List of Army Air Corps aircraft units (United Kingdom)

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

Wings

Regiments

Former regiments

Squadrons

Current squadrons

RAFAACAircraftUnitNotes
651 Squadron RAF651 Squadron AACBritten-Norman Defender5 Regiment
652 Squadron RAF652 Squadron AACAgustaWestland Wildcat AH.11 Regiment
653 Squadron RAF653 Squadron AACAgustaWestland Apache AH13 RegimentConversion To Role
656 Squadron RAF656 Squadron AACAgustaWestland Apache AH14 Regiment
657 Squadron RAF657 Squadron AACWestland Lynx AH9aJoint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW)
658 Squadron RAF658 Squadron AACEurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin II
Westland Gazelle AH1		Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW)
659 Squadron RAF659 Squadron AACAgustaWestland Wildcat AH.11 Regiment
660 Squadron RAF660 Squadron AACEurocopter Squirrel HT.1Defence Helicopter Flying SchoolTraining
661 Squadron RAF661 Squadron AACAgustaWestland Wildcat AH.11 Regiment
662 Squadron RAF662 Squadron AACAgustaWestland Apache AH13 Regiment
663 Squadron RAF663 Squadron AACAgustaWestland Apache AH13 Regiment
664 Squadron RAF664 Squadron AACAgustaWestland Apache AH14 Regiment
665 Squadron RAF665 Squadron AACWestland Gazelle AH15 Regiment
667 Squadron RAF667 (D&T) Squadron AACDevelopment and TrialsHQ AAC
668 Squadron RAF668 (Trg) Squadron AACn/a2 (Trg) RegimentTraining
670 Squadron RAF670 Squadron AAC7 (Trg) RegimentTraining
671 Squadron RAF671 Squadron AACWestland Lynx AH7
Westland Gazelle AH1
Bell 212		7 (Trg) RegimentTraining
674 Squadron AACGrob TutorElementary Flying Training SchoolTraining
675 (The Rifles) Squadron AAC6 RegimentGroundcrew
676 Squadron AACn/a2 (Trg) RegimentTraining
677 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron AAC6 RegimentGroundcrew
678 (The Rifles) Squadron AAC6 RegimentGroundcrew
679 Squadron RAF679 (The Duke of Connaught's) Squadron AAC6 RegimentGroundcrew

Former squadrons

SquadronDisbandment dateLast locationLast regimentLast aircraftNotes
660 SquadronShek Kong, Hong Kong
654 SquadronJuly 2014[1]
655 Squadronrenamed to 675 Squadron.
655 Squadron2008JHC Flying Station Aldergrove5 RegtLynx AH.7Subsequently reformed.
655 Squadron2017Various5 RegtIslander
666 Squadron
669 Squadron31 July 2016Dishforth Airfield9 RegtLynx AH.9A
672 Squadron31 July 2016Dishforth Airfield9 RegtLynx AH.9A
673 Squadron1 August 2009Middle Wallop7 RegtApache AH.1now the Army Aviation Centre

Flights

Current flights

FlightFounded atFounded onEquipmentCurrent
Location		Notes
7 FlightMalaya1957Bell 212British Forces
Brunei		Formerly No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1907 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[2]
25 FlightBelize1987Bell 212AAC Middle Wallop,
UK		Part of 671 Squadron
29 (BATUS)
Flight		Suffield,
Canada		1972Westland Gazelle AH.1
British Army Training
Unit Suffield,
Canada

Former flights

FlightFounded
at		Founded
on		Disbanded
at		Disbanded
on		Notes
1 FlightFormerly No. 1 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1901 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[3]
2 FlightFormerly No. 2 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1902 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[3]
3 FlightFormerly No. 3 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[3]
4 FlightFormerly No. 4 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[3]
5 FlightFormerly No. 5 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[3]
6 FlightFormerly No. 6 Independent/Liaison Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1906 (Helicopter) Flight RAF)[2]
8 FlightAsia1 September
1957		Credenhill
Barracks		1 September 2013Formerly No. 8 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1908 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[2]
9 FlightFormerly No. 9 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1909 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[2]
10 FlightFormerly No. 10 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1910 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[2]
11 FlightFormerly No. 11 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1911 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[2]
12 FlightFormerly No. 12 Independent Liaison Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1912 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[2]
13 FlightFormerly No. 13 Liaison Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[2]
14 FlightFormerly No. 14 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1914 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[2]
15 FlightFormerly No. 15 Independent Liaison Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1915 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[2]
16 Flight
17 Flight
18 FlightBAOR.[4]
20 FlightFormerly No. 20 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1900 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[3]
21 Flight
22 Flight
23 Flight
24 Flight
26 Flight
27 Flight
'C' Flight(Seria, Brunei)
UNFICYP
Flight
AAC		Cyprus27 March
1964		Cyprus30 September
1994		(Nicosia Airport, Cyprus)

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "654 Squadron's Last Parade Before Disbandment". Forces TV. 10 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lake 1999, p. 100.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lake 1999, p. 99.
  4. ↑ Watson 2005, p. 57.

Bibliography

  • Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
  • Watson, G; Rinaldi, R (2005). The British Army in Germany: An Organizational History 1947-2004. Tiger Lily Publications. ISBN 0-9720296-9-9.
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