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
[edit]Wings
[edit]- Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (Tri service)
Brigades
[edit]Regiments
[edit]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
[edit]Squadron | Current aircraft |
Unit | Role | Locations used |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
651 Squadron | n/a | 1 Regiment | RAF Feltwell (1958)[9] RAF Debden (- 1960)[10] RAF Nicosia (1964)[11] Middle Wallop (1964)[11] |
previously operated the Defender[12] 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)[13] RAF Sheikh Othman, Aden (1961)[14] Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (9 Mar 1961 - 67)[15][16] Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[17] |
Formed at Kermia, Cyprus[18] during May 1958 Became No. 3 Wing AAC (1965)[19] Formerly No. 653 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC[18] (Formerly No. 10 Flight AAC and No. 15 Flight AAC)[18] Formerly No. 653 Aviation Squadron AAC[20] |
656 Squadron | Boeing Apache AH-64E | 4 Regiment | Aviation Attack | Kluang (1962)[21] Kuching (1965)[22] Seremban (1968)[23] Farnborough (1980)[24] |
Formed Noble Field, Kuala Lumpur on 1 Sept 1957 Formerly No. 656 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC[25] Became HQ No. 4 Wing AAC on 1 Oct 1965 - acting as Aviation HQ Borneo[26] Formerly Hong Kong Aviation Squadron AAC (Feb - Dec 1969)[27] Reformed at Sek Kong during Dec 1969[27] Sioux AH.1 & Scout AH.1 Flights (1970 - 75)[27] Sioux AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1 Flights (November 1975 -77)[28][29] Renamed No. 11 Flight AAC (Jun 1977)[30] |
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[29] Formerly No. 660 Aviation Squadron AAC[31] First unit to operate the Gazelle AH.1 (6 July 1974)[32] Disbanded 20 Dec 1993[33] | |
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 [34] - Nov 1973)[35] Formerly No. 663 Aviation Squadron AAC | |
664 Squadron | Boeing Apache AH-64E | 4 Regiment | Aviation Attack | Belize Airfield, Belize - Sioux AH.1 (1974 - )[36] | |
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
[edit]Former Wings
[edit]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[37] | Previously No. 653 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC[19] Controlled: 8, 13 and 15 Flights[19] |
No. 4 Wing AAC | Singapore[22] | 1 October 1965 | Singapore | 11 Jan 1971[38] | Previously No. 656 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC[26] Co-located with HQ FARELF |
Former Regiments
[edit]Regiment | Location | Dates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Falkland Islands Squadron | - 31 May 1987 | [39] | |
Northern Ireland Regiment | - 1993 | [39] became 5 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Former Squadrons
[edit]Squadron | Disbanded on |
Disbanded at |
Last unit |
Last aircraft |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
654 Squadron | Jul 2014 | Wattisham Airfield | 4 Regt | AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 | [40] |
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[35] - 1974)[36] |
657 Squadron | May 2018 | RAF Odiham | JSFAW | Westland Lynx AH9A | [41] |
665 Squadron | 31 Oct 2024 | JHC FS Aldergrove | 5 Regt | Westland Gazelle AH1 | [42] |
666 Squadron | 1 Apr 2009 | Airfield Camp, Netheravon | 7 Regt | Gazelle AH.1 | Previously No. 666 Aviation Squadron AAC Previously No. 8 Flight AAC[43] Formed RAF Ballykelly during October 1969 Det: Lisanelly Barracks (Omagh) - Sioux AH.1 and Scout AH.1 (1969)[43] UK (January 1970)[31] |
667 Squadron | 2022 | Medicina Lines | Bell 212 AH1/AH3 | [44] | |
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[27] Became No. 656 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC | |
Demonstration and Trials Squadron | Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1 | [45] | |||
Chipmunk Squadron | Chipmunk T.10 | Middle Wallop (1986)[46] | |||
Basic Rotary Squadron | Gazelle AH.1 | Middle Wallop (1986)[46] | |||
Advanced Rotary Squadron | Gazelle AH.1 | Middle Wallop (1986)[46] | |||
Operational Training Squadron | Gazelle AH.1, Lynx AH.1 & Scout AH.1 | Middle Wallop (1986)[46] |
Former Flights
[edit]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[12] | Formerly No. 1 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1901 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[48][49] | |
2 Flight | Ipoh, Perak[50] RAF Aldergrove, NI Netheravon ? |
1 Sept 1957 1962 3 Jan 1966[51] ? |
? ? Seremban Netheravon |
? ? Mar 1970 1992 |
? Auster AOP.9 & Skeeter AOP.12[52] Auster AOP.9 & Scout AH.1 Gazelle AH.1[45] |
Sibu (1966)[51] Seremban (1968)[23] |
Formerly No. 2 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1902 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[49] |
3 Flight | ? Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh |
1 Sept 1957 1 May 1976 |
? RAF Leuchars |
? 2009 |
Scout AH.1[53] Sioux AH.1 until October 1977 Gazelle AH.1 from October 1977[54] |
Borneo (1965)[55] | Formerly No. 3 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[49] Formerly Air Squadron, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars[56] Last user of Sioux in NI[54] |
4 Flight | 1 Sept 1957 | Formerly No. 4 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[49] | |||||
5 Flight | 1 Sept 1957 | Formerly No. 5 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[49] | |||||
6 Flight | Middle Wallop | 1 Sept 1957 1993 |
RAF Shawbury | 2009 | Sycamore, Skeeter AOP.12, Auster AOP.9[57] Beaver AL.1 & Alouette II[58] |
Formerly No. 6 Independent Depot/Liaison Flight AAC Formerly No. 6 Independent Liaison Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1906 (Helicopter) Flight RAF)[49] | |
6A Flight | Alouette II | Netheravon | [45] | ||||
6B Flight | Beaver AL.1 | Netheravon | [45] | ||||
7 Flight | Taiping, Malaya[50] RAF Gatow, Berlin Scout Base, Brunei[59] |
1 Sept 1957 ? ? |
Terendak Gatow, Berlin Medicina Lines, Brunei |
Dec 1969[23] 1994[60] 1 Aug 2021 |
Auster AOP.9, Scout AH.1 ? Bell 212 |
Noble Field (1961) Kluang (1961)[61] Brunei Airport (1962[62]-Feb 1963[63] Kuching (1963)[64] Terendak (1968)[23] |
Formerly No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight AAC Formerly No. 7 Liaison Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1907 Light Liaison Flight RAF) (Formerly: No. 1907 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[49] Formerly 'C' Flight (Formerly 'C' Flight, 656 Squadron AAC)[60] Became No. 667 Squadron AAC |
8 Flight | Malta ? |
1 Sept 1957 ? |
RAF Ballykelly Stirling Lines |
October 1969 1 Sept 2013 |
Auster AOP.6[65](Sept 1957 - Sept 1964)[66] Alouette II (Sept 1961[67] - Oct 64),[66] Beaver AL.1(1964)[66] Scout AH.1 (1964)[66] |
Wilson Field, Nairobi[68] Kuwait Airport (2 Jul[65] - 19 Oct 1961)[67] RAF Eastleigh (1961)[67] Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (Oct 1964)[66] Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[69] RAF Khormaksar (1967)[70] Coypool, Plymouth (1967)[43] RAF Ballykelly (August 1969)[43] |
Formerly No. 8 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1908 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[49] Became 666 Aviation Squadron AAC[43] |
9 Flight | 1 Sept 1957 1968 |
Soltau[71] | BAOR. Formerly No. 9 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1909 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[49] | ||||
10 Flight | Lakatamia, Cyprus[72] Dhekelia[68] ? |
1 Sept 1957 16 Jan 1961 ? |
Kermia Dhekelia[53] ? |
May 1958[18] Jun 1962 ? |
Auster AOP.6 Auster AOP.9, Alouette II (Dec 1961 - Jun 1962),[68][53] Scout AH.1 |
Long Pasia (1963)[73] Kluang (1964)[74] Netheravon (1967)[22] |
Formerly No. 10 Reconnaissance Flight AAC Formerly No. 10 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1910 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[49] Became No. 653 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC Became Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)[53] ? |
11 Flight | Sembawang, Malaya[50] Kangaw Barracks (Sembawang) Sek Kong[30] |
1 Sept 1957 1971 1977 |
Sembawang ? Sek Kong |
11 Jan 1971[38] 1975[75] 1 Aug 1978 |
Auster AOP.9, Scout AH.1, Sioux AH.1, Gazelle AH.1 | Kluang (1962)[76] Brunei Airport (Feb 1963)[63] Kuching (1963)[64] Serembang (1970)[77] Singapore (1971)[27] |
Formerly No. 656 Squadron AAC[30] Formerly No. 11 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC Formerly No. 11 ANZUK Flight AAC[27] Formerly No. 11 Liaison Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1911 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[49] Formerly RE Air Troop, Jungle Warfare School[38] Became No. 660 Squadron AAC[29] |
12 Flight | Wildenrath | 1 Sept 1957 | Elmpt Station, Germany | 2009 | Alouette II[68], Gazelle AH.1[78] | Formerly No. 12 Independent Liaison Flight AAC Formerly No. 12 Liaison Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1912 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[49] | |
13 Flight | RAF Aldergrove, Northern Ireland[79] Sharjah |
1 Sept 1957 1967 |
RAF Khormaksar Sharjah |
Oct 1967 1970 |
Auster AOP.6, T.7[79] Skeeter (Feb 1960 - 61)[80] Auster AOP. 9 then Scout AH.1 (1964 - 67)[81] Beaver AL.1[82] |
RAF Feltwell (Feb 1958)[80] RAF Aldergrove (Jul 1959)[80] Det: RAF St Angelo (Nov 1959 - 61)[80] Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (9 Mar 1961)[15] Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[69] RAF Khormaksar (1967)[70] Sharjah (1967 - 70)[37] |
Formerly No. 13 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[15] Formerly No. 13 Liaison Flight AAC[47][79] (Formerly: No. 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[49] Previously No. 15 Flight AAC[82] |
14 Flight | Paroi, Seremban, Malaya[50] ? |
1 Sept 1957 ? |
Seremban ? |
Jan 1970[77] ? |
Auster AOP.9, Beaver AL.1, Scout AH.1 Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1 |
Kluang (1962)[76] Brunei Airport (1962)[62] Kluang (1963)[83] Seremban (1968)[23] Netheravon[45] |
Formerly No. 14 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC Formerly No. 14 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1914 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[84] |
15 Flight | Lakatamia, Cyprus[72] ? |
1 Sept 1957 1959 |
Kermia RAF Khormaksar[82] |
May 1958[18] Oct 1967 |
Beaver AL.1 | Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (9 Mar 1961)[15] Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[69] RAF Khormaksar (1967)[70] |
Formerly No. 15 Independent Liaison Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1915 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF) (Formerly: No. 1915 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[84] Became No. 653 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC Became No. 13 Flight AAC[82] |
16 Flight | Noble Field, Kuala Lumpur Dhekelia, Cyprus[85] |
Late 1950s 1967 |
Klulang Dhekelia |
1 Oct 1964[86] 3 Jun 2003[87] |
Auster AOP.9 Sioux AH.1 (- 1977), Alouette II (1977[88] - 1988)[89] Gazelle AH.1 (1988[89] - 2003)[87] |
Kluang (1962)[76] | Formerly No. 16 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[21] Became Air Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment[74] Formerly No. 16 Aviation Flight AAC Formerly Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus |
17 Flight | |||||||
18 Flight | Detmold | 1969 | Alouette II[68] | BAOR[90] | |||
19 Flight | 1964 | Beaver AL.1[91] | Nicosia[91] Aden (Jun 1964)[11] |
Formerly No. 19 Liaison Flight AAC[91] | |||
20 Flight | Sha Tin, Hong Kong | 1 Sept 1957 | Auster AOP.6 (1965)[92] Sioux AH.1 (October 1966)[93] | Kai Tak (1962)[94] Seremban (Jul 1966)[93] Sek Kong (1969)[27] |
Formerly No. 20 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC[47] (Formerly: No. 1900 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[49] | ||
21 Flight | 1961 | 1967 | Auster AOP.6 & Scout AH.2[91] | Nicosia (1964)[91] Farnborough (Jun 1964)[11] |
Formerly No. 21 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[91] | ||
22 Flight | 1962 | ||||||
23 Flight | 1969 | ||||||
24 Flight | RAF Gütersloh, Germany | Jun 1962[53] | Alouette II[53] | Detmold (1962)[53] Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jun 1964[95] - Jan 1965)[96] |
BAOR Formerly No. 24 Reconnaissance Flight[53] | ||
25 Flight | Atkinson Field, British Guiana Airport Camp, Belize Kenya |
1965 Apr 1984 ? |
Atkinson Field Airport Camp Nanyuki, Kenya |
1966 15 Jul 2011[97] Sept 2015 |
Alouette II (1965) Gazelle AH.1 (1984 - ?), Lynx AH.7 (May 1997 - 2003) & Bell 212 (2003 - 11)[97] Bell 212 |
Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jun 1965[96] - May 1966)[98] | British Guiana Previously Army Air Corps Detachment Belize[99] BATUK |
26 Flight | |||||||
27 Flight | Alouette II[96] | Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jan - Jun 1965)[96] | BAOR | ||||
29 (BATUS) Flight | Suffield, Canada | 1972 | Suffield, Canada | [Note 1] Oct 2021 | Gazelle AH.1 | [100] 5 Regiment AAC had administrative responsibility for 29 (BATUS) Flight. | |
132 Flight | 1966 | 1974 | |||||
Beaver Flight | Topcliffe | 1968 | Beaver AL.1 | Aldergrove (1976)[101], Middle Wallop[46] | Previously No. 15 Flight AAC[82] | ||
'C' Flight, 656 Squadron AAC | Scout Base, Seria, Brunei | 1970 | Sioux AH.1 ( - 1978) Scout AH.1 (1978 - ) |
[102] | |||
UNFICYP Flight | Nicosia, Cyprus | 15 Aug 1966 | Nicosia | 30 Sept 1994 | Sioux AH.1, Alouette II (1977[88] - 1988)[89] Gazelle AH.1 (1988 - 1994)[89] |
Part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.[103][104] | |
Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)[53] | Dhekelia | Jun 1962 | Dhekelia | Mar 1964 | Auster AOP.9 & Sioux AH.1 | Formerly No. 10 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[53] Became Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, the Green Jackets[11] | |
Light Aircraft Pilot | Ogle Airstrip, British Guiana (near Georgetown) |
1966 | Ogle Airstrip | Oct 1966 | Cessna 185B Skywagon | [98] | |
Army Air Corps Detachment Belize | Belize Airfield, Belize | 1 Nov 1976 | Airport Camp | Apr 1984[99] | Scout AH.1 Gazelle AH.1 (1981 - 84)[105] |
[106] | |
Gazelle Conversion Flight/ Advanced Rotary Wing Flight |
Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1 | Middle Wallop | [45] | ||||
Advanced Fixed-Wing Flight | Beaver AL.1 & Chipmunk T.10 Islander AL.1[107] |
Middle Wallop | [45] | ||||
Intermediate Fixed-Wing Flight[Note 2][108] | Chipmunk T.10 | Middle Wallop | [45] | ||||
BATUS Flight | Suffield | Beaver ( - 1984) & Gazelle AH.1 | [109] | ||||
Demonstration & Trials Flight | Gazelle AH.1, Lynx AH.1 & Scout AH.1 | Middle Wallop (1986) | [46] | ||||
Historic Aircraft Flight | Sioux AH.1, Skeeter AOP.10 & Auster AOP.9 | Middle Wallop (1986) | [46] |
Other units
[edit]- The Light Aircraft School RAF became the Army Air Corps Centre[47]
- Integrated Flight Scheme units
- Air Platoon, Irish Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[110]
- Air Platoon, Scots Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[111]
- Air Squadron, Scots Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 - Harewood Barracks, Herford (1971) - Long Kesh (October 1971)[112] & Long Kesh (1972)[113]
- 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)[114]
- Air Troop, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[116] to NI (1966) from Aden[114] - to BAOR (March 1969) then disbanded[117]
- Air Squadron, Life Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[51]
- Air Squadron, 14th/20th Hussars - Sioux AH.1 (1972 - 73)[34]
- Air Squadron, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars - Omagh - became No. 3 Flight AAC on 1 May 1976[56]
- Air Troop, 10th Royal Hussars - Sioux AH.1 (1964)[118]
- Air Squadron, 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers - Sioux AH.1 - NI (1971)[112] - Omagh (1972)[113] - departed NI (1973)[119]
- Air Squadron, 17th/21st Lancers - Sioux AH.1 at Aldergrove, NI (1969)[117] - Det at Ballykelly (1971)[20] - squadron moved to Lisanelly Barracks (1971)[120] - moved to Germany (October 1971)[112]
- Air Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment - Sioux AH.1 (1976)[121]
- Air Squadron, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1962)[52] - Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh (1973)[119]
- Air Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) (previously 16 Flight)[74]
- Air Troop - Falaise Airfield, Little Aden - Auster AOP.9 (1963)[15]
- Air Squadron, 5th Royal Tank Regiment[122]
- Air Platoon, 40 Commando RM (1965)[22]
- Air Troop, 42 Commando RM (1967)[124]
- Air Troop, 45 Commando RM - Sioux AH.1 (1967)[125]
- Salerno Flight, 41 Commando (1971)[20]
- Montforterbrook Flight, 45 Commando (1971)[20]
- Kangaw Flight, 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron - Sioux AH.1 in NI (1972)[126]
- Air Platoon, the Northumberland Fusiliers - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[127]
- Air Platoon, 1st Battalion King's Somerset Light Infantry (1967)[124] - Sioux AH.1[23]
- Air Platoon, 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire - Ballykinler, Ballykelly, NI (1969) then UK (August 1969)[43]
- Air Platoon, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) - became Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus[128][85]
- Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, the Green Jackets - Auster AOP.9 (March 1964) - previously Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)[11]
- Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry - disbanded April 1969[23]
- Air OP Troop, 1 Regiment Royal Horse Artillery - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[116]
- Air OP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[129]
- Air OP Troop, 14 Light Regiment RA - disbanded November 1969[23]
- Air OP Troop, 19 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[116]
- Air OP Troop, 25 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1969)[27]
- Air OP Troop, 40 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[130]
- Air OP Troop, 45 Light Regiment RA (1965)[22]
- Air OP Troop, 49 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)[131]
- Air OP Troop, 95 Commando Light Regiment RA (1967)[124]
- Air Troop, 249 Signals Squadron (1967)[124] Disbanded March 1969[23]
- Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders - Scout AH.1 (1965)[86]
- Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) - Sioux AH.1 - Seria, Brunei (1967)[102]
- Air Platoon, 6th Gurkha Rifles - Sek Kong (1965)[131]
- Air Platoon, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Gurkha Rifles (1967)[124]
- Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles - Sioux AH.1 (1966)[93]
- 30 Flight RASC - Beaver AL.1 (8 April 1964 - 15 July 1965) - became 130 Flight RCT[86]
- 130 Flight RCT - Beaver AL.1 (1968)[23] - Middle Wallop (1970)[77]
- 28 ANZUK Aviation Squadron - Sioux AH.1[38]
- RE Air Troop, Jungle Warfare School, Johore - became 11 Flight AAC - Sioux AH.1[38]
- Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus - Dhekelia - Sioux AH.1 (1966) - previously Air Platoon, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment - became No. 16 Aviation Flight AAC[85]
Deployments
[edit]Cyprus
[edit]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)[11]
- 3 Flight (Aug 1964 - Feb 1965)[128]
- 6 Flight (Feb - Aug 1965)[128]
- 21 Flight (Aug 1965 - Feb 1966)[129]
- AOP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA (Feb - Aug 1966)[129]
Northern Ireland
[edit]- Deployed squadrons to Northern Ireland during the Troubles
- 666 Squadron at Ballykelly (1969)[132]
- 660 Squadron at Ballykelly between 1970[31] and July 1970[133]
- 663 Aviation Squadron at Long Kesh Airfield between July[133] and October 1970[20]
- 653 Aviation Squadron between October 1970 and February 1971[120]
- 664 Parachute Aviation Squadron from February 1971[120] until June 1971
- 665 Aviation Squadron[120] between June and October 1971[134]
- 653 Squadron from October 1971 at Long Kesh[20])
- 666 Squadron between October 1971[134] and February 1972
- 663 Aviation Squadron from February 1972[134]
- Flight from 651 Aviation Squadron from February 1972 at Aldergrove (Scout)[134]
- Flight from 657 Aviation Squadron from February 1972 at Long Kesh (Sioux)[134]
- 651 Aviation Squadron at Lisanelly Barracks (1972)[113]
- 654 Squadron at Long Kesh (1972)[113]
- 653 Squadron at Aldergrove (1972) - replaced by 665[113]
- 665 Aviation Squadron at Aldergrove (1972)[113]
- 652 Squadron (1973)[119]
- 660 Squadron (Summer 1973)[119]
- 666 Squadron (1973)[135]
- 663 Squadron (November 1973)[135]
- 657 Squadron - Soltau, Germany to Ballykelly - Det at Piggery Ridge, Londonderry. - Det at Magherafelt. Replaced by 661 (1974)[136]
- 661 Squadron - Ballykelly (1974)[137]
- 664 Squadron (1974)[138]
- Flights from 662 (Scout AH.1) and 669 Squadrons (Sioux AH.1) as a composite - Long Kesh (1974)[139]
- 655 Squadron (1974)[139]
- Beaver AL.1 detachment at Aldergrove (1975)[32]
- 651 Squadron (1975)[32]
- 660 Squadron at Long Kesh from July 1975 (Gazelle AH.1)[32]
- 662 Squadron (1975)[140]
- 658 Squadron from November 1976[141]
- 655 Squadron (1977) - returned to Detmold[142]
- 662 Squadron (1977)[142]
- 655 Squadron (1978)[143]
- 659 Squadron (1978)[143]
- 655 Squadron (1979)[143]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "British Army Launches First Ever Aviation Brigade". Forces Net. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "1 Regt AAC (@1_Regt_AAC) / Twitter".
- ^ a b "Aviation | The British Army".
- ^ "3 Regiment Army Air Corps (@CO_3RegimentAAC) / Twitter".
- ^ "4 Regiment Army Air Corps (@4RegimentAAC) / Twitter".
- ^ "JHC FS Aldergrove | Royal Air Force".
- ^ "Army Air Corps | The British Army".
- ^ "RAF Shawbury | Royal Air Force".
- ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 30.
- ^ Mead 1967, p. 97.
- ^ a b c d e f g Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 158.
- ^ a b "Farewell Islander/Defender". Scramble. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 154.
- ^ Beaver 1987, p. 20.
- ^ a b c d e Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 195.
- ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 204.
- ^ Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 213.
- ^ a b c d e Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 152.
- ^ a b c Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 233.
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