1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team (United Kingdom)

1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team
Active1 April 2020–present [1]
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeArmy aviation
RoleAttack
Reconnaissance
Part ofJoint Aviation Command
Garrison/HQAAC Middle Wallop
Motto(s)Fly, Fight, Lead[2]
Aircraft flown
Attack helicopterBoeing AH-64E Apache
Observation helicopterWildcat AH1

The 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team is an aviation formation of the British Army.[3] 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.[3][4][5] It reached initial operating capability on 1 April 2021 and full operating capability on 1 January 2023.[6]

  1. ^ "Army establishes its 1st Aviation Brigade". British Army. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. ^ "British Army Launches First Ever Aviation Brigade". Forces Net. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Army establishes its 1st Aviation Brigade". British Army (Press release). 5 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ^ "The Eagle Spring 2020 edition" (PDF). The Eagle. Wattisham. 1 April 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. ^ Ripley, Tim (6 April 2020). "UK forms aviation brigade". IHS Janes. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  6. ^ "British Army Newsletter Issue 5" (PDF). British Army. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.