This is a list of aircraft and armaments of the Army Air Corps (British Army).

Aircraft From its founding in 1942;

Retired

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

Active Boeing AH-64E Apache AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin – Used by Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing in support of UKSF Airbus H145 Jupiter HC.2https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/first-jupiter-hc2-takes-flight-in-the-uk/

Retired

Westland Gazelle Agusta A109 Bristol Sycamore- Four helicopters. Eurocopter Squirrel Saunders-Roe Skeeter – First helicopter used by Army Air Corps Sud Aviation Alouette II Westland Lynx Westland Scout Westland Siouxlicence built Bell design by both Westland and Agusta Bell 212 – Used by 25 Flight AAC at British Army Training Unit Kenya Airbus H135 – was to replace the Gazelle in the surveillance role. However, the MoD decided that they were no longer required for their procured purpose. AgustaWestland Apache AH1

Fixed wing

Active

Grob Tutor T1 (at 674 Squadron, DEFTS and Army Flying Grading)

Retired

Auster AOP.9 Britten-Norman Islander/Defender de Havilland Canada Beaver de Havilland Canada Chipmunk Slingsby Firefly T-67M260 (at 674 Squadron, DEFTS) Slingsby Firefly 160 (at Army Flying Grading)

Minor aircraft Auster A.2/45 - Air Observation post aircraft. Two prototype aircraft Heston JC.6 - Air observation Post aircraft. Two prototype aircraft Edgar Percival E.P.9 - Light utility aircraft. Two prototype aircraft were bought by the British Army in 1958.

Weapons and munitions Missiles

Active

AGM-114 Hellfire – Air-to-surface, laser-guided anti-tank missile. Carried by the Boeing AH-64E Apache AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) – Carried by the Boeing AH-64E Apache

Retired

BGM-71 TOW – Air-to-surface, anti-tank guided missile. Carried by the Westland Lynx. AS.11 – MCLS wire-guided air-to-surface anti-tank missile. Carried by the Westland Scout

Unguided rockets

Active

70-mm (2.75-inch) Hydra 70 air-to-surface rockets

Retired

68-mm (2.7-inch) SNEB air-to-surface rockets 70-mm (2.75-inch) CRV7 air-to-surface rockets

Cannons

30-mm M230 Chain Gun

Machine guns

7.62-mm (0.300-inch) FN MAG L112A1 general purpose machine gun 12.7-mm (0.50-inch) M3M Browning heavy machine gun

See also List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm

Notes and references

External links Army Air Corps at official British Army website