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

Current units

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Current Wings

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Current Brigades

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Current 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]

Current Squadrons

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Squadron Aircraft Unit Notes
651 Squadron 1 Regiment previously operated
the Defender
652 (Wildcat Fielding) Squadron AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1 1 Regiment
653 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 3 Regiment
656 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 4 Regiment
658 Squadron Eurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin II Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW)
659 Squadron AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1 1 Regiment
660 Squadron Eurocopter Juno HT1 No. 1 Flying Training School RAF
2 Maritime Air Wing (2 MAW)		 Training
661 Squadron AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1 1 Regiment
662 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 3 Regiment
663 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 3 Regiment
664 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 4 Regiment
668 (Trg) Squadron n/a 2 (Trg) Regiment Groundcrew Training
670 Squadron Eurocopter Juno HT1 9 Regiment Training
671 Squadron n/a 7 (Trg) Regiment Training
673 Squadron Boeing Apache AH-64E 7 (Trg) Regiment Training
674 Squadron Grob Tutor T1 Army Aviation Centre Grading
675 (The Rifles) Squadron n/a 6 Regiment Groundcrew
676 Squadron n/a 2 (Trg) Regiment Training
677 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron n/a 6 Regiment Groundcrew
679 (The Duke of Connaught's) Squadron n/a 6 Regiment Groundcrew

Former Units

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Former Squadrons

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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 n/a Westland Lynx AH9A Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW)
665 Squadron 31 October 2024 JHC FS Aldergrove 5 Regt Westland Gazelle AH1 [10]
666 Squadron 1 April 2009 AAC Netheravon 7 Regt Gazelle AH.1
667 Squadron 2022 British Forces Brunei Bell 212 AH1/AH3 [11]
669 Squadron 31 July 2016 Dishforth Airfield 9 Regt Lynx AH.9A
672 Squadron 31 July 2016 Dishforth Airfield 9 Regt Lynx AH.9A [citation needed]
678 (The Rifles) Squadron n/a 6 Regiment Groundcrew (Reserve)

Former Flights

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Flight Founded
at		 Founded
on		 Disbanded
at		 Disbanded
on		 Notes
1 Flight Hobart Barracks, Detmold 1 September 1957 JHC FS Aldergrove 2008 Formerly No. 1 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1901 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[12][13]
2 Flight 1 September 1957 Netheravon 1992 Formerly No. 2 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1902 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[13]
3 Flight 1 September 1957 RAF Leuchars 2009 Formerly No. 3 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[13]
4 Flight 1 September 1957 Formerly No. 4 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[13]
5 Flight 1 September 1957 Formerly No. 5 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[13]
6 Flight 1 September 1957
1993		 RAF Shawbury 2009 Formerly No. 6 Independent Depot/Liaison Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1906 (Helicopter) Flight RAF)[13]
7 Flight Malaya 1 September 1957 British Forces Brunei 1 August 2021 Formerly No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1907 Light Liaison Flight RAF)
(Formerly: No. 1907 Air Observation Post 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 1 September 1957
1968		 Formerly No. 9 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1909 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[13]
10 Flight 1 September 1957 Formerly No. 10 Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1910 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[13]}
11 Flight 1 September 1957 Formerly No. 11 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1911 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[13]
12 Flight 1 September 1957 Elmpt Station 2009 Formerly No. 12 Independent Liaison Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1912 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[13]
13 Flight 1 September 1957
1961		 Formerly No. 13 Liaison Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[13]
14 Flight 1 September 1957 Formerly No. 14 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1914 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[14]
15 Flight 1 September 1957
1959		 Formerly No. 15 Independent Liaison Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1915 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
(Formerly: No. 1915 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[14]
16 Flight 1961 Dhekelia, Cyprus 1998
17 Flight
18 Flight 1969 BAOR.[15]
20 Flight Formerly No. 20 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC
(Formerly: No. 1900 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[13]
21 Flight 1961 1967
22 Flight 1962
23 Flight 1969
24 Flight BAOR
25 Flight Belize 1987 British Army Training Unit Kenya September 2015 BATUK
26 Flight
27 Flight BAOR
No. 29 (BATUS) Flight Suffield,
Canada		 1972 British Army Training Unit Suffield, Canada Placed in suspended animation
in October 2021.[16] 		5 Regiment AAC had administrative responsibility for 29 (BATUS) Flight.
132 Flight 1966 1974
'C' Flight (Seria, Brunei)
UNFICYP Flight Cyprus 27 March
1964		 Cyprus 30 September 1994 (Nicosia Airport, Cyprus)

Former Wings

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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

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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. ^ "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. ^ "VIDEO: British Army bids farewell to 665 Squadron and final Gazelles". Key Publishing. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  11. ^ "RAF Pumas to replace Bell helicopters in Brunei and Cyprus".
  12. ^ "1901 (Air Observation Post) Flight". Helicopter History Site. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 130.
  14. ^ a b Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 131.
  15. ^ Watson 2005, p. 57.
  16. ^ "20241128 FOI22256 response.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.
  • 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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