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The Army Air Corps (AAC) is the aviation arm of the British Army, first formed in 1942 during the Second World War by grouping the various airborne units of the British Army. Today, there are eight regiments (seven Regular Army and one Reserve ) of the AAC, as well as two independent flights and two independent squadrons deployed in support of ...
The 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team is an aviation formation of the British Army. [3] Most of its units are from the Army Air Corps (AAC). It was stood up on 1 April 2020 by combining the Wattisham Flying Station Headquarters (WFS HQ), formerly the Attack Helicopter Force (AHF) at Wattisham and the Aviation Reconnaissance Force at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton.
It is the Headquarters for the Army Air Corps, and the 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team, and is also used for Army Air Corps training. The base hosts 2 (Training) Regiment AAC and 7 (Training) Regiment AAC under the umbrella of the Army Aviation Centre. 2 Regiment performs ground training; 7 Regiment trains aircrew on AAC aircraft after they ...
This is a list of airfields of the military aviation division of the British Army, the Army Air Corps, from 1 September 1957. This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
In 2022, the Army Air Corps began to transition to the Apache AH-64E. The AAC received 14 of the new attack helicopters on 21 January 2022. [10] The 3rd and 4th Regiments AAC had received 38 AH-64Es in February 2024. The British Army simultaneously retired the Apache AH.1 from service and declared the AH-64Es ‘operationally ready' in March ...
6 Regiment was formed on 2 July 2006 at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.It is the only reserves regiment of the Army Air Corps. [2] The regiment was initially formed as an attack helicopter ground crew regiment, providing attack helicopter support to the regular Army Air Corps regiments at Wattisham Flying Station. [3]
7 Army Aviation Regiment was formed c. 1969 at Airfield Camp, Netheravon. [1] In 1971, the regiment was renamed to 7 Regiment Army Air Corps. [1] During its time as a regular unit, the following squadrons and flights were part of the regiment: 651 Squadron, 658 Squadron, 2 Flight and 8 Flight. [1] 658 Squadron had reformed c. 1982. [7]
Saunders-Roe Skeeter – First helicopter used by Army Air Corps [15] Sud Aviation Alouette II [16] Westland Lynx [17] Westland Scout [18] Westland Sioux [19] Bell 212 – Used by 25 Flight AAC at British Army Training Unit Kenya; Airbus H135 [20] – was to replace the Gazelle in the surveillance role. However, the MoD decided that they were ...