UNFICYP Flight AAC

UNFICYP Flight AAC United Nations Flight AAC Force Aviation Flight
Active	27 March 1964 – 30 September 1994
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Army aviation
Aircraft flown
Patrol	Augusta Bell AH1 Sud Aviation Alouette II Westland Gazelle AH.1

Military unit

The UNFICYP Flight AAC, originally known as the Force Aviation Flight, was a unit of the Army Air Corps (AAC) of the British Army attached to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). It was formed on 1 August 1966.^[1] The flight was originally equipped with Augusta Bell Sioux AH1 helicopters and these were replaced in December 1977 by Sud Aviation Alouette II helicopters. The Alouettes were replaced by the Westland Gazelle AH.1 in October 1988.

Duties ended on 30 September 1994 when the AAC flight was replaced by a flight from the Argentine Air Force, ending thirty years, six months and four days of service under the UN flag.^[2]

References

^ "Military Histories - UN Flying from Nicosia (1964-today)".
^ The UNFICYP Magazine Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Autumn 2011

Army Air Corps (units)

Airfields

JHC FS Aldergrove
RAF Barkston Heath
Stirling Lines
AAC Middle Wallop
Wattisham Flying Station
RNAS Yeovilton

Regular
units

Brigades	1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team
1 Regiment	No. 651 Squadron AAC No. 652 Squadron AAC No. 659 Squadron AAC No. 661 Squadron AAC
3 Regiment	HQ Squadron 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. 665 Squadron AAC No. 29 (BATUS) Flight AAC (Alberta, Canada)

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. 671 Squadron AAC No. 673 Squadron AAC
9 Regiment	No. 670 Squadron AAC