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List of Army Air Corps aircraft units (United Kingdom)

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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 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 Middle Wallop Flying Station [6]
6 Regiment (Reserve) RHQ at Middle Wallop Flying Station [7]
7 (Training) Regiment Army Aviation Centre, Middle Wallop Flying Station [3]
9 Regiment RAF Shawbury [8]

Squadrons

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Squadron Current
aircraft
Unit Role Locations
used
Notes
651 Squadron n/a 1 Regiment RAF Feltwell (1958)[9]
Nicosia (1964)[10]
Middle Wallop (1964)[10]
previously operated the Defender[11]
Formerly No. 651 (Light Aircraft) Squadron AAC.
652 (Wildcat Fielding) Squadron AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1 1 Regiment Aviation Reconnaissance
653 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 3 Regiment Aviation Attack Dhekelia (1960)[12]
RAF Sheikh Othman, Aden (1961)[13]
Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (9 Mar 1961)[14][15]
Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964)[16]
Formed at Kermia, Cyprus[17] on May 1958
Became No. 3 Wing AAC (1965)[18]
Formerly No. 653 (Light Aircraft) Squadron AAC[17]
(Formerly No. 10 Flight AAC and No. 15 Flight AAC)[17]
Formerly No. 653 Aviation Squadron AAC[19]
656 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 4 Regiment Aviation Attack Kluang (1962)[20]
Kuching (1965)[21]
Seremban (1968)[22]
Farnborough (1980)[23]
Formed Noble Field, Kuala Lumpur on 1 Sept 1957
Formerly No. 656 (Light Aircraft) Squadron AAC[24]
Became HQ No. 4 Wing AAC on 1 Oct 1965 - acting as Aviation HQ Borneo[25]
Formerly Hong Kong Aviation Squadron AAC (Feb - Dec 1969)[26]
Reformed at Sek Kong during Dec 1969[26]
Sioux AH.1 & Scout AH.1 Flights (1970 - 75)[26]
Sioux AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1 Flights (November 1975 -77)[27][28]
Renamed No. 11 Flight AAC (Jun 1977)[29]
658 Squadron Eurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin II Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW) Special Forces Support
659 Squadron AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1 1 Regiment Aviation Reconnaissance
660 Squadron Eurocopter Juno HT1 No. 1 Flying Training School RAF
2 Maritime Air Wing (2 MAW)
Training Reformed at Sek Kong on 1 Aug 1978
Formerly No. 11 Flight AAC - Sioux AH.1 & Scout AH.1[28]
Formerly No. 660 Aviation Squadron AAC[30]
First unit to operate the Gazelle AH.1 (6 July 1974)[31]
Disbanded 20 Dec 1993[32]
661 Squadron AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1 1 Regiment Aviation Reconnaissance
662 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 3 Regiment Aviation Attack
663 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 3 Regiment Aviation Attack Belize Airfield, British Honduras - Sioux AH.1 (Jan [33] - Nov 1973)[34]
Formerly No. 663 Aviation Squadron AAC
664 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 4 Regiment Aviation Attack Belize Airfield, Belize - Sioux AH.1 (1974 - )[35]
668 (Training) Squadron n/a 2 (Training) Regiment Groundcrew Training
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[36] Previously No. 653 (Light Aircraft) Squadron AAC[18]
Controlled: 8, 13 and 15 Flights[18]
No. 4 Wing AAC Singapore[21] 1 October 1965 Singapore 11 Jan 1971[37] Previously No. 656 (Light Aircraft) Squadron AAC[25]
Co-located with HQ FARELF

Former Regiments

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Regiment Location Dates Notes
Falkland Islands Squadron - 31 May 1987 [38]
Northern Ireland Regiment - 1993 [38] became 5 Regiment Army Air Corps

Former Squadrons

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Squadron Disbanded
on
Disbanded
at
Last
unit
Last
aircraft
Notes
654 Squadron Jul 2014 Wattisham Airfield 4 Regt AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 [39]
655 Squadron 1 Apr 2014 Middle Wallop Airfield 6 Regt n/a Groundcrew.
McMunn Barracks, Colchester (1973)
Belize Airfield, Belize - Sioux AH.1 (Nov 1973[34] - 1974)[35]
657 Squadron May 2018 RAF Odiham JSFAW Westland Lynx AH9A [40]
665 Squadron 31 Oct 2024 JHC FS Aldergrove 5 Regt Westland Gazelle AH1 [41]
666 Squadron 1 Apr 2009 Airfield Camp, Netheravon 7 Regt Gazelle AH.1 Previously No. 666 Aviation Squadron AAC
Previously No. 8 Flight AAC[42]
Formed RAF Ballykelly during October 1969
Det: Lisanelly Barracks (Omagh) - Sioux AH.1 and Scout AH.1 (1969)[42]
UK (January 1970)[30]
667 Squadron 2022 Medicina Lines Bell 212 AH1/AH3 [43]
669 Squadron 31 Jul 2016 Dishforth Airfield 9 Regt Lynx AH9A
672 Squadron 31 Jul 2016 Dishforth Airfield 9 Regt Lynx AH9A
678 (The Rifles) Squadron Nov 2021 Buckinghamshire
Bedfordshire
6 Regt n/a Groundcrew (Reserve)
Hong Kong Aviation Squadron Dec 1969 Sek Kong Scout AH.1 Formed Feb 1969 at Sek Kong[26]
Became No. 656 (Light Aircraft) Squadron AAC
Demonstration and Trials Squadron Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1 [44]
Chipmunk Squadron Chipmunk T.10 Middle Wallop (1986)[45]
Basic Rotary Squadron Gazelle AH.1 Middle Wallop (1986)[45]
Advanced Rotary Squadron Gazelle AH.1 Middle Wallop (1986)[45]
Operational Training Squadron Gazelle AH.1, Lynx AH.1 & Scout AH.1 Middle Wallop (1986)[45]

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[46]
(Formerly: No. 1901 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[47][48]
2 Flight Ipoh, Perak[49]
RAF Aldergrove, NI
Netheravon
?
1 Sept 1957
1962
3 Jan 1966[50]
?
?
?
Seremban
Netheravon
?
?
Mar 1970
1992
?
Auster AOP.9 & Skeeter AOP.12[51]
Auster AOP.9 & Scout AH.1
Gazelle AH.1[44]
Sibu (1966)[50]
Seremban (1968)[22]
Formerly No. 2 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1902 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[48]
3 Flight ?
Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh
1 Sept 1957
1 May 1976
?
RAF Leuchars
?
2009
Scout AH.1[52]
Sioux AH.1 until October 1977
Gazelle AH.1 from October 1977[53]
Borneo (1965)[54] Formerly No. 3 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[48]
Formerly Air Squadron, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars[55]
Last user of Sioux in NI[53]
4 Flight 1 Sept 1957 Formerly No. 4 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[48]
5 Flight 1 Sept 1957 Formerly No. 5 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[48]
6 Flight Middle Wallop 1 Sept 1957
1993
RAF Shawbury 2009 Sycamore, Skeeter AOP.12, Auster AOP.9[56]
Beaver AL.1 & Alouette II[57]
Formerly No. 6 Independent Depot/Liaison Flight AAC
Formerly No. 6 Independent Liaison Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1906 (Helicopter) Flight RAF)[48]
6A Flight Alouette II Netheravon [44]
6B Flight Beaver AL.1 Netheravon [44]
7 Flight Taiping, Malaya[49]
RAF Gatow, Berlin
Scout Base, Brunei[58]
1 Sept 1957
?
?
Terendak
Gatow, Berlin
Medicina Lines, Brunei
Dec 1969[22]
1994[59]
1 Aug 2021
Auster AOP.9, Scout AH.1
?
Bell 212
Noble Field (1961)
Kluang (1961)[60]
Brunei Airport (1962[61]-Feb 1963[62]
Kuching (1963)[63]
Terendak (1968)[22]
Formerly No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
Formerly No. 7 Liaison Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1907 Light Liaison Flight RAF)
(Formerly: No. 1907 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[48]
Formerly 'C' Flight
(Formerly 'C' Flight, 656 Squadron AAC)[59]
Became No. 667 Squadron AAC
8 Flight Malta
?
1 Sept 1957
?
RAF Ballykelly
Stirling Lines
October 1969
1 Sept 2013
Auster AOP.6[64](Sept 1957 - Sept 1964)[65]
Alouette II (Sept 1961[66] - Oct 64),[65]
Beaver AL.1(1964)[65] Scout AH.1 (1964)[65]
Wilson Field, Nairobi[67]
Kuwait Airport (2 Jul[64] - 19 Oct 1961)[66]
RAF Eastleigh (1961)[66]
Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (Oct 1964)[65]
Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[68]
RAF Khormaksar (1967)[69]
Coypool, Plymouth (1967)[42]
RAF Ballykelly (August 1969)[42]
Formerly No. 8 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1908 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[48]
Became 666 Aviation Squadron AAC[42]
9 Flight 1 Sept 1957
1968
Soltau[70] BAOR. Formerly No. 9 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1909 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[48]
10 Flight Lakatamia, Cyprus[71]
Dhekelia[67]
?
1 Sept 1957
16 Jan 1961
?
Kermia
Dhekelia[52]
?
May 1958[17]
Jun 1962
?
Auster AOP.6
Auster AOP.9, Alouette II (Dec 1961 - Jun 1962),[67][52]
Scout AH.1
Long Pasia (1963)[72]
Kluang (1964)[73]
Netheravon (1967)[21]
Formerly No. 10 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
Formerly No. 10 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1910 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[48]
Became No. 653 (Light Aircraft) Squadron AAC
Became Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)[52]
?
11 Flight Sembawang, Malaya[49]
Kangaw Barracks (Sembawang)
Sek Kong[29]
1 Sept 1957
1971
1977
Sembawang
?
Sek Kong
11 Jan 1971[37]
1975[74]
1 Aug 1978
Auster AOP.9, Scout AH.1, Sioux AH.1, Gazelle AH.1 Kluang (1962)[75]
Brunei Airport (Feb 1963)[62]
Kuching (1963)[63]
Serembang (1970)[76]
Singapore (1971)[26]
Formerly No. 656 Squadron AAC[29]
Formerly No. 11 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC
Formerly No. 11 ANZUK Flight AAC[26]
Formerly No. 11 Liaison Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1911 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[48]
Formerly RE Air Troop, Jungle Warfare School[37]
Became No. 660 Squadron AAC[28]
12 Flight Wildenrath 1 Sept 1957 Elmpt Station, Germany 2009 Alouette II[67], Gazelle AH.1[77] Formerly No. 12 Independent Liaison Flight AAC
Formerly No. 12 Liaison Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1912 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[48]
13 Flight RAF Aldergrove, Northern Ireland[78]
Sharjah
1 Sept 1957
1967
RAF Khormaksar
Sharjah
Oct 1967
1970
Auster AOP.6, T.7[78]
Skeeter (Feb 1960 - 61)[79]
Auster AOP. 9 then Scout AH.1 (1964 - 67)[80]
Beaver AL.1[81]
RAF Feltwell (Feb 1958)[79]
RAF Aldergrove (Jul 1959)[79]
Det: RAF St Angelo (Nov 1959 - 61)[79]
Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (9 Mar 1961)[14]
Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[68]
RAF Khormaksar (1967)[69]
Sharjah (1967 - 70)[36]
Formerly No. 13 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[14]
Formerly No. 13 Liaison Flight AAC[46][78]
(Formerly: No. 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[48]
Previously No. 15 Flight AAC[81]
14 Flight Paroi, Seremban, Malaya[49]
?
1 Sept 1957
?
Seremban
?
Jan 1970[76]
?
Auster AOP.9, Beaver AL.1, Scout AH.1
Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1
Kluang (1962)[75]
Brunei Airport (1962)[61]
Kluang (1963)[82]
Seremban (1968)[22]
Netheravon[44]
Formerly No. 14 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC
Formerly No. 14 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1914 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[83]
15 Flight Lakatamia, Cyprus[71]
?
1 Sept 1957
1959
Kermia
RAF Khormaksar[81]
May 1958[17]
Oct 1967
Beaver AL.1 Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (9 Mar 1961)[14]
Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[68]
RAF Khormaksar (1967)[69]
Formerly No. 15 Independent Liaison Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1915 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
(Formerly: No. 1915 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[83]
Became No. 653 (Light Aircraft) Squadron AAC
Became No. 13 Flight AAC[81]
16 Flight Noble Field, Kuala Lumpur
Dhekelia, Cyprus[84]
Late 1950s
1967
Klulang
Dhekelia
1 Oct 1964[85]
3 Jun 2003[86]
Auster AOP.9
Sioux AH.1 (- 1977), Alouette II (1977[87] - 1988)[88]
Gazelle AH.1 (1988[88] - 2003)[86]
Kluang (1962)[75] Formerly No. 16 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[20]
Became Air Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment[73]
Formerly No. 16 Aviation Flight AAC
Formerly Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus
17 Flight
18 Flight Detmold 1969 Alouette II[67] BAOR[89]
19 Flight 1964 Beaver AL.1[90] Nicosia[90]
Aden (Jun 1964)[10]
Formerly No. 19 Liaison Flight AAC[90]
20 Flight Sha Tin, Hong Kong 1 Sept 1957 Auster AOP.6 (1965)[91] Sioux AH.1 (October 1966)[92] Kai Tak (1962)[93]
Seremban (Jul 1966)[92]
Sek Kong (1969)[26]
Formerly No. 20 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC[46]
(Formerly: No. 1900 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[48]
21 Flight 1961 1967 Auster AOP.6 & Scout AH.2[90] Nicosia (1964)[90]
Farnborough (Jun 1964)[10]
Formerly No. 21 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[90]
22 Flight 1962
23 Flight 1969
24 Flight RAF Gütersloh, Germany Jun 1962[52] Alouette II[52] Detmold (1962)[52]
Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jun 1964[94] - Jan 1965)[95]
BAOR
Formerly No. 24 Reconnaissance Flight[52]
25 Flight Atkinson Field, British Guiana
Airport Camp, Belize
Kenya
1965
Apr 1984
?
Atkinson Field
Airport Camp
Nanyuki, Kenya
1966
15 Jul 2011[96]
Sept 2015
Alouette II (1965)
Gazelle AH.1 (1984 - ?), Lynx AH.7 (May 1997 - 2003)
& Bell 212 (2003 - 11)[96]
Bell 212
Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jun 1965[95] - May 1966)[97] British Guiana
Previously Army Air Corps Detachment Belize[98]
BATUK
26 Flight
27 Flight Alouette II[95] Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jan - Jun 1965)[95] BAOR
29 (BATUS) Flight Suffield, Canada 1972 Suffield, Canada [Note 1] Oct 2021 Gazelle AH.1 [99] 5 Regiment AAC had administrative
responsibility for 29 (BATUS) Flight.
132 Flight 1966 1974
Beaver Flight Topcliffe 1968 Beaver AL.1 Aldergrove (1976)[100], Middle Wallop[45] Previously No. 15 Flight AAC[81]
'C' Flight, 656 Squadron AAC Scout Base, Seria, Brunei 1970 Sioux AH.1 ( - 1978)
Scout AH.1 (1978 - )
[101]
UNFICYP Flight Nicosia, Cyprus 15 Aug 1966 Nicosia 30 Sept 1994 Sioux AH.1, Alouette II (1977[87] - 1988)[88]
Gazelle AH.1 (1988 - 1994)[88]
Part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.[102][103]
Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)[52] Dhekelia Jun 1962 Dhekelia Mar 1964 Auster AOP.9 & Sioux AH.1 Formerly No. 10 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[52]
Became Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, the Green Jackets[10]
Light Aircraft Pilot Ogle Airstrip, British Guiana
(near Georgetown)
1966 Ogle Airstrip Oct 1966 Cessna 185B Skywagon [97]
Army Air Corps Detachment Belize Belize Airfield, Belize 1 Nov 1976 Airport Camp Apr 1984[98] Scout AH.1
Gazelle AH.1 (1981 - 84)[104]
[105]
Gazelle Conversion Flight/
Advanced Rotary Wing Flight
Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1 Middle Wallop [44]
Advanced Fixed-Wing Flight Beaver AL.1 & Chipmunk T.10
Islander AL.1[106]
Middle Wallop [44]
Intermediate Fixed-Wing Flight[Note 2][107] Chipmunk T.10 Middle Wallop [44]
BATUS Flight Suffield Beaver ( - 1984) & Gazelle AH.1 [108]
Demonstration & Trials Flight Gazelle AH.1, Lynx AH.1 & Scout AH.1 Middle Wallop (1986) [45]
Historic Aircraft Flight Sioux AH.1, Skeeter AOP.10 & Auster AOP.9 Middle Wallop (1986) [45]

Other units

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  • The Light Aircraft School RAF became the Army Air Corps Centre[46]
Integrated Flight Scheme units
  • Air Platoon, Irish Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[109]
  • Air Platoon, Scots Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[110]
  • Air Squadron, Scots Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 - Harewood Barracks, Herford (1971) - Long Kesh (October 1971)[111] & Long Kesh (1972)[112]
  • 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)[113]
    • Air Troop - Skeeter AOP.12 (1962),[73][21] Auster AOP.6 then Sioux AH.1 (1965)[114]
  • Air Troop, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[115] to NI (1966) from Aden[113] - to BAOR (March 1969) then disbanded[116]
  • Air Squadron, Life Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[50]
  • Air Squadron, 14th/20th Hussars - Sioux AH.1 (1972 - 73)[33]
  • Air Squadron, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars - Omagh - became No. 3 Flight AAC on 1 May 1976[55]
  • Air Troop, 10th Royal Hussars - Sioux AH.1 (1964)[117]
  • Air Squadron, 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers - Sioux AH.1 - NI (1971)[111] - Omagh (1972)[112] - departed NI (1973)[118]
  • Air Squadron, 17th/21st Lancers - Sioux AH.1 at Aldergrove, NI (1969)[116] - Det at Ballykelly (1971)[19] - squadron moved to Lisanelly Barracks (1971)[119] - moved to Germany (October 1971)[111]
  • Air Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment - Sioux AH.1 (1976)[120]
  • Air Squadron, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1962)[51] - Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh (1973)[118]
  • Air Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) (previously 16 Flight)[73]
    • Air Troop - Falaise Airfield, Little Aden - Auster AOP.9 (1963)[14]
  • Air Squadron, 5th Royal Tank Regiment[121]
    • Air Troop - Seremban (1965)[122]
    • Air Troop - Brunei Airport (1965)[122]
  • Air Platoon, 40 Commando RM (1965)[21]
  • Air Troop, 42 Commando RM (1967)[123]
  • Air Troop, 45 Commando RM - Sioux AH.1 (1967)[124]
  • Salerno Flight, 41 Commando (1971)[19]
  • Montforterbrook Flight, 45 Commando (1971)[19]
  • Kangaw Flight, 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron - Sioux AH.1 in NI (1972)[125]
  • Air Platoon, the Northumberland Fusiliers - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[126]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion King's Somerset Light Infantry (1967)[123] - Sioux AH.1[22]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire - Ballykinler, Ballykelly, NI (1969) then UK (August 1969)[42]
  • Air Platoon, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) - became Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus[127][84]
  • Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, the Green Jackets - Auster AOP.9 (March 1964) - previously Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)[10]
  • Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry - disbanded April 1969[22]
  • Air OP Troop, 1 Regiment Royal Horse Artillery - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[115]
  • Air OP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[128]
  • Air OP Troop, 14 Light Regiment RA - disbanded November 1969[22]
  • Air OP Troop, 19 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[115]
  • Air OP Troop, 25 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1969)[26]
  • Air OP Troop, 40 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[129]
  • Air OP Troop, 45 Light Regiment RA (1965)[21]
  • Air OP Troop, 49 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[130]
  • Air OP Troop, 95 Commando Light Regiment RA (1967)[123]
  • Air Troop, 249 Signals Squadron (1967)[123] Disbanded March 1969[22]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders - Scout AH.1 (1965)[85]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) - Sioux AH.1 - Seria, Brunei (1967)[101]
  • Air Platoon, 6th Gurkha Rifles - Sek Kong (1965)[130]
  • Air Platoon, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Gurkha Rifles (1967)[123]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[92]
  • 30 Flight RASC - Beaver AL.1 (8 April 1964 - 15 July 1965) - became 130 Flight RCT[85]
  • 130 Flight RCT - Beaver AL.1 (1968)[22] - Middle Wallop (1970)[76]
  • 28 ANZUK Aviation Squadron - Sioux AH.1[37]
  • RE Air Troop, Jungle Warfare School, Johore - became 11 Flight AAC - Sioux AH.1[37]
  • Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus - Dhekelia - Sioux AH.1 (1966) - previously Air Platoon, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment - became No. 16 Aviation Flight AAC[84]

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)[10]
  • 3 Flight (Aug 1964 - Feb 1965)[127]
  • 6 Flight (Feb - Aug 1965)[127]
  • 21 Flight (Aug 1965 - Feb 1966)[128]
  • AOP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA (Feb - Aug 1966)[128]

Northern Ireland

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Deployed squadrons to Northern Ireland during the Troubles
  • 666 Squadron at Ballykelly (1969)[131]
  • 660 Squadron at Ballykelly between 1970[30] and July 1970[132]
  • 663 Aviation Squadron at Long Kesh Airfield between July[132] and October 1970[19]
  • 653 Aviation Squadron between October 1970 and February 1971[119]
  • 664 Parachute Aviation Squadron from February 1971[119] until June 1971
  • 665 Aviation Squadron[119] between June and October 1971[133]
  • 653 Squadron from October 1971 at Long Kesh[19])
  • 666 Squadron between October 1971[133] and February 1972
  • 663 Aviation Squadron from February 1972[133]
  • Flight from 651 Aviation Squadron from February 1972 at Aldergrove (Scout)[133]
  • Flight from 657 Aviation Squadron from February 1972 at Long Kesh (Sioux)[133]
  • 651 Aviation Squadron at Lisanelly Barracks (1972)[112]
  • 654 Squadron at Long Kesh (1972)[112]
  • 653 Squadron at Aldergrove (1972) - replaced by 665[112]
  • 665 Aviation Squadron at Aldergrove (1972)[112]
  • 652 Squadron (1973)[118]
  • 660 Squadron (Summer 1973)[118]
  • 666 Squadron (1973)[134]
  • 663 Squadron (November 1973)[134]
  • 657 Squadron - Soltau, Germany to Ballykelly - Det at Piggery Ridge, Londonderry. - Det at Magherafelt. Replaced by 661 (1974)[135]
  • 661 Squadron - Ballykelly (1974)[136]
  • 664 Squadron (1974)[137]
  • Flights from 662 (Scout AH.1) and 669 Squadrons (Sioux AH.1) as a composite - Long Kesh (1974)[138]
  • 655 Squadron (1974)[138]
  • Beaver AL.1 detachment at Aldergrove (1975)[31]
  • 651 Squadron (1975)[31]
  • 660 Squadron at Long Kesh from July 1975 (Gazelle AH.1)[31]
  • 662 Squadron (1975)[139]
  • 658 Squadron from November 1976[140]
  • 655 Squadron (1977) - returned to Detmold[141]
  • 662 Squadron (1977)[141]
  • 655 Squadron (1978)[142]
  • 659 Squadron (1978)[142]
  • 655 Squadron (1979)[142]

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. ^ "JHC FS Aldergrove | Royal Air Force".
  7. ^ "Army Air Corps | The British Army".
  8. ^ "RAF Shawbury | Royal Air Force".
  9. ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 30.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 158.
  11. ^ a b "Farewell Islander/Defender". Scramble. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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