No. 7 Flight AAC
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History
The flight was originally formed as No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight Army Air Corps in September 1, 1957Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., at what was then known as Taiping, British MalayaTemplate:Sfn and was part of No. 656 Squadron AAC.[2] 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.[2]
No. 7 Flight Army Air Corps was re-formed in 1970Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., at RAF Gatow in Berlin, where it operated Bell Sioux AH.1, and from 1977 until 1994, Westland Gazelle AH.1 helicopters.[2] It was part of the Berlin Infantry Brigade.[2] It was disbanded October 1994,[2] 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.[2][3] The flight used Bell 212 AH1 and AH3 light helicopters.[2][3]
On Template:End date and age, the flight was expanded and raised to squadron size, and consequently re-designated as No. 667 Squadron AAC.[3]
See also
- Royal Gurkha Rifles
- British Army Jungle Warfare Training School
- List of Army Air Corps aircraft units
References
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