Unit Name: | No. 7 Flight Army Air Corps |
Type: | Helicopter flight |
Role: | Transport |
Command Structure: | Army Air Corps |
Garrison: | Medicina Lines, Seria, Brunei Darussalam[1] |
Garrison Label: | Last home base |
Aircraft Helicopter: | Bell 212 AH1/AH3 |
No. 7 Flight Army Air Corps (No. 7 Flt AAC) was an independent flight of the British Army's Army Air Corps, latterly based at the British garrison at Medicina Lines in Seria, Brunei, on the island of Borneo.[1]
The flight was originally formed as No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight Army Air Corps in, at what was then known as Taiping, British Malaya and was part of No. 656 Squadron AAC.[2] On 24 December 1962, 7 Recce Flight AAC then moved to Brunei on the island of Borneo, and remained there until 31 December 1966, when it was disbanded.[2]
No. 7 Flight Army Air Corps was re-formed in, at RAF Gatow in Berlin, where it operated Bell Sioux AH.1, and from 1977 until 1994, Westland Gazelle AH.1 helicopters.[2] It was part of the Berlin Infantry Brigade.[2] It was disbanded October 1994,[2] and then returning to Borneo, it reformed on 1 November 1994 at Seria in Brunei, where it supported the resident infantry battalion from the Brigade of Gurkhas, and the Training Team Brunei (TTB), which runs jungle warfare training courses.[2] [3] The flight used Bell 212 AH1 and AH3 light helicopters.[2] [3]
On, the flight was expanded and raised to squadron size, and consequently re-designated as No. 667 Squadron AAC.[3]