• Source: List of Australian Army aviation units

      • This is a list of Australian Army aviation units. The Australian Army Aviation Corps was formed in 1968, initially with the assistance of the RAAF. These units have been utilised in a variety of roles including surveillance, reconnaissance and utility / transport, and have operated a variety of helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. More recently Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been introduced into service and are operated by the Royal Australian Artillery.


      Units




      = Joint Army-RAAF units

      =
      No. 16 Air Observation Post Flight RAAF (RAAF unit with large Army component formed in 1953, absorbed into the 16th Army Light Aircraft Squadron)
      1st Army Aviation Company (comprised pilots only flying charted civilian aircraft formed in 1957, absorbed into the 16th Army Light Aircraft Squadron)
      No. 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron (joint Army / RAAF unit formed in 1960, became the 1st Aviation Regiment)


      = Army aviation regiments and brigades

      =
      16th Aviation Brigade (non-flying headquarters)
      1st Aviation Regiment
      161st Squadron
      162nd Squadron
      5th Aviation Regiment
      A Squadron
      B Squadron
      C Squadron
      6th Aviation Regiment
      171st Special Operations Aviation Squadron
      173rd Special Operations Aviation Squadron


      = Independent Army aviation flights and squadrons

      =
      161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight (formed in 1965 and served in Vietnam, later became part of the 1st Aviation Regiment)
      183rd Independent Reconnaissance Flight (Papua & New Guinea) (Formed at RAAF Amberley in 1968 and deployed to Lae PNG to replace a Detachment of two C180 aircraft based at Port Moresby since 1965. A mixed fixed and rotary wing unit it was disbanded in 1976 after PNG gained independence)


      = Units operating UAVs

      =
      20th Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery


      = Training units

      =
      Australian Army Aviation Training Centre
      Australian School of Army Aviation
      Australian Army Helicopter School
      Australian Defence Force Helicopter School


      See also


      List of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft squadrons
      List of Australian Fleet Air Arm flying squadrons


      Notes


      Footnotes

      Citations


      References


      Eather, Steve (1995). Flying Squadrons of the Australian Defence Force. Weston Creek, Australian Capital Territory: Aerospace Publications. ISBN 1-875671-15-3.


      External links


      History of Australian Army Aviation

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