No. 1 Wing AAC

1 Wing Army Air Corps
Active	1958-1989
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Size	Wing
Part of	Army Air Corps

No. 1 Wing AAC is a former Wing of the British Army's Army Air Corps which was based in West Germany in support of the British Army of the Rhine.

Structure

File:Lynx, Scout and Gazelle 1 Reg AAC Hildesheim 1980.jpg

Westland Lynx, Westland Scout and Westland Gazelle helicopters (left to right) of 1 Regiment Army Air Corps in Hildesheim, West Germany in 1980.

1958-1961 | Detmold

• 652 Squadron at Detmold(1+9).
• 654 Squadron at Hildesheim (4+5).
• 12 Flight (BAOR HQ Flight) at Wildenrath.

1961-1964 | Detmold

• 652 Squadron at Detmold (1&9).
• 654 Squadron at Hildesheim (4+5).
• 655 Squadron at Detmold (23+24).
• 12 Flight (BAOR HQ Flight) at Wildenrath.

1964-1970 | Detmold

• 12 Flight (BAOR HQ Flight) at Wildenrath.
• 18 Flight (HQ 1 Corps Flight) at Detmold.

1971-1976 | Detmold

• 669 Squadron at Wildenrath.
• 9 Regiment | Detmold
  • 655 Squadron at Detmold.
  • 669 Squadron at Detmold.

1989

Main article: NORTHAG wartime structure in 1989

• 1 Regiment | Tofrek Barracks (Tofrek East) (Hildesheim) - Formerly at Detmold.
  • 651 Squadron
  • 652 Squadron
• 3 Regiment | Salamanca Barracks (Soest)
  • 653 Squadron
  • 662 Squadron
  • 663 Squadron
• 4 Regiment | Hobart Barracks (Detmold)
  • 654 Squadron
  • 659 Squadron

See also

• List of Army Air Corps aircraft units

References

Bibliography

• Marshall, C (1990). The World's Great Military Helicopters. New York City: Gallery Books. ISBN 0-8317-9679-0.
• Watson, G; Rinaldi, R (2005). The British Army in Germany: An Organizational History 1947-2004. Tiger Lily Publications. ISBN 0-9720296-9-9.