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7 Army Aviation Regiment was formed c. 1969 at Airfield Camp, Netheravon. [1] In 1971, the regiment was renamed to 7 Regiment Army Aviation 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]
Aerial photograph of RAF Middle Wallop looking north, the control tower is in front of the technical site with five C-Type hangars upper right, 29 October 1946 Two AAC Britten-Norman Turbine Defender aircraft outside the hangars at Middle Wallop. Middle Wallop Flying Station is a British Army airfield located near the Hampshire village of ...
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 ...
Development & Trials Squadron, Middle Wallop Flying Station, (12x Gazelle AH.1, under Director Army Air Corps. On 1 April 1990 renamed 667 (D&T) Squadron AAC) 7 Flight AAC, RAF Gatow, Berlin, (4x Gazelle AH.1), supported the Berlin Infantry Brigade; 8 Flight AAC, Stirling Lines, Hereford, (4x A109A Hirundo), supported the Special Air Service
In 1983 the regiment was temporarily disbanded, with 652 Sqn AAC becoming part of 1 Regt AAC and 662 Sqn AAC becoming part of 3 Regt AAC. The regiment was re-formed in 1994 as 2 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps, based at Middle Wallop and is responsible for training the Army Air Corps' groundcrews. [7]
General Aircraft Hotspur glider. The collection of aircraft includes fixed wing and rotary aircraft. These include a restored Westland Lynx serial XX153 that was used to set two former world helicopter speed records in 1972, and an Aérospatiale Gazelle, Westland Scout, Westland Lynx, Bristol Sycamore, the Saunders-Roe Skeeter, and a replica of the rotabuggy.
671 Squadron was formed on 1 April 1986 at Middle Wallop as part of 2 Regiment AAC (Training). From 2000 it was operated Westland Lynx AH.7's, Westland Gazelle AH.1 's and Bell 212 AH.1 's. It joined 7 Regiment AAC (Flying) on 1 April 2009.
The regiment consisted of No. 655 (The Scottish Horse) Squadron AAC, No. 665 Squadron AAC and 1 Flight AAC. [4] 655 Squadron operated the Westland Lynx AH7 helicopter. [5] 665 Squadron operated the Westland Gazelle AH1 helicopter. [6] 1 Flight operated the fixed wing Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander aircraft which had entered service on 10 March ...