1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team | |
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Active | 1 April 2020–present [1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Army aviation |
Role | Attack Reconnaissance |
Part of | Joint Aviation Command |
Garrison/HQ | AAC Middle Wallop |
Motto(s) | Fly, Fight, Lead[2] |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack helicopter | Boeing AH-64E Apache |
Observation helicopter | Wildcat 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]