Major Units 5 to 9
Dates | Location | Equipment/Remarks |
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. | Northern Ireland Regiment | . |
1979.11.01 | Northern Ireland: HQ formed at Aldergrove | . |
. | 655 Squadron at Lisanelly Bks, Omagh, Scout Flight at Aldergrove | Scout AH 1 and Gazelle AH 1 |
. | Beaver Flight at Aldergrove | Beaver |
1982.05.24 | 655 Squadron moved to Shackleton Bks, Ballykelly | . |
. | Oct 82: 655 Squadron converted from Scouts to Lynx AH 1, the Aldergrove Scout Flight converted to Gazelles | Lynx AH 1 and Gazelle AH 1 |
1986.03.12 | 665 Squadron reformed at Aldergrove, Northern Ireland: | Gazelle AH.1, Lynx AH.1 |
1988.12 | Beaver Flight renamed 1 Flight AAC | Islanders |
1991 | 655 Squadron moved to Aldergrove | . |
. | 1 Dec 93: Renamed 5 Regiment AAC | . |
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. | 5 Regiment AAC | . |
1993.12.01 | Northern Ireland: Formed at Aldergrove from Northern Ireland Regiment | . |
. | 655 Squadron at Aldergrove | Lynx AH.1 |
. | 665 Squadron at Aldergrove | Gazelle AH 1 |
. | 1 Flight at Aldergrove | Islanders |
. | Apr 2007: 655 Squadron disbanded | . |
. | cApr 2008: 651 Squadron joins regiment, 1 Flight integrated into 651 Sqn | 651 & 665 Squadrons |
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. | 6 Regiment AAC (Volunteers) | . |
2006.07.02 | England: Bury St Edmunds | . |
. | 677 Squadron (V) | . |
. | The Regiments role is to provide Groundcrew Individual Reinforcements for both the Attack Helicopter (Apache) and Light Utility Helicopter (Lynx). | . |
. | 1 Apr 09: 655 (The Scottish Horse) Squadron AAC formed | . |
2013 | RHQ and HQ Squadron at Bury St Edmunds | . |
. | 675 Squadron to be formed at Taunton and Yeovil after Apr 2014 | . |
. | 677 Squadron at Bury St Edmunds, Norwich, Swaffham and Ipswich. To consolidate at Bury St Edmunds by Dec 2016 | . |
. | 678 Squadron to be formed at Milton Keynes and Luton after Apr 2014 | . |
. | 679 Squadron at Middle Wallop. To operate from Portsmouth and Middle Wallop after Apr 2014 | . |
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. | 7 Regiment AAC | . |
1969 | England: Formed at Airfield Camp, Netheravon | . |
. | 1 Apr 78: 658 Sqn joins regiment | . |
. | 1987: Sub-units | . |
. | 656 Squadron | . |
. | 658 Squadron | . |
. | 666 Squadron | . |
. | 2 & 3 Flights at Topcliffe | . |
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. | 7 Regiment AAC (V) | . |
1995 | England: Airfield Camp, Netheravon | . |
. | 658 Squadron (V) at Dishforth equipped with Gazelle AH.1. | . |
. | 666 Squadron (V) at Netheravon equipped with Gazelle AH.1. | . |
. | 3 Flight (V) at RAF Leuchars equipped with Gazelle AH.1. | . |
. | 6 Flight (V) at RAF Shawbury equipped with Gazelle AH.1. | . |
. | 1 Apr 09: Regiment and sub-units disbanded | . |
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. | 7 Regiment AAC (Flying) | . |
2009.04.01 | England: Formed at Middle Wallop | . |
. | 670 Squadron | . |
. | 671 Squadron | . |
. | 673 Squadron | . |
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. | 9 Regiment AAC | . |
1971.11 | Germany: Formed at Hobart Barracks, Detmold | Scout |
. | 659 and 669 Squadrons | . |
. | 1 Sep 1976: 669 Squadron renamed 12 Flight | . |
. | 1 Apr 1978: Following the Wide Horizon Study, 659 Squadron was retitled 669 Squadron and 655 Squadron renamed 659 Squadron | . |
. | 1983: Disbanded | . |
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. | 9 Regiment AAC | . |
1988.06 | England: Reformed at Alanbrooke Barracks, Topcliffe | 24 Air Mobile Brigade |
. | Jan 1990: 672 Squadron formed | 672 Sqns |
. | Jul 1990: 657 Squadron at Oakington joined regiment | 657 and 672 Sqns |
1991.02 | England: Dishforth less 672 Squadron | 24 Air Mobile Brigade |
. | Mar 1992: 672 Squadron moved to Dishforth and 664 Squadron joined regiment | 657, 664 and 672 Sqns |
. | 1993: 656 Squadron joined regiment | 656, 657, 664 and 672 Sqns |
. | 1 Sep 1999: Joined 16 Air Assault Brigade | 16 Air Assault Brigade |
. | Jun 2000: 657 Squadron moved to RAF Odiham to join Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing | 656, 664 and 672 Sqns |
. | 2003: Regiment was equipped with the Apache Attack Helicopter | . |
. | April - Oct 2004: 656 Squadron converted to Apache | . |
. | Oct 2004 - May 2005: 664 Squadron converted to Apache | . |
. | Jun 2005: Regiment received Operational Ready Status during Exercise Eagles Strike | . |
. | Apr - Oct 2006: Afghanistan: Op Herrick | . |
. | 2007: AAC restructured into single type regiments and 656 and 664 Squadrons, equipped with Apache were replaced with 659 and 669 Squadrons, equipped with the Lynx aircraft. 9 Regiment Army Air Corps is the Light Utility Helicopter Regiment for 16 Air Assault Brigade | 659, 669 and 672 Sqns: Lynx AH9 |
. | 1 Regiment Army Air Corps will merge with 9 Regiment Army Air Corps, bringing the Wildcat force under a single HQ based at Yeovilton not before October 2015 | . |
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