List of Army Air Corps aircraft units (United Kingdom)

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

Current units

Wings

• Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (Tri service)

Brigades

• 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team^[1]

Regiments

Regiment	Formed at	Formed on	Location	Notes
1 Regiment			RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)	[2]
2 (Training) Regiment			Army Aviation Centre, Middle Wallop Flying Station	[3]
3 Regiment			Wattisham Flying Station	[4]
4 Regiment			Wattisham Flying Station	[5]
5 Regiment		1979[6]	Middle Wallop Flying Station	[7]
6 Regiment (Reserve)			RHQ at Middle Wallop Flying Station	[8]
7 (Training) Regiment			Army Aviation Centre, Middle Wallop Flying Station	[3]
9 Regiment			RAF Shawbury	[9]

Squadrons

Squadron	Formed at	Formed on	Current aircraft	Unit	Role	Notes
651 Squadron	Feltwell ?	1 Sept 1957 1 Nov 1971[10]	n/a	1 Regiment		previously operated the Defender[11]
652 (Wildcat Fielding) Squadron	Germany	October 1969[10]	AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1	1 Regiment	Aviation Reconnaissance	Became 3 Division Army Aviation HQ 1966[10]
653 Squadron	Kermia, Cyprus[12] ? ?	11 May 1958[10] 1 Nov 1971[10] Dec 1977[10]	Boeing Apache AH-64E	3 Regiment	Aviation Attack
656 Squadron	Noble Field, Kuala Lumpur Sek Kong Farnborough	1 Sept 1957 Dec 1969[13] 1978[14]	Boeing Apache AH-64E	4 Regiment	Aviation Attack
658 Squadron	Germany Netheravon ?	1 Nov 1971[14] Apr 1978[14] ?	Eurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin II	Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW)	Special Forces Support
659 Squadron	Germany	1 Nov 1971[15]	AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1	1 Regiment	Aviation Reconnaissance
660 Squadron	Netheravon Sek Kong ?	10 Nov 1969[15] 1 Aug 1978 ?	Eurocopter Juno HT1	No. 1 Flying Training School RAF 2 Maritime Air Wing (2 MAW)	Training	Topcliffe (Apr 1970)[15] First unit to operate the Gazelle AH.1 (6 July 1974)[16] Disbanded (Dec 1977) Formerly No. 11 Flight AAC - Sioux AH.1 & Scout AH.1[17] Formerly No. 660 Aviation Squadron AAC[18] Disbanded 20 Dec 1993[19]
661 Squadron	Germany	1 Nov 1978[15]	AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1	1 Regiment	Aviation Reconnaissance
662 Squadron	Germany	1 Nov 1971[15]	Boeing Apache AH-64E	3 Regiment	Aviation Attack
663 Squadron	Netheravon	2 Mar 1970[15]	Boeing Apache AH-64E	3 Regiment	Aviation Attack	Belize Airfield, British Honduras - Sioux AH.1 (Jan [20] - Nov 1973)[21] Formerly No. 663 Aviation Squadron AAC
664 Squadron	Farnborough	(1 Nov 1971)[15]	Boeing Apache AH-64E	4 Regiment	Aviation Attack	Belize Airfield, Belize - Sioux AH.1 (1974 - )[22]
668 (Training) Squadron	? ?	Dec 1969[6] ?	n/a	2 (Training) Regiment	Groundcrew Training	Disbanded (12 Dec 1971)[6]
670 Squadron			Eurocopter Juno HT1	9 Regiment	Training
671 Squadron			n/a	7 (Training) Regiment	Training
673 Squadron			Boeing Apache AH-64E	7 (Training) Regiment	Training
674 Squadron			Grob Tutor T1	Army Aviation Centre	Grading	[citation needed]
675 (The Rifles) Squadron			n/a	6 Regiment (Reserve)	Groundcrew
676 Squadron			n/a	2 (Training) Regiment	Training
677 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron			n/a	6 Regiment (Reserve)	Groundcrew
679 (The Duke of Connaught's) Squadron			n/a	6 Regiment (Reserve)	Groundcrew

Former Units

Former Wings

Wing	Formed at	Formed on	Disbanded at	Disbanded on	Notes
No. 1 Wing AAC	Detmold, Germany	1958		1989
No. 2 Wing AAC	Northern Ireland	1958		1989
No. 3 Wing AAC	Falaise Airfield, Little Aden	1965	RAF Khormaksar	19 Oct 1967[23]	Previously No. 653 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC[24] Controlled: 8, 13 and 15 Flights[24]
No. 4 Wing AAC	Singapore[25]	1 October 1965	Singapore	11 Jan 1971[26]	Previously No. 656 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC[27] Co-located with HQ FARELF

Former Regiments

Regiment	Location	Dates	Notes
Northern Ireland Regiment		- 1993	[28] became 5 Regiment Army Air Corps

Former Squadrons

Squadron	Formed at	Formed on	Disbanded at	Disbanded on	Last unit	Last aircraft	Notes
654 Squadron	? ?	1 Sept 1958[10] Oct 1969[10]	Wattisham Airfield	Jul 2014	4 Regt	AgustaWestland Apache AH.1	[29] Disbanded 1964[10]
655 Squadron	Germany[14] ?	1 Apr 1962 1969[14]	Middle Wallop Airfield	1 Apr 2014	6 Regt	n/a	Groundcrew Disbanded 1964[14] McMunn Barracks, Colchester (1973) Belize Airfield, Belize - Sioux AH.1 (Nov 1973[21] - 1974)[22]
657 Squadron	Germany Colchester	1 Nov 1971[14] Apr 1978[14]	RAF Odiham	May 2018	JSFAW	Westland Lynx AH9A	[30]Reformed from 665 Sqn (1978)[14]
665 Squadron	Colchester NI	1 Nov 1971[15] 1 April 1986[15]	JHC FS Aldergrove	31 Oct 2024	5 Regt	Westland Gazelle AH1	[31]Disbanded April 1978)[15]
666 Squadron	Plymouth Netheravon	19 Aug 1969[6] 1 Apr 1986[6]	Airfield Camp, Netheravon	1 Apr 2009	7 Regt	Gazelle AH.1	Previously No. 666 Aviation Squadron AAC Previously No. 8 Flight AAC[32] RAF Ballykelly (October 1969) Det: Lisanelly Barracks (Omagh) - Sioux AH.1 and Scout AH.1 (1969)[32] UK (January 1970)[18] RAF Topcliffe (Nov 1970)[6] Disbanded (Apr 1978)[6]
667 Squadron	Netheravon ?	1 Jun 1969[6] ?	Medicina Lines	2022		Bell 212 AH1/AH3	[33] Became 7 Regiment (1 Jun 1971)[6]
669 Squadron	Germany	1 Jun 1971[6]	Dishforth Airfield	31 Jul 2016	9 Regt	Lynx AH9A
672 Squadron	Dishforth	1991[6]	Dishforth Airfield	31 Jul 2016	9 Regt	Lynx AH9A	Joined with 656 Sqn (1994)[6]
678 (The Rifles) Squadron			Buckinghamshire Bedfordshire	Mar 2023	6 Regt	n/a	Groundcrew (Reserve)
Hong Kong Aviation Squadron	Sek Kong	Feb 1969[13]	Sek Kong	Dec 1969		Scout AH.1	Became No. 656 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC
Demonstration and Trials Squadron						Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1	[34]
Chipmunk Squadron						Chipmunk T.10	Middle Wallop (1986)[35]
Basic Rotary Squadron						Gazelle AH.1	Middle Wallop (1986)[35]
Advanced Rotary Squadron						Gazelle AH.1	Middle Wallop (1986)[35]
Operational Training Squadron						Gazelle AH.1, Lynx AH.1 & Scout AH.1	Middle Wallop (1986)[35]
Falkland Islands Squadron (AAC Falklands Squadron)[14]		Jun 1982[14]		31 May 1987			[28]

Former Flights

Flight	Formed at	Formed on	Disbanded at	Disbanded on	Aircraft operated	Locations used	Notes
1 Flight	Hobart Barracks, Detmold	1 Sept 1957	RAF Aldergrove, NI	Jul 2008	Islander[11]		Formerly No. 1 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1901 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[37][38]
2 Flight	Ipoh, Perak[39] RAF Aldergrove, NI Netheravon ?	1 Sept 1957 1962 3 Jan 1966[40] ?	? ? Seremban Netheravon	? ? Mar 1970 1992	? Auster AOP.9 & Skeeter AOP.12[41] Auster AOP.9 & Scout AH.1 Gazelle AH.1[34]	Sibu (1966)[40] Seremban (1968)[42]	Formerly No. 2 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1902 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
3 Flight	? Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh	1 Sept 1957 1 May 1976	? RAF Leuchars	? 2009	Scout AH.1[43] Sioux AH.1 until October 1977 Gazelle AH.1 from October 1977[44]	Borneo (1965)[45]	Formerly No. 3 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38] Formerly Air Squadron, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars[46] Last user of Sioux in NI[44]
4 Flight		1 Sept 1957					Formerly No. 4 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
5 Flight		1 Sept 1957					Formerly No. 5 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
6 Flight	Middle Wallop	1 Sept 1957 1993	RAF Shawbury	2009	Sycamore, Skeeter AOP.12, Auster AOP.9[47] Beaver AL.1 & Alouette II[48]		Formerly No. 6 Independent Depot/Liaison Flight AAC Formerly No. 6 Independent Liaison Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1906 (Helicopter) Flight RAF)[38]
6A Flight					Alouette II	Netheravon	[34]
6B Flight					Beaver AL.1	Netheravon	[34]
7 Flight	Taiping, Malaya[39] RAF Gatow, Berlin Scout Base, Brunei[49]	1 Sept 1957 ? ?	Terendak Gatow, Berlin Medicina Lines, Brunei	Dec 1969[42] 1994[50] 1 Aug 2021	Auster AOP.9, Scout AH.1 ? Bell 212	Noble Field (1961) Kluang (1961)[51] Brunei Airport (1962[52]-Feb 1963[53] Kuching (1963)[54] Terendak (1968)[42]	Formerly No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight AAC Formerly No. 7 Liaison Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1907 Light Liaison Flight RAF) (Formerly: No. 1907 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38] Formerly 'C' Flight (Formerly 'C' Flight, 656 Squadron AAC)[50] Became No. 667 Squadron AAC
8 Flight	Malta ?	1 Sept 1957 ?	RAF Ballykelly Stirling Lines	October 1969 1 Sept 2013	Auster AOP.6[55](Sept 1957 - Sept 1964)[56] Alouette II (Sept 1961[57] - Oct 64),[56] Beaver AL.1(1964)[56] Scout AH.1 (1964)[56]	Wilson Field, Nairobi[58] Kuwait Airport (2 Jul[55] - 19 Oct 1961)[57] RAF Eastleigh (1961)[57] Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (Oct 1964)[56] Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[59] RAF Khormaksar (1967)[60] Coypool, Plymouth (1967)[32] RAF Ballykelly (August 1969)[32]	Formerly No. 8 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1908 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38] Became 666 Aviation Squadron AAC[32]
9 Flight		1 Sept 1957 1968				Soltau[61]	BAOR. Formerly No. 9 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1909 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
10 Flight	Lakatamia, Cyprus[62] Dhekelia[58] ?	1 Sept 1957 16 Jan 1961 ?	Kermia Dhekelia[43] ?	May 1958[12] Jun 1962 ?	Auster AOP.6 Auster AOP.9, Alouette II (Dec 1961 - Jun 1962),[58][43] Scout AH.1	Long Pasia (1963)[63] Kluang (1964)[64] Netheravon (1967)[25]	Formerly No. 10 Reconnaissance Flight AAC Formerly No. 10 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1910 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38] Became No. 653 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC Became Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)[43] ?
11 Flight	Sembawang, Malaya[39] Kangaw Barracks (Sembawang) Sek Kong[65]	1 Sept 1957 1971 1977	Sembawang ? Sek Kong	11 Jan 1971[26] 1975[66] 1 Aug 1978	Auster AOP.9, Scout AH.1, Sioux AH.1, Gazelle AH.1	Kluang (1962)[67] Brunei Airport (Feb 1963)[53] Kuching (1963)[54] Serembang (1970)[68] Singapore (1971)[13]	Formerly No. 656 Squadron AAC[65] Formerly No. 11 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC Formerly No. 11 ANZUK Flight AAC[13] Formerly No. 11 Liaison Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1911 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[38] Formerly RE Air Troop, Jungle Warfare School[26] Became No. 660 Squadron AAC[17]
12 Flight	Wildenrath	1 Sept 1957	Elmpt Station, Germany	2009	Alouette II,[58] Gazelle AH.1[69]		Formerly No. 12 Independent Liaison Flight AAC Formerly No. 12 Liaison Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1912 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[38]
13 Flight	RAF Aldergrove, Northern Ireland[70] Sharjah	1 Sept 1957 1967	RAF Khormaksar Sharjah	Oct 1967 1970	Auster AOP.6, T.7[70] Skeeter (Feb 1960 - 61)[71] Auster AOP. 9 then Scout AH.1 (1964 - 67)[72] Beaver AL.1[73]	RAF Feltwell (Feb 1958)[71] RAF Aldergrove (Jul 1959)[71] Det: RAF St Angelo (Nov 1959 - 61)[71] Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (9 Mar 1961)[74] Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[59] RAF Khormaksar (1967)[60] Sharjah (1967 - 70)[23]	Formerly No. 13 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[74] Formerly No. 13 Liaison Flight AAC[36][70] (Formerly: No. 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[38] Previously No. 15 Flight AAC[73]
14 Flight	Paroi, Seremban, Malaya[39] ?	1 Sept 1957 ?	Seremban ?	Jan 1970[68] ?	Auster AOP.9, Beaver AL.1, Scout AH.1 Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1	Kluang (1962)[67] Brunei Airport (1962)[52] Kluang (1963)[75] Seremban (1968)[42] Netheravon[34]	Formerly No. 14 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC Formerly No. 14 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1914 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[76]
15 Flight	Lakatamia, Cyprus[62] ?	1 Sept 1957 1959	Kermia RAF Khormaksar[73]	May 1958[12] Oct 1967	Beaver AL.1	Falaise Airfield, Little Aden (9 Mar 1961)[74] Det: Thumier (Habilayn) (1964 - 67)[59] RAF Khormaksar (1967)[60]	Formerly No. 15 Independent Liaison Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1915 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF) (Formerly: No. 1915 Light Liaison Flight RAF)[76] Became No. 653 Light Aircraft Squadron AAC Became No. 13 Flight AAC[73]
16 Flight	Noble Field, Kuala Lumpur Dhekelia, Cyprus[77]	Late 1950s 1967	Klulang Dhekelia	1 Oct 1964[78] 3 Jun 2003[79]	Auster AOP.9 Sioux AH.1 (- 1977), Alouette II (1977[80] - 1988)[81] Gazelle AH.1 (1988[81] - 2003)[79]	Kluang (1962)[67]	Formerly No. 16 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[82] Became Air Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment[64] Formerly No. 16 Aviation Flight AAC Formerly Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus
17 Flight
18 Flight	Detmold	1969			Alouette II[58]		BAOR[83]
19 Flight		1964			Beaver AL.1[84]	Nicosia[84] Aden (Jun 1964)[85]	Formerly No. 19 Liaison Flight AAC[84]
20 Flight	Sha Tin, Hong Kong	1 Sept 1957			Auster AOP.6 (1965)[86] Sioux AH.1 (October 1966)[87]	Kai Tak (1962)[88] Seremban (Jul 1966)[87] Sek Kong (1969)[13]	Formerly No. 20 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC[36] (Formerly: No. 1900 Air Observation Post Flight RAF)[38]
21 Flight		1961		1967	Auster AOP.6 & Scout AH.2[84]	Nicosia (1964)[84] Farnborough (Jun 1964)[85]	Formerly No. 21 Reconnaissance Flight AAC[84]
22 Flight				1962
23 Flight		1969
24 Flight	RAF Gütersloh, Germany	Jun 1962[43]			Alouette II[43]	Detmold (1962)[43] Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jun 1964[89] - Jan 1965)[90]	BAOR Formerly No. 24 Reconnaissance Flight[43]
25 Flight	Atkinson Field, British Guiana Airport Camp, Belize Kenya	1965 Apr 1984 ?	Atkinson Field Airport Camp Nanyuki, Kenya	1966 15 Jul 2011[91] Sept 2015	Alouette II (1965) Gazelle AH.1 (1984 - ?), Lynx AH.7 (May 1997 - 2003) & Bell 212 (2003 - 11)[91] Bell 212	Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jun 1965[90] - May 1966)[92]	British Guiana Previously Army Air Corps Detachment Belize[93] BATUK
26 Flight
27 Flight					Alouette II[90]	Atkinson Field, British Guiana (Jan - Jun 1965)[90]	BAOR
29 (BATUS) Flight	Suffield, Canada	1972	Suffield, Canada	[Note 1] Oct 2021	Gazelle AH.1		[94] 5 Regiment AAC had administrative responsibility for 29 (BATUS) Flight.
132 Flight		1966		1974
Beaver Flight	Topcliffe	1968			Beaver AL.1	Aldergrove (1976),[95] Middle Wallop[35]	Previously No. 15 Flight AAC[73]
'C' Flight, 656 Squadron AAC	Scout Base, Seria, Brunei	1970			Sioux AH.1 ( - 1978) Scout AH.1 (1978 - )		[96]
UNFICYP Flight	Nicosia, Cyprus	15 Aug 1966	Nicosia	30 Sept 1994	Sioux AH.1, Alouette II (1977[80] - 1988)[81] Gazelle AH.1 (1988 - 1994)[81]		Part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.[97][98]
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 Corps Detachment Belize	Belize Airfield, Belize	1 Nov 1976	Airport Camp	Apr 1984[93]	Scout AH.1 Gazelle AH.1 (1981 - 84)[99]		[100]
Gazelle Conversion Flight/ Advanced Rotary Wing Flight					Scout AH.1 & Gazelle AH.1	Middle Wallop	[34]
Advanced Fixed-Wing Flight					Beaver AL.1 & Chipmunk T.10 Islander AL.1[101]	Middle Wallop	[34]
Intermediate Fixed-Wing Flight[Note 2][102]					Chipmunk T.10	Middle Wallop	[34]
BATUS Flight	Suffield				Beaver ( - 1984) & Gazelle AH.1		[103]
Demonstration & Trials Flight					Gazelle AH.1, Lynx AH.1 & Scout AH.1	Middle Wallop (1986)	[35]
Historic Aircraft Flight					Sioux AH.1, Skeeter AOP.10 & Auster AOP.9	Middle Wallop (1986)	[35]

Other units

• The Light Aircraft School RAF became the Army Air Corps Centre^[36]

Integrated Flight Scheme units

• Air Platoon, Irish Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)^[104]
• Air Platoon, Scots Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)^[105]
• Air Squadron, Scots Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 - Harewood Barracks, Herford (1971) - Long Kesh (October 1971)^[106] & Long Kesh (1972)^[107]
• 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)^[108]
  • Air Troop - Skeeter AOP.12 (1962),^[64][25] Auster AOP.6 then Sioux AH.1 (1965)^[109]
• Air Troop, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1965)^[110] to NI (1966) from Aden^[108] - to BAOR (March 1969) then disbanded^[111]
• Air Squadron, Life Guards - Sioux AH.1 (1966)^[40]
• Air Squadron, 14th/20th Hussars - Sioux AH.1 (1972 - 73)^[20]
• Air Squadron, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars - Omagh - became No. 3 Flight AAC on 1 May 1976^[46]
• Air Troop, 10th Royal Hussars - Sioux AH.1 (1964)^[112]
• Air Squadron, 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers - Sioux AH.1 - NI (1971)^[106] - Omagh (1972)^[107] - departed NI (1973)^[113]
• Air Squadron, 17th/21st Lancers - Sioux AH.1 at Aldergrove, NI (1969)^[111] - Det at Ballykelly (1971)^[114] - squadron moved to Lisanelly Barracks (1971)^[115] - moved to Germany (October 1971)^[106]
• Air Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment - Sioux AH.1 (1976)^[116]
• Air Squadron, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1962)^[41] - Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh (1973)^[113]
• Air Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) (previously 16 Flight)^[64]
  • Air Troop - Falaise Airfield, Little Aden - Auster AOP.9 (1963)^[74]
• Air Squadron, 5th Royal Tank Regiment^[117]
  • Air Troop - Seremban (1965)^[118]
  • Air Troop - Brunei Airport (1965)^[118]
• Air Platoon, 40 Commando RM (1965)^[25]
• Air Troop, 42 Commando RM (1967)^[119]
• Air Troop, 45 Commando RM - Sioux AH.1 (1967)^[120]
• Salerno Flight, 41 Commando (1971)^[114]
• Montforterbrook Flight, 45 Commando (1971)^[114]
• Kangaw Flight, 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron - Sioux AH.1 in NI (1972)^[121]
• Air Platoon, the Northumberland Fusiliers - Sioux AH.1 (1965)^[122]
• Air Platoon, 1st Battalion King's Somerset Light Infantry (1967)^[119] - Sioux AH.1^[42]
• Air Platoon, 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire - Ballykinler, Ballykelly, NI (1969) then UK (August 1969)^[32]
• Air Platoon, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment - Auster AOP.9 (1964) - became Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus^[123][77]
• Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, the Green Jackets - Auster AOP.9 (March 1964) - previously Army Air Corps Section (Cyprus)^[85]
• Air Platoon, 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry - disbanded April 1969^[42]
• Air OP Troop, 1 Regiment Royal Horse Artillery - Sioux AH.1 (1965)^[110]
• Air OP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)^[124]
• Air OP Troop, 14 Light Regiment RA - disbanded November 1969^[42]
• Air OP Troop, 19 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)^[110]
• Air OP Troop, 25 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1969)^[13]
• Air OP Troop, 40 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1966)^[125]
• Air OP Troop, 45 Light Regiment RA (1965)^[25]
• Air OP Troop, 49 Light Regiment RA - Sioux AH.1 (1965)^[126]
• Air OP Troop, 95 Commando Light Regiment RA (1967)^[119]
• Air Troop, 249 Signals Squadron (1967)^[119] Disbanded March 1969^[42]
• Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders - Scout AH.1 (1965)^[78]
• Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) - Sioux AH.1 - Seria, Brunei (1967)^[96]
• Air Platoon, 6th Gurkha Rifles - Sek Kong (1965)^[126]
• Air Platoon, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Gurkha Rifles (1967)^[119]
• Air Platoon, 1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles - Sioux AH.1 (1966)^[87]
• 30 Flight RASC - Beaver AL.1 (8 April 1964 - 15 July 1965) - became 130 Flight RCT^[78]
• 130 Flight RCT - Beaver AL.1 (1968)^[42] - Middle Wallop (1970)^[68]
• 28 ANZUK Aviation Squadron - Sioux AH.1^[26]
• RE Air Troop, Jungle Warfare School, Johore - became 11 Flight AAC - Sioux AH.1^[26]
• Infantry Air Platoon Cyprus - Dhekelia - Sioux AH.1 (1966) - previously Air Platoon, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment - became No. 16 Aviation Flight AAC^[77]

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)^[85]
• 3 Flight (Aug 1964 - Feb 1965)^[123]
• 6 Flight (Feb - Aug 1965)^[123]
• 21 Flight (Aug 1965 - Feb 1966)^[124]
• AOP Troop, 4 Light Regiment RA (Feb - Aug 1966)^[124]

Northern Ireland

Deployed squadrons to Northern Ireland during the Troubles

• 666 Squadron at Ballykelly (1969)^[127]
• 660 Squadron at Ballykelly between 1970^[18] and July 1970^[128]
• 663 Aviation Squadron at Long Kesh Airfield between July^[128] and October 1970^[114]
• 653 Aviation Squadron between October 1970 and February 1971^[115]
• 664 Parachute Aviation Squadron from February 1971^[115] until June 1971
• 665 Aviation Squadron^[115] between June and October 1971^[129]
• 653 Squadron from October 1971 at Long Kesh^[114])
• 666 Squadron between October 1971^[129] and February 1972
• 663 Aviation Squadron from February 1972^[129]
• Flight from 651 Aviation Squadron from February 1972 at Aldergrove (Scout)^[129]
• Flight from 657 Aviation Squadron from February 1972 at Long Kesh (Sioux)^[129]
• 651 Aviation Squadron at Lisanelly Barracks (1972)^[107]
• 654 Squadron at Long Kesh (1972)^[107]
• 653 Squadron at Aldergrove (1972) - replaced by 665^[107]
• 665 Aviation Squadron at Aldergrove (1972)^[107]
• 652 Squadron (1973)^[113]
• 660 Squadron (Summer 1973)^[113]
• 666 Squadron (1973)^[130]
• 663 Squadron (November 1973)^[130]
• 657 Squadron - Soltau, Germany to Ballykelly - Det at Piggery Ridge, Londonderry. - Det at Magherafelt. Replaced by 661 (1974)^[131]
• 661 Squadron - Ballykelly (1974)^[132]
• 664 Squadron (1974)^[133]
• Flights from 662 (Scout AH.1) and 669 Squadrons (Sioux AH.1) as a composite - Long Kesh (1974)^[134]
• 655 Squadron (1974)^[134]
• Beaver AL.1 detachment at Aldergrove (1975)^[16]
• 651 Squadron (1975)^[16]
• 660 Squadron at Long Kesh from July 1975 (Gazelle AH.1)^[16]
• 662 Squadron (1975)^[135]
• 658 Squadron from November 1976^[136]
• 655 Squadron (1977) - returned to Detmold^[137]
• 662 Squadron (1977)^[137]
• 655 Squadron (1978)^[138]
• 659 Squadron (1978)^[138]
• 655 Squadron (1979)^[138]

Notes

1. Placed in suspended animation
2. Flack says this was the Initial Fixed Wing Flight