3 Regiment Army Air Corps

3 Regiment Army Air Corps
Active	24 October 1969 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Size	Regiment
Part of	Army Air Corps
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	The Regimental emblem is the Army Air Corps Cap Badge with the Roman numerals III beneath.

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

History

The regiment moved to Soest during the early 1980s and operated Westland Gazelle AH.1's and Westland Lynx AH.7's^[1] and consisted of 653, 662 and 663 Squadron's.^[2]

Structure

The regiment consists of:

References

↑ "3 Regiment Army Air Corps". BAOR Locations. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
↑ Marshall 1990, p. 15.
↑ "653 Squadron Army Air Corps". British Army. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
↑ "662 Squadron Army Air Corps". British Army. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
↑ "663 Squadron Army Air Corps". British Army. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

Bibliography

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

Army Air Corps (units)

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

660 Squadron AAC (Defence Helicopter Flying School)
667 Squadron AAC (Development and Trials)
674 Squadron AAC (Defence Elementary Flying Training School)
Army Historic Aircraft Flight
The Band Of The Army Air Corps
Army Flying Grading
Blue Eagles Display Team
The Army Air Corps Parachute Display Team

Independent Flights

No. 7 Flight AAC (Brunei)
No. 29 (BATUS) Flight AAC (Alberta, Canada)

Independent Squadrons

657 Squadron (RAF Odiham) (Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW))
658 Squadron (Credenhill Barracks) (JSFAW)

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