List of Army Air Corps aircraft units (United Kingdom) explained

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

Wings

• Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing

Brigades

• 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team^[1]

Regiments

Current Regiments

Regiment	Location	Notes
		^[2]
		^[3]
3 Regiment	Wattisham Flying Station	^[4]
4 Regiment	Wattisham Flying Station	^[5]
5 Regiment	JHC FS Aldergrove, Northern Ireland	^[6]
6 Regiment (Reserve)	RHQ at Blenheim Camp	^[7]
7 (Training) Regiment	Army Aviation Centre, Middle Wallop
9 Regiment	RAF Shawbury	^[8]

Squadrons

Current Squadrons

Squadron	Aircraft	Unit	Notes
		1 Regiment	previously operated the Defender
		1 Regiment
	Boeing Apache AH-64E	3 Regiment
	Boeing Apache AH-64E	4 Regiment
		Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW)
		1 Regiment
		No. 1 Flying Training School RAF 2 Maritime Air Wing (2 MAW)	Training
		1 Regiment
	Boeing Apache AH-64E	3 Regiment
	Boeing Apache AH-64E	3 Regiment
	Boeing Apache AH-64E	4 Regiment
	n/a	2 (Trg) Regiment	Groundcrew Training
		9 Regiment	Training
	n/a	7 (Trg) Regiment	Training
	Boeing Apache AH-64E	7 (Trg) Regiment	Training
		Army Aviation Centre	Grading
	n/a	6 Regiment	Groundcrew
	n/a	2 (Trg) Regiment	Training
677 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron	n/a	6 Regiment	Groundcrew
	n/a	6 Regiment	Groundcrew
	n/a	6 Regiment	Groundcrew

Flights

Current Flights

Former Units

Former Squadrons

Squadron	Disbandment date	Last location	Last regiment	Last aircraft	Notes
	July 2014				^[9]
	1 April 2014		6 Regt		Groundcrew
	May 2018	RAF Odiham	n/a	Westland Lynx AH9A	Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW)
	31 October 2024		5 Regt	Westland Gazelle AH1	^[10]
	1 April 2009	AAC Netheravon	7 Regt	Gazelle AH.1
	2022			Bell 212 AH1/AH3	^[11]
	31 July 2016		9 Regt	Lynx AH.9A
	31 July 2016	Dishforth Airfield	9 Regt	Lynx AH.9A

Former Flights

Flight	Founded at	Founded on	Disbanded at	Disbanded on	Notes
	Hobart Barracks, Detmold	1957		2008	Formerly No. 1 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1901 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)^[12]
2 Flight		1957	Netheravon	1983	Formerly No. 2 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1902 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
3 Flight		1958	RAF Leuchars	2009	Formerly No. 3 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
4 Flight					Formerly No. 4 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
5 Flight					Formerly No. 5 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
6 Flight		1993	RAF Shawbury	2009	Formerly No. 6 Independent/Liaison Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1906 (Helicopter) Flight RAF)
7 Flight	Malaya	1957	British Forces Brunei	1 August 2021	Formerly No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1907 Light Liaison Flight RAF)
	Asia	1 September 1957		1 September 2013	Formerly No. 8 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1908 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
9 Flight		1968			Formerly No. 9 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1909 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
10 Flight					Formerly No. 10 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1910 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
11 Flight		1957			Formerly No. 11 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1911 Light Liaison Flight RAF)
		1958	Elmpt Station	2009	Formerly No. 12 Independent Liaison Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1912 Light Liaison Flight RAF)
13 Flight		1961			Formerly No. 13 Liaison Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF)
14 Flight		1957			Formerly No. 14 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1914 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
15 Flight		1959			Formerly No. 15 Independent Liaison Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1915 Light Liaison Flight RAF)
		1961	Dhekelia, Cyprus	1998
17 Flight
18 Flight		1969			BAOR.
20 Flight					Formerly No. 20 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1900 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)
21 Flight		1961		1967
22 Flight				1962
23 Flight		1969
24 Flight					BAOR
	Belize	1987	British Army Training Unit Kenya	September 2015	BATUK
26 Flight
27 Flight					BAOR
132 Flight		1966		1974
'C' Flight					(Seria, Brunei)
	Cyprus	27 March 1964	Cyprus	30 September 1994	(Nicosia Airport, Cyprus)

Former Wings

Wing	Founded at	Founded on	Disbanded at	Disbanded on	Notes
	Detmold	1958		1989
	Northern Ireland	1958		1989

References

Bibliography

• Book: Lake . A . Flying units of the RAF . 1999 . Airlife . . 1-84037-086-6 .
• Book: Watson . G. Rinaldi . R . The British Army in Germany: An Organizational History 1947–2004 . 2005 . Tiger Lily Publications . 0-9720296-9-9. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: British Army Launches First Ever Aviation Brigade. Forces Net. 6 May 2020.
2. Web site: 1 Regt AAC (@1_Regt_AAC) / Twitter .
3. Web site: Aviation The British Army .
4. Web site: 3 Regiment Army Air Corps (@CO_3RegimentAAC) / Twitter .
5. Web site: 4 Regiment Army Air Corps (@4RegimentAAC) / Twitter .
6. Web site: JHC FS Aldergrove Royal Air Force .
7. Web site: Army Air Corps The British Army .
8. Web site: RAF Shawbury Royal Air Force .
9. Web site: 654 Squadron's Last Parade Before Disbandment. Forces TV. 10 February 2016. 10 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306010009/http://forces.tv/60545910. 6 March 2016. dead.
10. Web site: VIDEO: British Army bids farewell to 665 Squadron and final Gazelles. Key Publishing. 21 April 2024.
11. Web site: RAF Pumas to replace Bell helicopters in Brunei and Cyprus .
12. Web site: 1901 (Air Observation Post) Flight. Helicopter History Site. 6 January 2022.