1st Aviation Brigade (United Kingdom)

May 2020 May 2020 1st Aviation Brigade 1st aviation brigade.svg 1 April 2020–present Army establishes its 1st Aviation Brigade https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/05/army-aviation-brigade/ British Army 5 May 2020 7 May 2020 United Kingdom United Kingdom Army aviation AttackReconnaissance Joint Aviation Command Middle Wallop Flying Station Fly, Fight, Leadhttps://www.forces.net/news/british-army-launches-first-ever-aviation-brigade British Army Launches First Ever Aviation Brigade 6 May 2020 Forces Net 6 May 2020 Boeing AH-64E Apache Wildcat AH1 The 1st Aviation Brigade is an aviation formation of the British Army.Army establishes its 1st Aviation Brigade https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/05/army-aviation-brigade/ British Army 6 May 2020 5 May 2020 10 July 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220710185510/https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/05/army-aviation-brigade/ dead Most of its units are from the Army Air Corps (AAC). It was stood up on 1 April 2020 by combining the Wattisham Flying Station Headquarters (WFS HQ), formerly the Attack Helicopter Force (AHF) at Wattisham and the Aviation Reconnaissance Force at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton. The Eagle Spring 2020 edition http://www.theeagleonline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WattishamEagleSpring2020web.pdf The Eagle Wattisham 1 April 2020 7 May 2020 1 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901103453/http://www.theeagleonline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WattishamEagleSpring2020web.pdf dead Ripley Tim 6 April 2020 UK forms aviation brigade https://www.janes.com/article/95356/uk-forms-aviation-brigade IHS Janes 7 May 2020 It reached initial operating capability on 1 April 2021 and full operating capability on 1 January 2023. British Army Newsletter Issue 5 https://www.army.mod.uk/media/10192/adr009405_in_front_5.pdf British Army 9 July 2020 9 July 2020 For a period it was designated the 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team.https://www.defenceiq.com/events-militaryhelicopter/speakers/brigadier-nick-english-mbe-phd Brigadier Nick English MBE PhD International Military Helicopter 15 October 2026 Units in 2021 The units of the brigade were, in 2021, as follows:Watling & Bronk, 2021, pp. 27. Headquarters, 1st Aviation Brigade, at Middle Wallop Flying Station No. 678 Squadron Army Air Corps, Brigade Signals Squadron, at Middle Wallop Flying Station 1 Regiment Army Air Corps, at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) (Aviation Reconnaissance, equipped with AgustaWestland Wildcat AH1) 3 Regiment Army Air Corps, at Wattisham Flying Station (Aviation Attack, equipped with Boeing AH-64E Apache) 4 Regiment Army Air Corps, at Wattisham Flying Station (Aviation Attack, equipped with Boeing AH-64E Apache) 5 Regiment Army Air Corps, at Middle Wallop Flying Station 6 Regiment Army Air Corps (Army Reserve), at Middle Wallop Flying Station (Ground Crew Reserve) 7 Aviation Support Battalion REME, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Wattisham Flying Station31 January 2021 The Craftsman: Magazine of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers https://issuu.com/official_reme/docs/craftsman_february_2021__website_ live 16 April 2021 Issu https://web.archive.org/web/20210912190503/https://issuu.com/official_reme/docs/craftsman_february_2021__website_ 12 September 2021 132 Aviation Support Squadron, Royal Logistic CorpsThe Sustainer: Royal Logistic Corps Regimental Magazine https://issuu.com/holbrooks/docs/the_sustainer_spring_2021?mode=window 20 April 2021 Isssuu 14 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210414152220/https://issuu.com/holbrooks/docs/the_sustainer_spring_2021?mode=window dead See also List of Army Air Corps aircraft units (United Kingdom) Footnotes References Watling Jack Occasional Paper: Maximising the Utility of the British Army's Combat Aviation Bronk Justin Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies 2021 Whitehall, London, United Kingdom 22 November 2018 Army, Question for Ministry of Defence — current Order of Battle by manpower and basing locations for the corps. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616 dead 20 February 2021 United Kingdom Parliament — Written questions, answers, and statements 15 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200915161827/https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616 Category:Brigades of the British Army Category:Aviation units and formations of the British Army Category:Army aviation brigades Category:Military units and formations established in 2020 Category:2020 establishments in the United Kingdom