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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 ...
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]
It contains flight simulators, [2] an outdoor play park with interactive aviation themed play pieces, and a control tower based on that at Middle Wallop. [3] The museum raised funds for 'Project Eagle', a two-phase development program.
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 ...
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 ...
In January 1973, it was renamed 660 Squadron AAC and in May 1974, while a Salamanca Barracks, it was the first unit to receive the Westland Gazelle AH.1 for operational service in May 1974. A Scout Flight was later swapped with No. 654 Squadron AAC in October 1977, making it an entirely Gazelle squadron. The squadron was then assigned to 3 Regt ...
The regiment was made up of three squadrons (652 Sqn AAC at Bünde, 659 Sqn AAC at Osnabrück and 662 Sqn AAC at Münster), who were attached as independent squadrons to cavalry regiments. In 1976 the regiment was re-organized (with 659 Sqn AAC becoming part of 9 Regt AAC ) and renamed 2 Regiment Army Air Corps .
No. 670 Squadron AAC was formed during 1989 at Middle Wallop Flying Station as part of 2 Regiment AAC (Training) performing Advanced rotary wing training with the Eurocopter Squirrel HT.2. It moved to 7 Regiment AAC (Flying) on 1 April 2009.