Army Air Corps ( United Kingdom ) - wikipedia Army Air Corps ( United Kingdom ) Army Air Corps Cap Badge of the Army Air Corps. Active 1942 -- 1949 1957 -- present Country United Kingdom Branch British Army Type Army aviation Role Battlefield support, reconnaissance Size 2,000 personnel Approx. 200 aircraft Garrison / HQ 1 Regiment : Yeovilton 2 Regiment : Middle Wallop 3 Regiment : Wattisham 4 Regiment : Wattisham 5 Regiment : Aldergrove 6 Regiment : Army Reserve 7 Regiment : Middle Wallop March Quick : Recce Flight Slow : Thievish Magpie Battle honours Falkland Islands 1982 Wadi al Batin, Gulf 1991 Basra, Iraq 2003 Commanders Colonel - in - Chief HRH The Prince of Wales Colonel of the Regiment General The Rt Hon. The Lord Dannatt KCB CBE MC Insignia Tactical Recognition Flash Aircraft flown Attack Apache AH1 Patrol Lynx AH7 / AH9A Reconnaissance Gazelle AH1 Islander AL1 Wildcat AH1 Trainer Eurocopter Squirrel AS350BB Tutor T1 Transport Bell 212 HP Lynx AH9A AS365N3 Dauphin II Islander AL1 The Army Air Corps ( AAC ) is a component of the British Army, first formed in 1942 during the Second World War by grouping the various airborne units of the British Army ( which are no longer part of the AAC ). Today, there are eight regiments ( 7 Regular Army and 1 Reserve ) of the AAC as well as four Independent Flights and two Independent Squadrons deployed in support of British Army operations across the world. They are located in Britain, Brunei, Canada, and Germany. Some AAC squadrons provide the offensive and air assault elements of 16 Air Assault Brigade through Joint Helicopter Command. Contents 1 History 1.1 First formation : 1942 -- 1949 1.2 Second formation : 1957 -- present 1.2. 1 Cold War 1.2. 2 War on Terror 2 Today 2.1 Personnel 2.2 Mascot 2.3 Aircraft 3 Structure 3.1 Regiments 3.2 Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing 3.3 Independent units 4 Former units 5 Future 5.1 Training 6 Battle honours 7 Order of precedence 8 See also 9 References 10 Bibliography 11 External links History First formation : 1942 -- 1949 See also : Royal Flying Corps The British Army first took to the sky during the 19th century with the use of observation balloons. In 1911 the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers was the first heavier - than - air British military aviation unit. The following year, the Battalion was expanded into the Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps which saw action throughout most of the First World War until 1 April 1918, when it was merged with the Royal Naval Air Service to form the Royal Air Force. Between the wars, the Army used RAF co-operation squadrons. At the beginning of the Second World War, Royal Artillery officers, with the assistance of RAF technicians, flew Auster observation aircraft under RAF - owned Air Observation Post ( AOP ) Squadrons. Twelve such squadrons were raised -- three of which belonged to the RCAF -- and each performed vital duties in a wide array of missions in many theatres. Early in the war, Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced the establishment of a new branch of army aviation, the Army Air Corps, formed in 1942. The corps initially comprised the Glider Pilot Regiment and the Parachute Battalions ( subsequently the Parachute Regiment ), Air Landing Regiments, and the Air Observation Post Squadrons. In 1944, the SAS Regiment was added to the Corps. One of their most successful exploits during the war was Operation Deadstick, including the attack on Pegasus Bridge, which occurred on 6 June 1944, prior to the landings on Normandy. Once the three gliders landed, some roughly which incurred casualties, the pilots joined the glider - borne troops ( Ox & Bucks Light Infantry ) to act as infantry. The bridge was taken within ten minutes of the battle commencing and the men there withstood numerous attempts by the Germans to re-capture the location. They were soon reinforced and relieved by soldiers from Lord Lovat 's 1 Special Service Brigade, famously led by piper Bill Millin. It was subsequently further reinforced by units of the British 3rd Division. The AAC was broken up in 1949, with the SAS returning to its independent status, while the Parachute Regiment and Glider Pilot Regiment came under the umbrella of the Glider Pilot and Parachute Corps. The pilots who had once flown the gliders soon had to transfer to flying powered aircraft, becoming part of the RAF Air Observation Post ( AOP ) Squadrons, several of which were manned by reserve personnel. Second formation : 1957 -- present A Westland Lynx AH. 7 of the Army Air Corps ready to touch down on a desert road south of Basra Airport, Iraq, November 2003 In 1957 the Glider Pilot and Parachute Corps was renamed to The Parachute Regiment, while the Glider Pilot Regiment and the Air Observation Squadrons amalgamated into a new unit, the Army Air Corps. From 1970, nearly every army brigade had at least one Aviation Squadron that usually numbered twelve aircraft. The main rotor aircraft during the 1970s were the Westland Scout and Bell Sioux general purpose helicopters. The Sioux was replaced from 1973 by the Westland Gazelle used for Airborne recce, initially unarmed, they were converted to carry 68mm SNEB rocket pods in 1982, during the Falklands War. The Scout was replaced from 1978 by the Westland Lynx, which was capable of carrying additional firepower in the form of door gunners. Basic rotary flying training was carried out on the Bell Sioux in the 1970s, the Westland Gazelle in the 1980s and 1990s and is currently conducted on the Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel. Fixed - wing types in AAC service have included the Auster AOP. 6 and AOP. 9 and DHC - 2 Beaver AL. 1 in the observation and liaison roles. Since 1989, the AAC have operated a number of Britten - Norman Islander and Defender aircraft for surveillance and light transport duties. The corps operated the DHC - 1 Chipmunk T. 10 in the training role until its replacement by the Slingsby T67 Firefly in the 1990s. The Firefly was replaced by the Grob Tutor in 2010. Cold War During the Cold War the majority of Army Air Corps units were based in Germany and part of the British Army of the Rhine. At the beginning of 1989 the Army Air Corps structure was as follows : Army Air Corps, AAC Middle Wallop 1 Wing AAC, Hobart Barracks in Detmold, West Germany, under operational control of Commander Aviation 1st British Corps ( Wing disbanded during 1989 ) 1 Regiment AAC, Tofrek Barracks in Hildesheim, supported 1st Armoured Division 651 Squadron AAC, ( Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH. 1, 12x Lynx AH. 7 ( TOW ) ) 652 Squadron AAC, ( Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH. 1, 12x Lynx AH. 7 ( TOW ) ) 661 Squadron AAC, ( Reconnaissance, 12x Gazelle AH. 1 ) 3 Regiment AAC, Salamanca Barracks in Soest, supported 3rd Armoured Division 653 Squadron AAC, ( Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH. 1, 12x Lynx AH. 7 ( TOW ) ) 662 Squadron AAC, ( Reconnaissance, 12x Gazelle AH. 1 ) 663 Squadron AAC, ( Reconnaissance, 12x Gazelle AH. 1 ) 4 Regiment AAC, Hobart Barracks in Detmold, supported 4th Armoured Division 654 Squadron AAC, ( Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH. 1, 12x Lynx AH. 7 ( TOW ) ) 659 Squadron AAC, ( Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH. 1, 12x Lynx AH. 7 ( TOW ) ) 669 Squadron AAC, ( Reconnaissance, 12x Gazelle AH. 1 ) 2 Wing AAC, AAC Netheravon ( Wing disbanded during 1989 ) Northern Ireland Regiment AAC, AAC Aldergrove ( Later renamed 5 Regiment AAC ) 655 Squadron AAC, AAC Ballykelly, ( Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH. 1, 12x Lynx AH. 7 ), supported 2nd Infantry Division 665 Squadron AAC, ( 16x Gazelle AH. 1 ), supported HQ Northern Ireland 1 Flight AAC, ( Reconnaissance, 4x DHC - 2 Beaver AOP ) 7 Regiment AAC, AAC Netheravon 656 Squadron AAC, ( Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH. 1, 12x Lynx AH. 7 ), supported 1st Infantry Brigade 666 Squadron AAC ( V ), ( Territorial Army, Home Defence, 12x Gazelle AH. 1 ) 2 Flight AAC, ( 4x Gazelle AH. 1 ), supported NATO 's AMF ( L ) 657 Squadron AAC, Colchester Garrison, ( Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH. 1, 12x Lynx AH. 7 ), supported 9th Infantry Brigade ; joined 9 Regiment AAC in July 1990. 9 Regiment AAC, RAF Topcliffe, part of 24th Airmobile Brigade 672 Squadron AAC, ( Lynx Light Battlefield Helicopter Squadron, activated 1 January 1990, 12x Lynx AH. 9 ) 3 Flight AAC, ( 4x Gazelle AH. 1 ) School of Army Aviation, AAC Middle Wallop 670 Squadron AAC, Middle Wallop, ( Operational Training, 12x Gazelle AH. 1, activated 1989 ) 671 Squadron AAC, Middle Wallop, ( Conversion to Type, 8x Gazelle AH. 1, 8x Lynx AH. 7 ) Trade Training School ( Ground Crew & Maintenance Training ) 660 Squadron AAC, RAF Sek Kong, Hong Kong, ( 12x Scout AH. 1 ), supported British Forces Hong Kong, two Scouts detached to British Forces Brunei C Flight, 660 Squadron AAC, Anduki Airfield in Seria, Brunei, ( 2x Scout AH. 1 ) 664 Squadron AAC, St George 's Barracks in Minden, West Germany, ( Reconnaissance, 12x Gazelle AH. 1 ), supported 1st British Corps Development & Trials Squadron, AAC Middle Wallop, ( 12x Gazelle AH. 1, under Director Army Air Corps. On 1 April 1990 renamed 667 ( D&T ) Squadron AAC ) 7 Flight AAC, RAF Gatow, Berlin, ( 4x Gazelle AH. 1 ), supported the Berlin Infantry Brigade 8 Flight AAC, Stirling Lines, Hereford, ( 4x A109A Hirundo ), supported the Special Air Service 12 Flight AAC, RAF Wildenrath, Germany, ( 4x Gazelle AH. 1 ), supported British Army of the Rhine 16 Flight AAC, Kingsfield Airfield in Dhekelia, Cyprus, ( 4x Gazelle AH. 1 ) supported British Forces Cyprus 25 Flight AAC, Price Barracks, Belize, ( 4x Gazelle AH. 1 ), supported British Army Training and Support Unit Belize 29 ( BATUS ) Flight AAC, CFB Suffield, Canada, ( 4x Gazelle AH. 1 ), supported British Army Training Unit Suffield UNFICYP Flight AAC, Nicosia Airport, Cyprus, ( 4x Gazelle AH. 1 ), supported United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus War on terror A further boost in the Army Air Corps ' capability came in the form of the Westland Apache AH. 1 attack helicopter. In 2006, British Apaches deployed to Afghanistan as part of the NATO International Security Assistance Force. Today Personnel Army Air Corps personnel on parade, 2011. The strength of the Army Air Corps is believed to be some 2,000 Regular personnel, of which 500 are officers. However, the AAC draws an additional 2,600 personnel from the Royal Logistic Corps and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Therefore, total related Army Air Corps personnel is around 4,600. Mascot In October 2011, the Army Air Corps adopted their first Corps Mascot : Zephyr, a bald eagle. Aircraft Further information : List of active United Kingdom military aircraft and List of aircraft of the Army Air Corps ( United Kingdom ) The AAC operates fixed - wing and rotary - wing aircraft. The AAC uses the same designation system for aircraft as the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm. Two types of fixed - wing aircraft are operated by the Corps, primarily for reconnaissance purposes : the Britten - Norman Islander AL1 and the Britten - Norman Defender AL1 / AL2 / T3. The Defenders are also employed in the command and communication role with limited use in transporting personnel. Additionally, AAC pilots use the fixed - wing Grob Tutor for Elementary Flying Training ( at Army Flying Grading & DEFTS ). Today the larger section of the AAC is the rotary - wing part. Its aviators fly four types of helicopter, and within each type there are usually several marks / variants which carry out different roles. Pilots designated for rotary - wing service train at the Defence Helicopter Flying School, RAF Shawbury. The School is a tri-Service organisation consisting of civilian and military instructors that take the student from basic flying through to more advanced flying such as instrument flying, navigation, formation flying and captaincy. In service rotary - wing aircraft include : the Bell 212HP AH1, the Eurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin II, the Eurocopter Squirrel HT2, the Westland Gazelle AH1, the Westland Lynx AH9A and the AgustaWestland Apache AH1. AgustaWestland AH. 1 Britten - Norman Islander AL. 1 Westland Gazelle AH. 1 Westland Lynx AH. 9A AgustaWestland Wildcat AH. 1 Structure Arms of the British Army Combat Arms Royal Armoured Corps Infantry Guards Division Scottish Division Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division King 's Division Queen 's Division Prince of Wales ' Division Parachute Regiment Royal Gurkha Rifles The Rifles Special Air Service Army Air Corps Special Reconnaissance Regiment Combat Support Arms Royal Artillery Royal Engineers Royal Corps of Signals Intelligence Corps Combat Services Royal Army Chaplains ' Department Royal Logistic Corps Army Medical Services Royal Army Medical Corps Royal Army Dental Corps Royal Army Veterinary Corps Queen Alexandra 's Royal Army Nursing Corps Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Adjutant General 's Corps Educational and Training Services Branch Army Legal Services Branch Provost Branch ( Royal Military Police Military Provost Staff Military Provost Guard Service ) Small Arms School Corps Royal Army Physical Training Corps General Service Corps Corps of Army Music Further information : List of Army Air Corps aircraft units ( United Kingdom ) Regiments 1 Regiment Wildcat 652 Squadron 659 Squadron ( until August 1947 No. 659 Squadron RAF ) 661 Squadron 2 ( Training ) Regiment 668 ( Training ) Squadron ( until November 1945 No. 668 Squadron RAF ) 676 Squadron 3 Regiment ( Joint Helicopter Command ) Apache 653 Squadron is to be an Operational Training Squadron from 2015. 662 Squadron 663 Squadron 4 Regiment ( Joint Helicopter Command ) Apache 656 Squadron 664 Squadron 5 Regiment Gazelle and Defender 651 Squadron ( until September 1957 No. 651 Squadron RAF ) 665 Squadron ( until July 1945 No. 665 Squadron RCAF ) 6 Regiment is the Army Reserve component of the AAC 675 ( The Rifles ) Squadron 677 ( Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry ) Squadron 678 ( The Rifles ) Squadron 679 ( The Duke of Connaught 's ) Squadron 7 ( Training ) Regiment 670 ( Training ) Squadron ( until July 1946 No. 670 Squadron RAF ) 671 ( Training ) Squadron ( until July 1946 No. 671 Squadron RAF ) Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing 657 Squadron ( RAF Odiham ) 658 Squadron ( Stirling Lines ) Independent units 7 Flight ( Brunei ) 25 Flight ( AAC Middle Wallop ) 29 ( BATUS ) Flight ( Alberta, Canada ) 660 Squadron ( part of the Defence Helicopter Flying School ) 667 Squadron ( Development and Trials ) 674 Squadron ( Defence Elementary Flying Training School ) The Band Of The Army Air Corps Army Flying Grading Army Historic Aircraft Flight The Army Air Corps Blue Eagles Display Team The Army Air Corps Parachute Display Team Former units British Army of the British Armed Forces Components Army ( Operational Structure of the British Army List of units current regiments ) Army Reserve Administration Army Headquarters Overseas British Forces Germany British Forces Cyprus British Forces Falkland Islands British Forces Gibraltar British Forces Brunei Personnel Senior officers Officer insignia Other ranks insignia Equipment Current equipment British military rifles History History Timeline Recruitment British Army portal Further information : List of Army Air Corps aircraft units ( United Kingdom ) Future Aldergrove Stirling Lines Middle Wallop Wattisham RNAS Yeovilton RAF Odiham RAF Cranwell Bases of the Army Air Corps in 2020 In the future, the current regiments will be consolidated into the following structure : Aviation Reconnaissance Force 1 Regiment AAC, RNAS Yeovilton Wildcat AH. 1 659 Squadron 661 Squadron 669 Squadron 672 Squadron 652 Squadron ( OCU ) 5 Regiment AAC, Aldergrove Gazelle / Defender 651 Squadron 665 Squadron Supporting 3rd ( UK ) Division, 16 Air Assault Brigade and Royal Marines, Wattisham Apache AH. 1 3 Regiment AAC 662 Squadron 663 Squadron 653 Squadron ( OCU ) 4 Regiment AAC 656 Squadron 664 Squadron Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing RAF Odiham Lynx AH. 9A 657 Squadron Stirling Lines Dauphin II / Gazelle AH. 1 658 Squadron Army Reserves 6 Regiment AAC RHQ / HQ Squadron, Bury St. Edmunds 675 Squadron, Taunton / Yeovil 677 Squadron, Bury St. Edmunds 678 Squadron, Milton Keynes / Luton 679 Squadron, Portsmouth / Middle Wallop Aviation Specialist Group, Middle Wallop 1 and 9 Regt AAC will merge under one headquarters ( 1 Regt AAC ) and re-locate to RNAS Yeovilton to form a large regiment equipped with the new AgustaWestland Wildcat helicopter not before 15 October. The Regular component of Army Air Corps capability will consist of two regular aviation regiments equipped with Apache, one large regular aviation regiment equipped with Wildcat, and one regular manned aerial surveillance regiment, although the Gazelle out - of - service date is currently 2018 and it has not yet been confirmed whether or how the capability will be replaced. All five squadrons from 1 and 9 AAC. will remain. Four squadrons will be the front line Lynx Wildcat squadrons, one ( 652 Squadron ) will become the Wildcat Operational Conversion Squadron. There will be two frontline squadrons of Apache helicopters in both 3 and 4 Regiment AAC, with 3 Regiment also parenting the Apache OCU, 653 Squadron. One Regiment will be at high readiness at any one time. One of the squadrons will be attached to HMS Ocean and / or the new Queen Elizabeth - class aircraft carriers for expeditionary operations. Another will be attached to the lead armoured battlegroup. However, under Army 2020 Refine, 3 Regiment AAC will be tasked to support the armoured infantry, and strike brigades of 3 ( UK ) Division and 4 Regiment AAC will support the army 's 16 Air Assault Brigade and 3 Commando Brigade of the Royal Marines. With the retirement of the Gazelle fleet and the transfer of the AAC 's Islander aircraft to the Royal Air Force ( both scheduled for 2018 ) 5 Regiment AAC will be transferred to the Royal Air Force. Training The Army 's training structure will remain broadly the same. Training of future Army Air Corps aircrew will be delivered by the joint service UK Military Flying Training System. Elementary Flying Training will continue to be delivered at RAF Cranwell, alongside Royal Navy students. Training Units, Middle Wallop 7 ( Training ) Regiment AAC 670 Squadron - Operational Training 671 Squadron - Lynx / Gazelle / Bell 212 ( Future uncertain, given retirement of Gazelle and Lynx fleets ) 673 Squadron - Apache Conversion to type Defence Elementary Flying Training School, RAF Cranwell Tutor T. 1 674 Squadron Defence Helicopter Flying School, RAF Shawbury Squirrel HT. 1 660 Squadron Battle honours The Army Air Corps is classed, in UK military parlance, as a `` Combat Arm ''. It therefore carries its own guidon and is awarded battle honours. The honours awarded to the AAC are : Normandy Landings 1944 Merville Battery 1944 Rhine 1945 North West Europe 1944 - 45 Sicily 1943 Pegasus Bridge Arnhem 1944 Southern France Falkland Islands 1982 Wadi al Batin 1991 Gulf 1991 Al - Basrah Iraq 2003 Order of precedence Preceded by Special Air Service British Army Order of Precedence Succeeded by Special Reconnaissance Regiment See also British Army portal List of airfields of the Army Air Corps Museum of Army Flying List of Army Air Corps aircraft squadrons Australian Army Aviation Army Aviation Corps ( India ) Joint Helicopter Command Army aviation List of air forces Aircrew brevet References Jump up ^ `` World Air Forces '' ( PDF ). Flight International. 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014. Jump up ^ Farrar - Hockley 1994, p. 9. Jump up ^ Farrar - Hockley 1994, p. 17. Jump up ^ Farrar - Hockley 1994, p. 41. Jump up ^ Rawlings 1984, pp. 255 - 259. Jump up ^ Rawlings 1984, p. 259. Jump up ^ Halley 1988, pp. 444 - 451. 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Jump up ^ Tim Ripley, London - IHS Jane 's Defence Weekly ( 13 October 2013 ). `` British Army helicopters leave Germany - IHS Jane 's 360 ''. Janes.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014. Jump up ^ Anonymous ( 8 July 2014 ). `` 654 Squadron 's Last Parade Before Disbandment ''. forces.tv. Retrieved 7 August 2016. Jump up ^ Ripley, Tim ( 9 February 2017 ). `` UK re-roles Apache attack helicopter units ''. IHS Janes. Retrieved 13 August 2017. Jump up ^ Tim Ripley ( 14 September 2016 ). `` UK MoD looks to transfer Army Defender and Islander aircraft to RAF ''. Retrieved 13 August 2017. Bibliography Farrar - Hockley, General Sir Anthony. The Army in the Air : The History of the Artmy Air Corps. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK : Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd., 1994. ISBN 0 - 7509 - 0617 - 0. Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918 - 1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK : Air Britain ( Historians ) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0 - 85130 - 164 - 9. Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF ( Retd. ). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK : Airlife Publishing, 1988 ( second edition 2001 ). ISBN 1 - 85310 - 053 - 6. Mead, Peter. Soldiers in the Air : The Development of Army Flying. London : Ian Allan Ltd., 1967. OCLC 464211829 Parham Major General H.J. & Belfield E.M.G. Unarmed Into Battle : The Story of the Air Observation Post. Warren & son, for the Air O.P. Officers ' Association, Winchester, 1956. ( Second edition : Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK : Picton Publishing Ltd., 1986. ISBN 978 - 0 - 948251 - 14 - 6 ) Rawlings, John D.R. Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London : Jane 's Publishing Company Ltd., 1982. ISBN 0 - 7106 - 0187 - 5. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Army Air Corps ( UK ). Official site School of Army Aviation Army Air Corps Historic Aircraft Flight official webpage The Blue Eagles - Army Air Corps Helicopter Display Team official webpage The Silver Eagles - Army Air Corps Freefall Parachute Display Team official webpage Army Air Corps group pool of images on Flickr Army Air Corps in Germany private webpage Army Air Corps ( units ) Airfields JHFS Aldergrove RAF Barkston Heath Credenhill Barracks AAC Middle Wallop AAC Netheravon Wattisham Airfield Regular units 1 Regiment No. 652 Squadron AAC No. 659 Squadron AAC No. 661 Squadron AAC 3 Regiment No. 653 Squadron AAC No. 662 Squadron AAC No. 663 Squadron AAC 4 Regiment No. 656 Squadron AAC No. 664 Squadron AAC 5 Regiment No. 651 Squadron AAC No. 665 Squadron AAC Army reserve units 6 Regiment No. 675 ( The Rifles ) Squadron AAC No. 677 ( Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry ) Squadron AAC No. 678 ( The Rifles ) Squadron AAC No. 679 ( The Duke of Connaught 's ) Squadron AAC Training units 2 ( Training ) Regiment No. 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