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No. 654 Squadron AAC

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Active
  
1958-2014

Branch
  
Army Air Corps

Country
  
United Kingdom

Helicopter
  
AgustaWestland Apache AH.1

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

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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

  • Operation Herrick (Afghanistan):
  • September 2008 – January 2009
  • September 2010 – January 2011
  • January 2012 – May 2012
  • September 2013 – January 2014

    • Aircraft operated

    The squadron operated a variety of helicopters:

  • Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP.12
  • Westland Sioux AH.1
  • Westland Lynx AH.1GT
  • Westland Scout AH.1
  • AgustaWestland Apache AH.1

    • Locations

  • Tofrek Barracks East, Hildesheim
  • Harewood Barracks, Herford
  • Hobart Barracks, Detmold

    • References

    No. 654 Squadron AAC Wikipedia
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