3 Regiment Army Air Corps

3 Regiment Army Air Corps
Active	24 October 1969 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Size	Regiment
Part of	Army Air Corps
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	The Regimental emblem is the Army Air Corps Cap Badge with the Roman numerals III beneath.

3 Regiment Army Air Corps is a regiment of the Army Air Corps (AAC).

History

The regiment moved to Soest during the early 1980s and operated Westland Gazelle AH.1's and Westland Lynx AH.7's^[1] and consisted of 653, 662 and 663 Squadron's.^[2]

The regiment consists of:

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Airfields

Regular units

1 Regiment	No. 652 Squadron AAC No. 661 Squadron AAC

3 Regiment	No. 653 Squadron AAC No. 662 Squadron AAC No. 663 Squadron AAC

4 Regiment	No. 656 Squadron AAC No. 664 Squadron AAC

5 Regiment	No. 651 Squadron AAC No. 665 Squadron AAC

9 Regiment	No. 659 Squadron AAC No. 669 Squadron AAC No. 672 Squadron AAC

Army reserve units

6 Regiment	No. 675 (The Rifles) Squadron AAC No. 677 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron AAC No. 678 (The Rifles) Squadron AAC No. 679 (The Duke of Connaught's) Squadron AAC

Training units

2 (Training) Regiment	No. 668 (Training) Squadron AAC No. 676 Squadron AAC

7 (Training) Regiment	No. 670 Squadron AAC No. 671 Squadron AAC No. 673 Squadron AAC No. 25 Flight AAC (Kenya)

Other

Independent Flights

Independent Squadrons

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