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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]
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.
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 ...
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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.
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.