List of aircraft of the Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)
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This is a list of aircraft of the Army Air Corps of the United Kingdom.
Aircraft[]
From its founding in 1942:
- Airspeed Horsa
- Auster AOP.6
- General Aircraft Hamilcar
- General Aircraft Hotspur
- Taylorcraft Auster
- Waco Hadrian
- Waco YKC and ZGC-7 – Two civil aircraft purchased by the British Army in Egypt and used by the Long Range Desert Group.
Since its separation from the Royal Air Force in 1957
Helicopters[]
- Agusta A109 – Retired
- Boeing AH-64E Apache
- Bristol Sycamore - Retired
- AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat
- Bell 212
- Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin
- Eurocopter Squirrel – Retired
- Saunders-Roe Skeeter – Retired
- Sud Aviation Alouette II – Retired
- Westland Apache
- Westland Gazelle
- Westland Lynx – Retired
- Westland Scout – Retired
- Westland Sioux – Retired[1]
Fixed wing[]
- Auster AOP.9 – Retired
- Britten-Norman Islander/Defender – Transferred to the RAF 2019
- de Havilland Canada Beaver – Retired
- de Havilland Canada Chipmunk – Retired
- Grob Tutor light fixed wing trainer (at 674 Squadron, DEFTS and Army flying Grading)
- Slingsby Firefly T-67M260 (at 674 Squadron, DEFTS) – Retired, withdrawn December 2010.
- Slingsby Firefly 160 (at Army Flying Grading) – Retired, withdrawn December 2010.
Weapons and munitions[]
Missiles[]
- AS.11 – Obsolete air-to-surface anti-tank missile. Carried by the Westland Scout.
- AGM-114 Hellfire – Air-to-surface, laser-guided anti-tank missile.
- BGM-71 TOW – Air-to-surface, anti-tank guided missile. Carried by the Westland Lynx.
Unguided rockets[]
Cannon[]
- M230 Chain Gun
Machine guns[]
See also[]
Notes and references[]
- ^ licence built Bell design by both Westland and Agusta
External links[]
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