Joint Aviation Command

Joint Aviation Command
Joint Helicopter Command badge
Active5 October 1999 – present
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
Royal Navy
 Royal Air Force
TypeTri-service command
RoleBattlefield helicopter operations
Army UAV operations
Size
  • 15,000 personnel
  • 239 aircraft
Part ofArmy Headquarters[1]
HeadquartersMarlborough Lines, Andover
Motto(s)Across all boundaries
Aircraft
Commanders
Current commanderAir Vice-Marshal Alastair Smith
Inaugural commanderAir-Vice Marshal David Niven

The Joint Aviation Command (JAC), previously known as Joint Helicopter Command (JHC), is a tri-service organisation uniting battlefield military helicopters of all three services of the British Armed Forces and unmanned aerial vehicles of the British Army for command and coordination purposes.[2]

  1. ^ "How Defence Works Version 6.0" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. UK Ministry of Defence. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020. Subordinate to CGS are two 3-star commanders and one 2-star commander...Commander Joint Helicopter Command
  2. ^ "Joint Aviation Command". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 26 May 2024.