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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 ...
AAC Netheravon, Wiltshire (1964–2012) – formerly RAF Netheravon, [1] now used by the Joint Services Parachute Centre; Alanbrooke Barracks, North Yorkshire (70's–1992) – formerly RAF Topcliffe, now used by 4th Regiment Royal Artillery; Dishforth Airfield, North Yorkshire (1992–2016) – formerly RAF Dishforth, now used by 6 Regiment RLC
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
Located in Hampshire (Portsmouth and Middle Wallop Flying Station). Created by the renaming of No. 655 Squadron AAC at Middle Wallop Flying Station and then the transfer of D company of 3 PWRR. Paired with the Army Aviation Centre (AACen) at Middle Wallop Flying Station . Provide ground support to Apache. Provide ground support to AACen training.
The Army Flying Museum covers the history of Army aviation from the Balloon sections of the Royal Engineers, through the establishment of the Royal Flying Corps in 1912 and air observation post (AOP) squadrons, and the establishment of the Army Air Corps in 1957 from the merger of the Glider Pilot Regiment and the AOP Squadrons.
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 ...
On 1 April 2009, the regiment re-roled as a regular training unit 7 (Training) Regiment AAC based at Middle Wallop as part of the School of Army Aviation. [3] On 1 August 2009, the school was renamed as the Army Aviation Centre. [3] The regiment consisted of 670 Squadron, 671 Squadron and 673 Squadron. [3]
By November 2024, the regiment had moved from Aldergrove Flying Station to Middle Wallop Flying Station, the home of the Army Aviation Centre and Headquarters, Army Air Corps. [ 26 ] The regiment had administrative responsibility for No. 29 (BATUS) Flight AAC based at Canadian Forces Base Suffield in Canada , which formerly operated Gazelle ...