SPEED, REACH, LETHALITY
1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team (BCT) harnesses the speed, reach and lethality of Combat Aviation to seize, retain and exploit the initiative to gain and maintain a position of relative advantage.
About 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team
Facts and Figures
Formed
1 April 2020
Personnel
2,700+
Aircraft
92
Who We Are
We provide the Army with deployable and scalable aviation Command and Control at readiness:
Major Global Activity
2022/2023
- Ex Spring Storm, Ex Hedgehog - Estonia
- Op Peleda, Ex Iron Wolf, Ex Sabre Strike- Lithuania
- Ex Clockwork, Ex JEF Warrior - Norway
- Ex Swift Response - North Macedonia
- Ex Cerberus - Land Regional Hub (LRH)(Germany)
- Ex Khanjar Oman - LRH (Oman)
- Ex Warfighter - Texas, USA
- Ex Chameleon - UK & Sweden
- Ex Cobra Warrior - UK
- Ex Orthrus- UK
- Ex Wessex Storm - Salisbury Plain, UK
- Ex Pegasus Amarante - UK/LRH (Germany)
Brigade Support Group
The Brigade Support Group (BSG) delivers second-line Combat Service Support to 1 Avn BCT. 7 Aviation Support Battalion REME will form the nucleus of the BSG, integrating regular Equipment Support capabilities with reserve logistic, medical and tri-service specialist capabilities.
- Reach: The BSG is able to support the BCT from sea or air to first-line on land.
- Size: The BSG can be scaled to be appropriate to the deployment; it can be up to 800 personnel, occupying an area of up to 6km².
- Key Strengths:
- Specialist knowledge of aviation Combat Service Support
- Assurance required in materiel supply
- Supply of bulk ammunition and fuel demanded by the BCT
- Stability required for equipment support
Timeline
Our Locations
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1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team HQ
Middle Wallop
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1 Regiment AAC
RNAS Yeovilton
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3 Regiment AAC
Wattisham Flying Station
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4 Regiment AAC
Wattisham Flying Station
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5 Regiment AAC
Aldergrove
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6 Regiment AAC
Reserves
Headquarters - Bury St Edmunds
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7 Aviation Sp Bn REME
Wattisham Flying Station
Our Aircraft
Apache Attack Helicopter
Wildcat Mk1
Gazelle
UK and US helicopters show their Swift Response
UK and US helicopters have been finding and striking targets and lifting paratroopers and equipment into action together on Exercise Swift Response.
Supplying the Army's new Apaches on the battlefield
The basic soldiering skills that underpin the capabilities of the British Army's new Apache AH-64E attack helicopter have been tested on demanding live fire training.