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The Army Air Corps (AAC) is the aviation arm of the British Army, first formed in 1942 during the Second World War by grouping the various airborne units of the British Army. Today, there are eight regiments (seven Regular Army and one Reserve ) of the AAC, as well as two independent flights and two independent squadrons deployed in support of ...
UK Airfields of the Cold War. Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-346-4. Flack, Jeremy (1992). Today's British Army in Colour. BCA. ISBN 978-1854090065. Greenacre, John; Peters, Mike (2024). Ops Normal - The Authorised Operational History of the AAC 1957-2017. Vol. 1 (1957-79). Warwick, UK: Helion & Company. ISBN 978-1-804515-34-1. Ripley, Tim ...
Saunders-Roe Skeeter – First helicopter used by Army Air Corps [15] Sud Aviation Alouette II [16] Westland Lynx [17] Westland Scout [18] Westland Sioux [19] Bell 212 – Used by 25 Flight AAC at British Army Training Unit Kenya; Airbus H135 [20] – was to replace the Gazelle in the surveillance role. However, the MoD decided that they were ...
4 Regiment Army Air Corps 4th Division Aviation 1969-1973; Active: 24 October 1969 – present: Country: United Kingdom: Branch British Army: Type: Aviation: Size: Regiment 404 personnel [1] Part of: Attack Helicopter Force: Insignia; Squadron Badge heraldry: The Regimental emblem is the Army Air Corps Cap Badge with the Roman numerals IV beneath.
The 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team is an aviation formation of the British Army. [3] Most of its units are from the Army Air Corps (AAC). It was stood up on 1 April 2020 by combining the Wattisham Flying Station Headquarters (WFS HQ), formerly the Attack Helicopter Force (AHF) at Wattisham and the Aviation Reconnaissance Force at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton.
Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus) [43] Dhekelia: Jun 1962: Dhekelia: Mar 1964: Auster AOP.9 & Sioux AH.1: Formerly No. 10 Reconnaissance Flight AAC [43] Became Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, the Green Jackets [85] Light Aircraft Pilot: Ogle Airstrip, British Guiana (near Georgetown) 1966: Ogle Airstrip: Oct 1966: Cessna 185B Skywagon [92] Army Air ...
2 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps is a regiment of the British Army's Army Air Corps. It is responsible for all of the Army Air Corps' groundcrew Phase 2 and 3 training, as well as the Ground Support Commanders Course for officers. The Regiment is based at Middle Wallop Flying Station and is made up of two squadrons: 676 Squadron is ...
In 2022, the Army Air Corps began to transition to the Apache AH-64E. The AAC received 14 of the new attack helicopters on 21 January 2022. [10] The 3rd and 4th Regiments AAC had received 38 AH-64Es in February 2024. The British Army simultaneously retired the Apache AH.1 from service and declared the AH-64Es ‘operationally ready' in March ...