1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team (United Kingdom)

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1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team
1st aviation brigade.svg
Active1 April 2020–present [1]
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
BranchFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
Type Army aviation
RoleAttack
Reconnaissance
Part of Joint Helicopter Command
Garrison/HQ AAC Middle Wallop
Motto(s)Fly, Fight, Lead [2]
Commanders
Current
commander
Brigadier Paul Tedman [3]
Aircraft flown
Attack helicopter Boeing AH-64E Apache
Observation helicopter Wildcat AH1

The 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team is an aviation formation of the British Army. [4] Most of its units are from the Army Air Corps (AAC). It was stood up on 1 April 2020 by combining the Wattisham Flying Station Headquarters (WFS HQ), formerly the Attack Helicopter Force (AHF) at Wattisham and the Aviation Reconnaissance Force at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton. [4] [5] [6] It reached initial operating capability on 1 April 2021 and full operating capability on 1 January 2023. [7]

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Structure

As of May 2021 the units of the brigade are as follows: [8]

See also

Footnotes

  1. "Army establishes its 1st Aviation Brigade". British Army. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. "British Army Launches First Ever Aviation Brigade". Forces Net. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. Mackie, Colin (1 June 2020). "Generals current June 2020" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Retrieved 4 June 2020. Brigadier Paul T. Tedman (late Army Air Corps): Deputy Commander, Joint Helicopter Command, October 2019, and Commander,1st Aviation Brigade, April 2020
  4. 1 2 "Army establishes its 1st Aviation Brigade". British Army (Press release). 5 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. "The Eagle Spring 2020 edition" (PDF). The Eagle. Wattisham. 1 April 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  6. Ripley, Tim (6 April 2020). "UK forms aviation brigade". IHS Janes. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  7. "British Army Newsletter Issue 5" (PDF). British Army. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  8. Watling & Bronk, pp. 27.
  9. "Army Air Corps". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  10. 1 2 Cooper, Tim (3 August 2021). "Watchkeeper: Up Close With The UK-Built Drone That's Been Used In Afghanistan". Forces Network. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  11. "British Army Newsletter Issue 5" (PDF). British Army. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  12. "The Craftsman: Magazine of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers". Issu. 31 January 2021. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  13. "The Sustainer: Royal Logistic Corps Regimental Magazine". Isssuu. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

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