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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 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 [38]
655 Squadron 1 Apr 2014 Middle Wallop Flying Station 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 [39]
665 Squadron 31 Oct 2024 JHC FS Aldergrove 5 Regt Westland Gazelle AH1 [40]
666 Squadron 1 Apr 2009 Netheravon 7 Regt Gazelle AH.1 Previously No. 666 Aviation Squadron AAC
Previously No. 8 Flight AAC[41]
Formed RAF Ballykelly during October 1969
Det: Lisanelly Barracks (Omagh) - Sioux AH.1 and Scout AH.1 (1969)[41]
UK (January 1970)[30]
667 Squadron 2022 Medicina Lines Bell 212 AH1/AH3 [42]
669 Squadron 31 Jul 2016 Dishforth Airfield 9 Regt Lynx AH.9A
672 Squadron 31 Jul 2016 Dishforth Airfield 9 Regt Lynx AH.9A
678 (The Rifles) Squadron Nov 2021 Buckinghamshire
Bedfordshire		 6 Regt n/a Groundcrew (Reserve)
Hong Kong Aviation Squadron Dec 1969 Sek Kong Scout Formed Feb 1969 at Sek Kong[26]
Became No. 656 (Light Aircraft) Squadron AAC
Demonstration and Trials Squadron Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1 [43]

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

Other units

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  • The Light Aircraft School RAF became the Army Air Corps Centre[44]
Integrated Flight Scheme units
  • Air Platoon, Irish Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[103]
  • Air Platoon, Scots Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[104]
  • Air Squadron, Scots Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 - Harewood Barracks, Herford (1971) - Long Kesh (October 1971)[105] & Long Kesh (1972)[106]
  • 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)[107]
    • Air Troop - Skeeter AOP.12 (1962),[71][21] Auster AOP.6 then Sioux AH.1 (1965)[108]
  • Air Troop, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[109] to NI (1966) from Aden[107] - to BAOR (March 1969) then disbanded[110]
  • Air Squadron, Life Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[48]
  • 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[53]
  • Air Troop, 10th Royal Hussars - Sioux AH.1 (1964)[111]
  • Air Squadron, 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers - Sioux AH.1 - NI (1971)[105] - Omagh (1972)[106] - departed NI (1973)[112]
  • Air Squadron, 17th/21st Lancers - Sioux AH.1 at Aldergrove, NI (1969)[110] - Det at Ballykelly (1971)[19] - squadron moved to Lisanelly Barracks (1971)[113] - moved to Germany (October 1971)[105]
  • Air Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment - Sioux AH.1 (1976)[114]
  • Air Squadron, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1962)[49] - Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh (1973)[112]
  • Air Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) (previously 16 Flight)[71]
    • Air Troop - Falaise Airfield, Little Aden - Auster AOP.9 (1963)[14]
  • Air Squadron, 5th Royal Tank Regiment[115]
    • Air Troop - Seremban (1965)[116]
    • Air Troop - Brunei Airport (1965)[116]
  • Air Platoon, 40 Commando RM (1965)[21]
  • Air Troop, 42 Commando RM (1967)[117]
  • Air Troop, 45 Commando RM - Sioux AH.1 (1967)[118]
  • 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)[119]
  • Air Platoon, the Northumberland Fusiliers - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[120]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion King's Somerset Light Infantry (1967)[117] - Sioux AH.1[22]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire - Ballykinler, Ballykelly, NI (1969) then UK (August 1969)[41]
  • Air Platoon, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) - became Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus[121][81]
  • 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)[109]
  • Air OP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[122]
  • Air OP Troop, 14 Light Regiment RA - disbanded November 1969[22]
  • Air OP Troop, 19 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[109]
  • Air OP Troop, 25 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1969)[26]
  • Air OP Troop, 40 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[123]
  • Air OP Troop, 45 Light Regiment RA (1965)[21]
  • Air OP Troop, 49 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[124]
  • Air OP Troop, 95 Commando Light Regiment RA (1967)[117]
  • Air Troop, 249 Signals Squadron (1967)[117] Disbanded March 1969[22]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders - Scout AH.1 (1965)[82]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) - Sioux AH.1 - Seria, Brunei (1967)[98]
  • Air Platoon, 6th Gurkha Rifles - Sek Kong (1965)[124]
  • Air Platoon, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Gurkha Rifles (1967)[117]
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[89]
  • 30 Flight RASC - Beaver AL.1 (8 April 1964 - 15 July 1965) - became 130 Flight RCT[82]
  • 130 Flight RCT - Beaver AL.1 (1968)[22] - Middle Wallop (1970)[74]
  • 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[81]

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)[121]
  • 6 Flight (Feb - Aug 1965)[121]
  • 21 Flight (Aug 1965 - Feb 1966)[122]
  • AOP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA (Feb - Aug 1966)[122]

Northern Ireland

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Deployed squadrons to Northern Ireland during the Troubles
  • 666 Squadron at Ballykelly (1969)[125]
  • 660 Squadron at Ballykelly between 1970[30] and July 1970[126]
  • 663 Aviation Squadron at Long Kesh Airfield between July[126] and October 1970[19]
  • 653 Aviation Squadron between October 1970 and February 1971[113]
  • 664 Parachute Aviation Squadron from February 1971[113] until June 1971
  • 665 Aviation Squadron[113] between June and October 1971[127]
  • 653 Squadron from October 1971 at Long Kesh[19])
  • 666 Squadron between October 1971[127] and February 1972
  • 663 Aviation Squadron from February 1972[127]
  • Flight from 651 Aviation Squadron from February 1972 at Aldergrove (Scout)[127]
  • Flight from 657 Aviation Squadron from February 1972 at Long Kesh (Sioux)[127]
  • 651 Aviation Squadron at Lisanelly Barracks (1972)[106]
  • 654 Squadron at Long Kesh (1972)[106]
  • 653 Squadron at Aldergrove (1972) - replaced by 665[106]
  • 665 Aviation Squadron at Aldergrove (1972)[106]
  • 652 Squadron (1973)[112]
  • 660 Squadron (Summer 1973)[112]
  • 666 Squadron (1973)[128]
  • 663 Squadron (November 1973)[128]
  • 657 Squadron - Soltau, Germany to Ballykelly - Det at Piggery Ridge, Londonderry. - Det at Magherafelt. Replaced by 661 (1974)[129]
  • 661 Squadron - Ballykelly (1974)[130]
  • 664 Squadron (1974)[131]
  • Flights from 662 (Scout AH.1) and 669 Squadrons (Sioux AH.1) as a composite - Long Kesh (1974)[132]
  • 655 Squadron (1974)[132]
  • 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)[133]
  • 658 Squadron from November 1976[134]
  • 655 Squadron (1977) - returned to Detmold[135]
  • 662 Squadron (1977)[135]
  • 655 Squadron (1978)[136]
  • 659 Squadron (1978)[136]
  • 655 Squadron (1979)[136]

Notes

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  1. ^ Placed in suspended animation

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.
  12. ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 154.
  13. ^ Beaver 1987, p. 20.
  14. ^ a b c d e Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 195.
  15. ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 204.
  16. ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 213.
  17. ^ a b c d e Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 152.
  18. ^ a b c Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 233.
  19. ^ a b c d e f Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 310.
  20. ^ a b Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 42.
  21. ^ a b c d e f Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 69.
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 71.
  23. ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 144.
  24. ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 40.
  25. ^ a b Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 104.
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 129.
  27. ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 131.
  28. ^ a b c Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 135.
  29. ^ a b c Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 134.
  30. ^ a b c Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 307.
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