No. 25 Flight AAC
Active1987–2016
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
BranchUnited Kingdom Army Air Corps
Aircraft flown
HelicopterBell 212

25 Flight Army Air Corps was a flight within the British Army's Army Air Corps that supported the British Army Training Unit Kenya and was disbanded in 2016.

History

The flight was formed in 1987 in Belize where it operated Sioux AH1 helicopters.[1]

The flight returned to Middle Wallop in August 2011.[2]

The flight supported UK peacetime operations and training including the security arrangements for the 2012 Summer Olympics which were held mostly in London but also at smaller locations throughout the UK.[2]

In March 2013 the flight deployed to Kenya where it supported the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK).[2] The flight's primary role was to provide 24/7 Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) cover to exercising troops training in the remote locations within Kenya as well as to BATUK dependents and permanent staff.[2] The secondary role was to provide range clearance prior to live firing.[2] The flight had three Bell 212 helicopters.[2]

The flight was disbanded in November 2016, with the Army Air Corps ending its commitment to BATUK. Everett Aviation, a civilian company now takes on all Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) duties for BATUK.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Flights 21-132". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "25 Flight Army Air Corps". British Army. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "ARMY AIR CORPS LEAVES KENYA. On Wednesday, 30th of November 2016, the Army Air Corps ended its commitment to British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), bringing to a close three and a half years of MEDEVAC support to exercising troops, BATUK personnel and their dependents. The Army Air Corps has a long standing association with Kenya dating back to 8 Flight in the 1960's. A ceremony signalling the end of BATUK Aviation Support Squadron (BASS) took place two days earlier at Nanyuki Civil Airfield (NCA), hosted by the Officer Commanding (OC) Major Somerville and attended by Brigadier ATG Cash, Deputy Commander & Joint Head of Operations, Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) & Head of Profession Army Aviation, and Colonel P. Tedman, Commander Aviation Reconnaissance Force (ARF). 669 Sqn AAC have provided 15 months of uninterrupted MEDEVAC cover, 1300 flying hours and more than one hundred successful MEDEVACs, including anything from heart attacks to snake bites, scorpion stings, broken limbs and heat injuries. 669 Sqn AAC now hand over control to Everett Aviation, a civilian company who will now take on all Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) duties for BATUK". December 2016.
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