No. 7 Flight AAC

No. 7 Flight Army Air Corps
Bell 212 of the No. 7 Flight AAC supporting the Household Cavalry Regiment during a training exercise in the jungles of Brunei in 2017.
Active	1 September 1957;67 years ago (1957-09-01)–1 August 2021;4 years ago (2021-08-01)
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Helicopter flight
Role	Transport
Part of	Army Air Corps
Last home base	Medicina Lines, Seria, Brunei Darussalam [1]
Aircraft flown
Helicopter	Bell 212 AH1/AH3

No. 7 Flight Army Air Corps (No. 7 Flt AAC) was an independent flight of the British Army's Army Air Corps, latterly based at the British garrison at Medicina Lines in Seria, Brunei, on the island of Borneo. ^[1]

History

7 Flt AAC Gazelle over Brandenburg Gate in 1983 over Berlin, Germany.

The flight was originally formed as No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight Army Air Corps in 1 September 1957;67 years ago (1957-09-01), at what was then known as Taiping, British Malaya ^[2] and was part of No. 656 Squadron AAC. ^[3] On 24 December 1962, 7 Recce Flight AAC then moved to Brunei on the island of Borneo, and remained there until 31 December 1966, when it was disbanded. ^[3]

No. 7 Flight Army Air Corps was re-formed in 1970;55 years ago (1970), at RAF Gatow in Berlin, where it operated Bell Sioux AH.1, and from 1977 until 1994, Westland Gazelle AH.1 helicopters. ^[3] It was part of the Berlin Infantry Brigade. ^[3] It was disbanded October 1994, ^[3] and then returning to Borneo, it reformed on 1 November 1994 at Seria in Brunei, where it supported the resident infantry battalion from the Brigade of Gurkhas, and the Training Team Brunei (TTB), which runs jungle warfare training courses. ^{[3] [4]} The flight used Bell 212 AH1 and AH3 light helicopters. ^{[3] [4]}

On 1 August 2021;4 years ago (2021-08-01), the flight was expanded and raised to squadron size, and consequently re-designated as No. 667 Squadron AAC. ^[4]

See also

• Royal Gurkha Rifles
• British Army Jungle Warfare Training School
• List of Army Air Corps aircraft units

References

1. AirForces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. September 2020. p. 8.
2. Greenacre & Peters 2024, p. 45.
3. "6-10 Flights AAC". British-Army-units1945on.co.uk. British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
4. "New designation for Army Air Corps jungle support unit". Key.Aero. Key Publishing. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

• Greenacre, John; Peters, Mike (2024). Ops Normal - The Authorised Operational History of the AAC 1957-2017. Vol. 1 (1957-79). Warwick, UK: Helion & Company. ISBN   978-1-804515-34-1.