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List of Army Air Corps aircraft units (United Kingdom)

This is a list of British Army Army Air Corps aircraft units.

Current units

Wings

Brigades

Regiments

Squadrons

Former Units

Former Wings

Former Regiments

Former Squadrons

Former Flights

Other units

  • The Light Aircraft School RAF became the Army Air Corps Centre
Integrated Flight Scheme units:
  • Air Platoon, Irish Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)
  • Air Platoon, Scots Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)
  • Air Squadron, Scots Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 - Harewood Barracks, Herford (1971) - Long Kesh (October 1971) & Long Kesh (1972)
  • Air Squadron, 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards - Auster AOP.6 and Skeeter AOP.12 at Aldergrove (1964) then Sioux AH.1, moved to Aden (November 1966)
  • Air Troop - Skeeter AOP.12 (1962), Auster AOP.6 then Sioux AH.1 (1965)
  • Air Troop, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1965) to NI (1966) from Aden - to BAOR (March 1969) then disbanded
  • Air Squadron, Life Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)
  • Air Squadron, 14th/20th Hussars - Sioux AH.1 (1972 - 73)
  • Air Squadron, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars - Omagh - became No. 3 Flight AAC on 1 May 1976
  • Air Troop, 10th Royal Hussars - Sioux AH.1 (1964)
  • Air Squadron, 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers - Sioux AH.1 - NI (1971) - Omagh (1972) - departed NI (1973)
  • Air Squadron, 17th/21st Lancers - Sioux AH.1 at Aldergrove, NI (1969) - Det at Ballykelly (1971) - squadron moved to Lisanelly Barracks (1971) - moved to Germany (October 1971)
  • Air Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment - Sioux AH.1 (1976)
  • Air Squadron, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1962) - Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh (1973)
  • Air Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) (previously 16 Flight)
  • Air Troop - Falaise Airfield, Little Aden - Auster AOP.9 (1963)
  • Air Squadron, 5th Royal Tank Regiment
  • Air Troop - Seremban (1965)
  • Air Troop - Brunei Airport (1965)
  • Air Platoon, 40 Commando RM (1965)
  • Air Troop, 42 Commando RM (1967)
  • Air Troop, 45 Commando RM - Sioux AH.1 (1967)
  • Salerno Flight, 41 Commando (1971)
  • Montforterbrook Flight, 45 Commando (1971)
  • Kangaw Flight, 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron - Sioux AH.1 in NI (1972)
  • Air Platoon, the Northumberland Fusiliers - Sioux AH.1 (1965)
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion King's Somerset Light Infantry (1967) - Sioux AH.1
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire - Ballykinler, Ballykelly, NI (1969) then UK (August 1969)
  • Air Platoon, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) - became Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus
  • Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, the Green Jackets - Auster AOP.9 (March 1964) - previously Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)
  • Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry - disbanded April 1969
  • Air OP Troop, 1 Regiment Royal Horse Artillery - Sioux AH.1 (1965)
  • Air OP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)
  • Air OP Troop, 14 Light Regiment RA - disbanded November 1969
  • Air OP Troop, 19 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)
  • Air OP Troop, 25 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1969)
  • Air OP Troop, 40 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)
  • Air OP Troop, 45 Light Regiment RA (1965)
  • Air OP Troop, 49 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)
  • Air OP Troop, 95 Commando Light Regiment RA (1967)
  • Air Troop, 249 Signals Squadron (1967) Disbanded March 1969
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders - Scout AH.1 (1965)
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) - Sioux AH.1 - Seria, Brunei (1967)
  • Air Platoon, 6th Gurkha Rifles - Sek Kong (1965)
  • Air Platoon, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Gurkha Rifles (1967)
  • Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles - Sioux AH.1 (1966)
  • 30 Flight RASC - Beaver AL.1 (8 April 1964 - 15 July 1965) - became 130 Flight RCT
  • 130 Flight RCT - Beaver AL.1 (1968) - Middle Wallop (1970)
  • 28 ANZUK Aviation Squadron - Sioux AH.1
  • RE Air Troop, Jungle Warfare School, Johore - became 11 Flight AAC - Sioux AH.1
  • Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus - Dhekelia - Sioux AH.1 (1966) - previously Air Platoon, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment - became No. 16 Aviation Flight AAC

Deployments

Cyprus

Flights that supported the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) between 27 March 1964 and 15 August 1966:

  • 19 and 21 Flight's (Mar - Jun 1964)
  • 3 Flight (Aug 1964 - Feb 1965)
  • 6 Flight (Feb - Aug 1965)
  • 21 Flight (Aug 1965 - Feb 1966)
  • AOP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA (Feb - Aug 1966)

Northern Ireland

Deployed squadrons to Northern Ireland during the Troubles:

Notes

References

Citations

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Further reading