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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 ...
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]
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] The Agusta A109A helicopter had entered service with 8 Flight in 1984. [8] 666 (V) Squadron had become part of the regiment in 1986. [1] [9]
671 Squadron AAC, Middle Wallop, (Conversion to Type, 8x Gazelle AH.1, 8x Lynx AH.7) Trade Training School (Ground Crew & Maintenance Training) 660 Squadron AAC , RAF Sek Kong , Hong Kong, (12x Scout AH.1 ), supported British Forces Hong Kong , two Scouts detached to British Forces Brunei
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]
On 1 April 2009, the squadron was reformed as a Territorial Army unit 655 (The Scottish Horse) Squadron (Volunteers) as part of 6 Regiment Army Air Corps (Volunteers) based at the Army Aviation Centre, AAC Middle Wallop. [3] [10] The squadron's role was to provide groundcrew individual reinforcements to army aviation units for exercises and ...
The site was transferred to the Army Air Corps in 1963 and became AAC Netheravon. No. 651 Squadron moved here in 1964 and had responsibility for Army aviation in the UK (other than at Middle Wallop) and the Middle East. 7 Army Aviation Regiment was formed c. 1969 at Netheravon and in 1971 the regiment was renamed to 7 Regiment Army Aviation Corps.
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.