Country United Kingdom Base Wattisham Airfield | Branch Army Air Corps | |
Active 11 May 1958 – 19 Oct 1967
1 Nov 1971 – present Part of 3 Regiment Army Air Corps
16 Air Assault Brigade Motto(s) Latin: Ubique Speculabundus
(Translation: "The eyes of the guns are everywhere") | ||
No. 653 Squadron AAC is a squadron of the British Army's Army Air Corps (AAC).
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History
The squadron served in Aden from 9 March 1961 until 1967.
Current use
The squadron operates the Apache AH.1 from Wattisham Airfield. It will be the Apache Conversion Squadron after 2015.
References
No. 653 Squadron AAC Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA