No. 654 Squadron AAC

No. 654 Squadron AAC
654 Aviation Squadron
654 Light Aircraft Squadron
Active 1958-2014
Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch United Kingdom Army Air Corps
Aircraft flown
Helicopter AgustaWestland Apache AH.1

No. 654 Squadron AAC (654 Sqn) was a squadron of the British Army's Army Air Corps (AAC).

History

Between February and March 1991 the squadron was in Iraq as part of Operation Desert Sabre (the ground phase of Operation Granby) using Westland Lynx AH1GT's against armoured vehicles of the Iraqi 12th Armoured Division. They returned to Hobart Barracks on 22 March 1991 without any losses.

Deployments

Aircraft operated

The squadron operated a variety of helicopters:

Locations

References

  1. 1 2 3 "654 Squadron". Helis. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

Official website

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