9, Scout AH.1
?
Bell 212		 Noble Field (1961)
Kluang (1961)[51]
Brunei Airport (1962[52]-Feb 1963[53]
Kuching (1963)[54]
Terendak (1968)[42]		 Formerly No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
Formerly No. 7 Liaison Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1907 Light Liaison Flight RAF)
(Formerly: No. 1907 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
Formerly 'C' Flight
(Formerly 'C' Flight, 656 Squadron AAC)[50]
Became No. 667 Squadron AAC
8 Flight Malta
?		 1 Sept 1957
?		 RAF Ballykelly
Stirling Lines		 October 1969
1 Sept 2013		 Auster AOP.6[55](Sept 1957 - Sept 1964)[56]
Alouette II (Sept 1961[57] - Oct 64),[56]
Beaver AL.1(1964)[56] Scout AH.1 (1964)[56]		 Wilson Field, Nairobi[58]
Kuwait Airport (2 Jul[55] - 19 Oct 1961)[57]
RAF Eastleigh (1961)[57]
Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (Oct 1964)[56]
Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[59]
RAF Khormaksar (1967)[60]
Coypool, Plymouth (1967)[32]
RAF Ballykelly (August 1969)[32]		 Formerly No. 8 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1908 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
Became 666 Aviation Squadron AAC[32]
9 Flight 1 Sept 1957
1968		 Soltau[61] BAOR. Formerly No. 9 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1909 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
10 Flight Lakatamia, Cyprus[62]
Dhekelia[58]
?		 1 Sept 1957
16 Jan 1961
?		 Kermia
Dhekelia[43]
?		 May 1958[12]
Jun 1962
?		 Auster AOP.6
Auster AOP.9, Alouette II (Dec 1961 - Jun 1962),[58][43]
Scout AH.1		 Long Pasia (1963)[63]
Kluang (1964)[64]
Netheravon (1967)[25]		 Formerly No. 10 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
Formerly No. 10 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1910 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
Became No. 653 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC
Became Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)[43]
?
11 Flight Sembawang, Malaya[39]
Kangaw Barracks (Sembawang)
Sek Kong[65]		 1 Sept 1957
1971
1977		 Sembawang
?
Sek Kong		 11 Jan 1971[26]
1975[66]
1 Aug 1978		 Auster AOP.9, Scout AH.1, Sioux AH.1, Gazelle AH.1 Kluang (1962)[67]
Brunei Airport (Feb 1963)[53]
Kuching (1963)[54]
Serembang (1970)[68]
Singapore (1971)[13]		 Formerly No. 656 Squadron AAC[65]
Formerly No. 11 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC
Formerly No. 11 ANZUK Flight AAC[13]
Formerly No. 11 Liaison Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1911 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[38]
Formerly RE Air Troop, Jungle Warfare School[26]
Became No. 660 Squadron AAC[17]
12 Flight Wildenrath 1 Sept 1957 Elmpt Station, Germany 2009 Alouette II[58], Gazelle AH.1[69] Formerly No. 12 Independent Liaison Flight AAC
Formerly No. 12 Liaison Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1912 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[38]
13 Flight RAF Aldergrove, Northern Ireland[70]
Sharjah		 1 Sept 1957
1967		 RAF Khormaksar
Sharjah		 Oct 1967
1970		 Auster AOP.6, T.7[70]
Skeeter (Feb 1960 - 61)[71]
Auster AOP. 9 then Scout AH.1 (1964 - 67)[72]
Beaver AL.1[73]		 RAF Feltwell (Feb 1958)[71]
RAF Aldergrove (Jul 1959)[71]
Det: RAF St Angelo (Nov 1959 - 61)[71]
Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (9 Mar 1961)[74]
Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[59]
RAF Khormaksar (1967)[60]
Sharjah (1967 - 70)[23]		 Formerly No. 13 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[74]
Formerly No. 13 Liaison Flight AAC[36][70]
(Formerly: No. 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[38]
Previously No. 15 Flight AAC[73]
14 Flight Paroi, Seremban, Malaya[39]
?		 1 Sept 1957
?		 Seremban
?		 Jan 1970[68]
?		 Auster AOP.9, Beaver AL.1, Scout AH.1
Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1		 Kluang (1962)[67]
Brunei Airport (1962)[52]
Kluang (1963)[75]
Seremban (1968)[42]
Netheravon[34]		 Formerly No. 14 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC
Formerly No. 14 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1914 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[76]
15 Flight Lakatamia, Cyprus[62]
?		 1 Sept 1957
1959		 Kermia
RAF Khormaksar[73]		 May 1958[12]
Oct 1967		 Beaver AL.1 Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (9 Mar 1961)[74]
Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[59]
RAF Khormaksar (1967)[60]		 Formerly No. 15 Independent Liaison Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1915 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
(Formerly: No. 1915 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[76]
Became No. 653 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC
Became No. 13 Flight AAC[73]
16 Flight Noble Field, Kuala Lumpur
Dhekelia, Cyprus[77]		 Late 1950s
1967		 Klulang
Dhekelia		 1 Oct 1964[78]
3 Jun 2003[79]		 Auster AOP.9
Sioux AH.1 (- 1977), Alouette II (1977[80] - 1988)[81]
Gazelle AH.1 (1988[81] - 2003)[79]		 Kluang (1962)[67] Formerly No. 16 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[82]
Became Air Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment[64]
Formerly No. 16 Aviation Flight AAC
Formerly Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus
17 Flight
18 Flight Detmold 1969 Alouette II[58] BAOR[83]
19 Flight 1964 Beaver AL.1[84] Nicosia[84]
Aden (Jun 1964)[85]		 Formerly No. 19 Liaison Flight AAC[84]
20 Flight Sha Tin, Hong Kong 1 Sept 1957 Auster AOP.6 (1965)[86] Sioux AH.1 (October 1966)[87] Kai Tak (1962)[88]
Seremban (Jul 1966)[87]
Sek Kong (1969)[13]		 Formerly No. 20 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36]
(Formerly: No. 1900 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
21 Flight 1961 1967 Auster AOP.6 & Scout AH.2[84] Nicosia (1964)[84]
Farnborough (Jun 1964)[85]		 Formerly No. 21 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[84]
22 Flight 1962
23 Flight 1969
24 Flight RAF Gütersloh, Germany Jun 1962[43] Alouette II[43] Detmold (1962)[43]
Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jun 1964[89] - Jan 1965)[90]		 BAOR
Formerly No. 24 Reconnaissance Flight[43]
25 Flight Atkinson Field, British Guiana
Airport Camp, Belize
Kenya		 1965
Apr 1984
?		 Atkinson Field
Airport Camp
Nanyuki, Kenya		 1966
15 Jul 2011[91]
Sept 2015		 Alouette II (1965)
Gazelle AH.1 (1984 - ?), Lynx AH.7 (May 1997 - 2003)
& Bell 212 (2003 - 11)[91]
Bell 212		 Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jun 1965[90] - May 1966)[92] British Guiana
Previously Army Air Corps Detachment Belize[93]
BATUK
26 Flight
27 Flight Alouette II[90] Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jan - Jun 1965)[90] BAOR
29 (BATUS) Flight Suffield, Canada 1972 Suffield, Canada [Note 1] Oct 2021 Gazelle AH.1 [94] 5 Regiment AAC had administrative
responsibility for 29 (BATUS) Flight.
132 Flight 1966 1974
Beaver Flight Topcliffe 1968 Beaver AL.1 Aldergrove (1976)[95], Middle Wallop[35] Previously No. 15 Flight AAC[73]
'C' Flight, 656 Squadron AAC Scout Base, Seria, Brunei 1970 Sioux AH.1 ( - 1978)
Scout AH.1 (1978 - )		 [96]
UNFICYP Flight Nicosia, Cyprus 15 Aug 1966 Nicosia 30 Sept 1994 Sioux AH.1, Alouette II (1977[80] - 1988)[81]
Gazelle AH.1 (1988 - 1994)[81]		 Part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.[97][98]
Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)[43] Dhekelia Jun 1962 Dhekelia Mar 1964 Auster AOP.9 & Sioux AH.1 Formerly No. 10 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[43]
Became Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, the Green Jackets[85]
Light Aircraft Pilot Ogle Airstrip, British Guiana
(near Georgetown)		 1966 Ogle Airstrip Oct 1966 Cessna 185B Skywagon [92]
Army Air Corps Detachment Belize Belize Airfield, Belize 1 Nov 1976 Airport Camp Apr 1984[93] Scout AH.1
Gazelle AH.1 (1981 - 84)[99]		 [100]
Gazelle Conversion Flight/
Advanced Rotary Wing Flight		 Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1 Middle Wallop [34]
Advanced Fixed-Wing Flight Beaver AL.1 & Chipmunk T.10
Islander AL.1[101]		 Middle Wallop [34]
Intermediate Fixed-Wing Flight[Note 2][102] Chipmunk T.10 Middle Wallop [34]
BATUS Flight Suffield Beaver ( - 1984) & Gazelle AH.1 [103]
Demonstration & Trials Flight Gazelle AH.1, Lynx AH.1 & Scout AH.1 Middle Wallop (1986) [35]
Historic Aircraft Flight Sioux AH.1, Skeeter AOP.10 & Auster AOP.9 Middle Wallop (1986) [35]

Other units

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  • The Light Aircraft School RAF became the Army Air Corps Centre[36]
Integrated Flight Scheme units
  • Air Platoon, Irish Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[104]
  • Air Platoon, Scots Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[105]
  • Air Squadron, Scots Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 - Harewood Barracks, Herford (1971) - Long Kesh (October 1971)[106] & Long Kesh (1972)[107]
  • Air Squadron, 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards - Auster AOP.6 and Skeeter AOP.12 at Aldergrove (1964) then Sioux AH.1, moved to Aden (November 1966)[108]
    • Air Troop - Skeeter AOP.12 (1962),[64][25] Auster AOP.6 then Sioux AH.1 (1965)[109]
  • Air Troop, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[110] to NI (1966) from Aden[108] - to BAOR (March 1969) then disbanded[111]
  • Air Squadron, Life Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[40]
  • Air Squadron, 14th/20th Hussars - Sioux AH.1 (1972 - 73)[20]
  • Air Squadron, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars - Omagh - became No. 3 Flight AAC on 1 May 1976[46]
  • Air Troop, 10th Royal Hussars - Sioux AH.1 (1964)[112]
  • Air Squadron, 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers - Sioux AH.1 - NI (1971)[106] - Omagh (1972)[107] - departed NI (1973)[113]
  • Air Squadron, 17th/21st Lancers - Sioux AH.1 at Aldergrove, NI (1969)[111] - Det at Ballykelly (1971)[114] - squadron moved to Lisanelly Barracks (1971)[115] - moved to Germany (October 1971)[106]
  • Air Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment - Sioux AH.1 (1976)[116]
  • Air Squadron, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1962)[41] - Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh (1973)[113]
  • Air Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) (previously 16 Flight)[64]
    • Air Troop - Falaise Airfield, Little Aden - Auster AOP.9 (1963)[74]
  • Air Squadron, 5th Royal Tank Regiment[117]
    • Air Troop - Seremban (1965)[118]
    • Air Troop - Brunei Airport (1965)[118]
  • Air Platoon, 40 Commando RM (1965)[25]
  • Air Troop, 42 Commando RM (1967)[119]
  • Air Troop, 45 Commando RM - Sioux AH.1 (1967)[120]
  • Salerno Flight, 41 Commando (1971)[114]
  • Montforterbrook Flight, 45 Commando (1971)[114]
  • Kangaw Flight, 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron - Sioux AH.1 in NI (1972)[121]
  • Air Platoon, the Northumberland Fusiliers - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[122]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion King's Somerset Light Infantry (1967)[119] - Sioux AH.1[42]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire - Ballykinler, Ballykelly, NI (1969) then UK (August 1969)[32]
  • Air Platoon, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) - became Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus[123][77]
  • Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, the Green Jackets - Auster AOP.9 (March 1964) - previously Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)[85]
  • Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry - disbanded April 1969[42]
  • Air OP Troop, 1 Regiment Royal Horse Artillery - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[110]
  • Air OP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[124]
  • Air OP Troop, 14 Light Regiment RA - disbanded November 1969[42]
  • Air OP Troop, 19 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[110]
  • Air OP Troop, 25 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1969)[13]
  • Air OP Troop, 40 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[125]
  • Air OP Troop, 45 Light Regiment RA (1965)[25]
  • Air OP Troop, 49 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[126]
  • Air OP Troop, 95 Commando Light Regiment RA (1967)[119]
  • Air Troop, 249 Signals Squadron (1967)[119] Disbanded March 1969[42]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders - Scout AH.1 (1965)[78]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) - Sioux AH.1 - Seria, Brunei (1967)[96]
  • Air Platoon, 6th Gurkha Rifles - Sek Kong (1965)[126]
  • Air Platoon, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Gurkha Rifles (1967)[119]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[87]
  • 30 Flight RASC - Beaver AL.1 (8 April 1964 - 15 July 1965) - became 130 Flight RCT[78]
  • 130 Flight RCT - Beaver AL.1 (1968)[42] - Middle Wallop (1970)[68]
  • 28 ANZUK Aviation Squadron - Sioux AH.1[26]
  • RE Air Troop, Jungle Warfare School, Johore - became 11 Flight AAC - Sioux AH.1[26]
  • Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus - Dhekelia - Sioux AH.1 (1966) - previously Air Platoon, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment - became No. 16 Aviation Flight AAC[77]

Deployments

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Cyprus

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Flights that supported the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) between 27 March 1964 and 15 August 1966:

  • 19 and 21 Flight's (Mar - Jun 1964)[85]
  • 3 Flight (Aug 1964 - Feb 1965)[123]
  • 6 Flight (Feb - Aug 1965)[123]
  • 21 Flight (Aug 1965 - Feb 1966)[124]
  • AOP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA (Feb - Aug 1966)[124]

Northern Ireland

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Deployed squadrons to Northern Ireland during the Troubles
  • 666 Squadron at Ballykelly (1969)[127]
  • 660 Squadron at Ballykelly between 1970[18] and July 1970[128]
  • 663 Aviation Squadron at Long Kesh Airfield between July[128] and October 1970[114]
  • 653 Aviation Squadron between October 1970 and February 1971[115]
  • 664 Parachute Aviation Squadron from February 1971[115] until June 1971
  • 665 Aviation Squadron[115] between June and October 1971[129]
  • 653 Squadron from October 1971 at Long Kesh[114])
  • 666 Squadron between October 1971[129] and February 1972
  • 663 Aviation Squadron from February 1972[129]
  • Flight from 651 Aviation Squadron from February 1972 at Aldergrove (Scout)[129]
  • Flight from 657 Aviation Squadron from February 1972 at Long Kesh (Sioux)[129]
  • 651 Aviation Squadron at Lisanelly Barracks (1972)[107]
  • 654 Squadron at Long Kesh (1972)[107]
  • 653 Squadron at Aldergrove (1972) - replaced by 665[107]
  • 665 Aviation Squadron at Aldergrove (1972)[107]
  • 652 Squadron (1973)[113]
  • 660 Squadron (Summer 1973)[113]
  • 666 Squadron (1973)[130]
  • 663 Squadron (November 1973)[130]
  • 657 Squadron - Soltau, Germany to Ballykelly - Det at Piggery Ridge, Londonderry. - Det at Magherafelt. Replaced by 661 (1974)[131]
  • 661 Squadron - Ballykelly (1974)[132]
  • 664 Squadron (1974)[133]
  • Flights from 662 (Scout AH.1) and 669 Squadrons (Sioux AH.1) as a composite - Long Kesh (1974)[134]
  • 655 Squadron (1974)[134]
  • Beaver AL.1 detachment at Aldergrove (1975)[16]
  • 651 Squadron (1975)[16]
  • 660 Squadron at Long Kesh from July 1975 (Gazelle AH.1)[16]
  • 662 Squadron (1975)[135]
  • 658 Squadron from November 1976[136]
  • 655 Squadron (1977) - returned to Detmold[137]
  • 662 Squadron (1977)[137]
  • 655 Squadron (1978)[138]
  • 659 Squadron (1978)[138]
  • 655 Squadron (1979)[138]

Notes

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  1. ^ Placed in suspended animation
  2. ^ Flack says this was the Initial Fixed Wing Flight

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "British Army Launches First Ever Aviation Brigade". Forces Net. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "1 Regt AAC (@1_Regt_AAC) / Twitter".
  3. ^ a b "Aviation | The British Army".
  4. ^ "3 Regiment Army Air Corps (@CO_3RegimentAAC) / Twitter".
  5. ^ "4 Regiment Army Air Corps (@4RegimentAAC) / Twitter".
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Farrar-Hockley 1994, p. 240.
  7. ^ "JHC FS Aldergrove | Royal Air Force".
  8. ^ "Army Air Corps | The British Army".
  9. ^ "RAF Shawbury | Royal Air Force".
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i Farrar-Hockley 1994, p. 237.
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Bibliography

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  • Beaver, Paul (1987). Today's Army Air Corps. Wellingborough, UK: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 0-85059-892-3.
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Further reading

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  • Mead, Peter (1967). Soldiers in the Air. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan.
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