No. 662 Squadron AAC

No. 662 Squadron AAC
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army Air Corps
Part of	3 Regiment Army Air Corps 16 Air Assault Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Wattisham Airfield
Aircraft flown
Helicopter	AgustaWestland Apache AH.1

No. 662 Squadron AAC is a squadron of the British Army's Army Air Corps (AAC).

History

No. 662 Squadron was part of Royal Air Force as No. 662 Squadron RAF, first an Air Observation Post Squadron (from 30 Sept 1943 to 15 Dec 1945) later a Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadron (from 1 May 1949 until 10 March 1957). The Squadron became a part of the 3 Regiment Army Air Corps (in Soest) in 1971, until the draw down of the Regiment at the end of 1992.

Current use

In 2007, Squadron been designated as an Attack Helicopter Squadron due to the centralisation of aircraft types, equipped with the AgustaWestland Apache AH.1 battlefield helicopter under 3 Regiment, Army Air Corps.^[1]

References

↑ "662 Squadron Army Air Corps". British Army. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

External links

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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