Australian Army Aviation

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Australian Army Aviation (AAAvn) is a corps of the Australian Army, and was formed on 1 July 1968. It has a history dating back to 1911, when the Minister of Defence at the time, Senator George Pearce, decided there should be a flying school in the Defence Department. The motto of the Australian Army Aviation corps is Vigilance.

The Aviation Corps utilises soldiers from various other Army corps. The Royal Australian Corps of Transport trains and provides air dispatchers, while the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers trains aircraft structural fitters, who maintain aircraft life support equipment, and avionics technicians. Members of the Aviation Corps are entitled to wear a sky blue beret.

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The cap badge of the Australian Army Aviation corps

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Units

Army Aviation units across the world are descended from the Cavalry, and they fulfill similar roles, such as light reconnaissance. Therefore, unit designations in Aviation are similar to those used in the Cavalry.

  • 16 (Aviation) Brigade
    • 1st Aviation Regiment (attack helicopter regiment, 3 Tiger ARH SQN)
    • 2nd Aviation Regiment (medium transport helicopter regiment, 1 CH-47D SQN, 3 S-70A-9 SQN)
    • 5th Aviation Regiment (assault transport helicopter regiment, 1 S-70A-9 SQN, 2 MH-60 SQN)
    • 6th Aviation Regiment (light aircraft regiment, 1 Beech King Air SQN, 3 Turbo Porter SQN)
    • 7th Aviation Regiment (transport helicopter regiment, 3 UH-1H SQN)
    • 8th Aviation Regiment (reconnaissance helicopter regiment, 3 CA-32 SQN)

Equipment

Eurocopter Tiger ARH

Boeing CH-47 Chinook

Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk

Hawker deHavilland Australia/Sikorsky S-70A-9 Blackhawk

Bell UH-1H Iroquois

Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-32 Kiowa (Bell 206B)

Beechcraft King Air 350

Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter

Aerospatiale AS.350B Squirrel

Proposed new aircraft

Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter

Due to their age, the Australian Army has decided to replace its 41 year old Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porters, however due to their unique performance, the only aircraft which met the requirement for a replacement ... was the Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter. The Army will acquire 56 new-build PC-6 Turbo Porters to replace the current operational and training force.

Gippsland Aeronautics Nomad

A new version of the Government Aircraft Factory Nomad, the Gippsland Aeronautics Nomad first flew in 2005.

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