1 Regiment Army Air Corps

1 Regiment Army Air Corps
1st Division Aviation (1964-69)
1 Regiment Army Air Corps; 1st Division Aviation (1964-69)
Active	1964 – present
Country	RNAS Yeovilton
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	The Regimental emblem is the Army Air Corps Cap Badge with the Roman numeral 'I' beneath.

1 Regiment Army Air Corps is a regiment of the Army Air Corps (AAC).

History

Detmold | 9, 17 & 26 Flights | 1964-1969^[1]
Detmold | 651, 657 & 658 Squadrons | 1969-1971^[1]
HQ at Detmold | 651 at Verden, 657 at Soltau & 658 Squadron at Minden | 1971-1976^[2]
Hildesheim | 651 & 661 | 1977-1980^[3]
Hildesheim | 651 & 661 | 1981-1983^[4]
Hildesheim | 651, 652 & 661 | 1983-1990^[5]
Hildesheim | 651, 652 & 661 | 1990-1994^[6]
Gutersloh | 1994-2015^[7]
RNAS Yeovilton | 2015-present^[8]

Until 1993^[9] the regiment was based at Tofrek Barracks with 651 & 652 Squadrons using a mix of Westland Lynxs and Westland Gazelles.^[10] Previously, RHQ was located at Verden along with 651 Sqn AAC whilst 658 Sqn AAC was located at St Georges Barracks in Minden.

The regiment consists of:

^ ^a ^b Watson 2005, p. 67.
^ Watson 2005, p. 81.
^ Watson 2005, p. 88.
^ Watson 2005, p. 95.
^ Watson 2005, p. 105.
^ Watson 2005, p. 115.
^ Watson 2005, p. 137.
^ "Army Air Corps praise new facilities at RNAS Yeovilton". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
^ "Tofrek Barracks". BAOR Locations. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
^ Marshall 1990, p. 15.
^ 1 Regiment Army Air Corps [@@1_Regt_AAC] (1 August 2021). "651 Sqn AAC moves to 1 Regt AAC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "652 Squadron Army Air Corps". British Army. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ "659 Squadron Army Air Corps". British Army. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ "661 Squadron Army Air Corps". British Army. Retrieved 29 September 2014.