1 Regiment Army Air Corps

1 Regiment Army Air Corps
Active	January 1983 – present.
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Size	Regiment
Part of	Army Air Corps
Base	RNAS Yeovilton
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	The Regimental emblem is the Army Air Corps Cap Badge with the Roman numeral 'I' beneath.

1 Regiment Army Air Corps is a regiment of the Army Air Corps (AAC).

History

Until 1993^[1] the regiment was based at Tofrek Barracks with 651 & 652 Squadrons using a mix of Westland Lynxs and Westland Gazelles.^[2]Previously, RHQ was located at Verden along with 651 Sqn AAC whilst 658 Sqn AAC was located at St Georges Barracks in Minden.

The regiment consists of:

↑ "Tofrek Barracks". BAOR Locations. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
↑ Marshall 1990, p. 15.
↑ "652 Squadron Army Air Corps". British Army. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
↑ "661 Squadron Army Air Corps". British Army. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

Marshall, C (1990). The World's Great Military Helicopters. New York City: Gallery Books. ISBN 0-8317-9679-0.

Airfields

Regular units

1 Regiment	No. 652 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

9 Regiment	No. 659 Squadron AAC No. 669 Squadron AAC No. 672 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. 668 (Training) Squadron AAC No. 676 Squadron AAC

7 (Training) Regiment	No. 670 Squadron AAC No. 671 Squadron AAC No. 673 Squadron AAC No. 25 Flight AAC (Kenya)

Other

Independent Flights

Independent Squadrons

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