List of Army Air Corps aircraft units (United Kingdom)

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

Wings

Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing

Brigades

1st Aviation Brigade^[1]

Regiments

Current Regiments

Regiment	Location	Notes
1 Regiment	RNAS Yeovilton	^[2]
2 (Training) Regiment	Army Aviation Centre, Middle Wallop	^[3]
3 Regiment	Wattisham Flying Station	^[4]
4 Regiment	Wattisham Flying Station	^[5]
5 Regiment	JHC FS Aldergrove, Northern Ireland	^[6]
6 Regiment (Reserve)	RHQ at Blenheim Camp	^[7]
7 (Training) Regiment	Army Aviation Centre, Middle Wallop	^[3]
9 Regiment	RAF Shawbury	^[8]

Squadrons

Current Squadrons

AAC	Aircraft	Unit	Notes
652 Squadron AAC	AgustaWestland Wildcat AH.1	1 Regiment
653 Squadron AAC	AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 / Boeing Apache AH-64E	3 Regiment
656 Squadron AAC	AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 / Boeing Apache AH-64E	4 Regiment
658 Squadron AAC	Eurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin II	Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW)
659 Squadron AAC	AgustaWestland Wildcat AH.1	1 Regiment
660 Squadron AAC	Eurocopter Juno HT.1	No. 1 Flying Training School RAF/ 9 Regiment	Training
661 Squadron AAC	AgustaWestland Wildcat AH.1	1 Regiment
662 Squadron AAC	AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 / Boeing Apache AH-64E	3 Regiment
663 Squadron AAC	AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 / Boeing Apache AH-64E	3 Regiment
664 Squadron AAC	AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 / Boeing Apache AH-64E	4 Regiment
665 Squadron AAC	Westland Gazelle AH.1	5 Regiment
668 (Trg) Squadron AAC	n/a	2 (Trg) Regiment	Training
670 Squadron AAC		9 Regiment	Training
671 Squadron AAC	Westland Gazelle AH.1 Bell 212	7 (Trg) Regiment	Training
673 Squadron AAC	AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 / Boeing Apache AH-64E	7 (Trg) Regiment	Training
674 Squadron AAC	Tutor	School of Army Aviation	Grading
675 (The Rifles) Squadron AAC		6 Regiment	Groundcrew
676 Squadron AAC	n/a	2 (Trg) Regiment	Training
677 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron AAC		6 Regiment	Groundcrew
678 (The Rifles) Squadron AAC		6 Regiment	Groundcrew
679 (The Duke of Connaught's) Squadron AAC		6 Regiment	Groundcrew

Flights

Current Flights

Flight	Founded at	Founded on	Equipment	Current Location	Notes
25 Flight	Belize	1987	3 x Bell 212	British Army Training Unit Kenya
29 (BATUS) Flight	Suffield, Canada	1972	Westland Gazelle AH.1	British Army Training Unit Suffield, Canada	5 Regiment AAC has administrative responsibility for 29 (BATUS) Flight.

Former Units

Former Squadrons

Squadron	Disbandment date	Last location	Last regiment	Last aircraft	Notes
654 Squadron	July 2014				^[9]
655 Squadron	1 April 2014	AAC Middle Wallop	6 Regt		Groundcrew
657 Squadron	May 2018	RAF Odiham		Westland Lynx AH9a	Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW)
660 Squadron					Sek Kong, Hong Kong
666 Squadron
667 Squadron	2022	British Forces Brunei		Bell 212 AH1/AH3	^[10]
669 Squadron	31 July 2016	Dishforth Airfield	9 Regt	Lynx AH.9A
672 Squadron	31 July 2016	Dishforth Airfield	9 Regt	Lynx AH.9A

Former Flights

Flight	Founded at	Founded on	Disbanded at	Disbanded on	Notes
1 Flight	Hobart Barracks, Detmold	1957	JHCFS Aldergrove	2008	Formerly No. 1 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1901 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)^[11]^[12]
2 Flight		1957	Netheravon	1983	Formerly No. 2 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1902 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)^[12]
3 Flight		1958	RAF Leuchars	2009	Formerly No. 3 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)^[12]
4 Flight					Formerly No. 4 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)^[12]
5 Flight					Formerly No. 5 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)^[12]
6 Flight		1993	RAF Shawbury	2009	Formerly No. 6 Independent/Liaison Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1906 (Helicopter) Flight RAF)^[13]
7 Flight	Malaya	1957	British Forces Brunei	1 August 2021	Formerly No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1907 Light Liaison Flight RAF)^[13]
8 Flight	Asia	1 September 1957	Stirling Lines	1 September 2013	Formerly No. 8 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1908 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)^[13]
9 Flight		1968			Formerly No. 9 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1909 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)^[13]
10 Flight					Formerly No. 10 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1910 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)^[13]
11 Flight		1957			Formerly No. 11 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1911 Light Liaison Flight RAF)^[13]
12 Flight		1958	Elmpt Station	2009	Formerly No. 12 Independent Liaison Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1912 Light Liaison Flight RAF)^[13]
13 Flight		1961			Formerly No. 13 Liaison Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF)^[13]
14 Flight		1957			Formerly No. 14 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1914 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)^[13]
15 Flight		1959			Formerly No. 15 Independent Liaison Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1915 Light Liaison Flight RAF)^[13]
16 Flight		1961	Dhekelia, Cyprus	1998
17 Flight
18 Flight		1969			BAOR.^[14]
20 Flight					Formerly No. 20 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1900 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)^[12]
21 Flight		1961		1967
22 Flight				1962
23 Flight		1969
24 Flight					BAOR
26 Flight
27 Flight					BAOR
132 Flight		1966		1974
'C' Flight					(Seria, Brunei)
UNFICYP Flight AAC	Cyprus	27 March 1964	Cyprus	30 September 1994	(Nicosia Airport, Cyprus)

Former Wings

Wing	Founded at	Founded on	Disbanded at	Disbanded on	Notes
No. 1 Wing AAC	Detmold	1958		1989
No. 2 Wing AAC	Northern Ireland	1958		1989

References

Citations

↑ "British Army Launches First Ever Aviation Brigade". Forces Net. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
↑ "1 Regt AAC (@1_Regt_AAC) / Twitter".
1 2 "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".
↑ "654 Squadron's Last Parade Before Disbandment". Forces TV. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
↑ "https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/raf-pumas-to-replace-bell-helicopters-in-brunei-and-cyprus/147239.article". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
↑ "1901 (Air Observation Post) Flight". Helicopter History Site. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Lake 1999, p. 99.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lake 1999, p. 100.
↑ 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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[1] "British Army Launches First Ever Aviation Brigade". Forces Net. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[2] "1 Regt AAC (@1_Regt_AAC) / Twitter".

[:0-3] 1 2 "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] "654 Squadron's Last Parade Before Disbandment". Forces TV. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[10] "https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/raf-pumas-to-replace-bell-helicopters-in-brunei-and-cyprus/147239.article". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)

[11] "1901 (Air Observation Post) Flight". Helicopter History Site. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

[FOOTNOTELake199999-12] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lake 1999, p. 99.

[FOOTNOTELake1999100-13] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lake 1999, p. 100.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200557-14] Watson 2005, p. 57.

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