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Reporting directly to the HQ Director Army Aviation, 667(D&T)sq at Middle Wallop is the Army Air Corps (AAC) test and development squadron. It is equipped with a few Gazelle AH1 and Lynx AH7 helicopters, but if required additional helicopters are operation on loan basis from other AAC units. The here shown Gazelle AH1 (ZA772) was seen at its homebase, on 19 October 2009.
Ron Bijsterbosch
| Seria/Medicina Lines (Brunei Darussalam) (--) | |||||
RWY HEL POS 04°36'29"N 114°19'36"E ELEV 22 ft | |||||
| Flight | Aircraft Type(s) | Code Range | Badge | ||
| 7Flt | Bell 212 |  |
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| Suffield (Canada) (CYSD) | |||||
RWY 04/22 POS 50°16'00"N 111°11'00"W ELEV 2523 ft | |||||
| Flight | Aircraft Type(s) | Code Range | Badge | ||
| 29Flt | Gazelle AH1 |  |
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The Apache helicopters do not carry any individual unit markings. Even though the helicopters are assigned to a specific Regiment (3 Regt or 4 Regt), they are operated from a joint maintenance pool. ZJ220 is shown here just prior to take off from the Salisbury Plains.
Ronald Stevelink
The Apache suffered from quite some bad press in Great Britain. This was mainly due to delivery delays and budget overruns, which, combined with the end of the Cold War, made several people doubt the use of this expensive fighting machine. Its deployment to the Helmand Province, in Afghanistan, made them change their mind quickly! Strangly this machine, which is built to kill, became a life saver in Afghanistan. With its on board sensors, and its weapons suit, the Apache is able to provide the British soldiers on the ground with both life saving information of the battlefield situation, and close air support. Here ZJ233 is seen hovering over the Salisbury Plains, during a pre-deployment training mission.
Hans Heemskerk
