Del'd: 193 - 1965 to 1978

Westland Sioux
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Army Air Corps Sioux

art profile perfil side view Sioux


Bell 47G-3B-1 Sioux won the Light Helicopter Competition between Hughes 300 and the Hiller 12E-4 (coming second), the Brantly B-2 a late entrant - in March 1964, to replace the Skeeter. The deal was politically complicated by a need to sell Rolls Royce aero engines to Italy, so the first 50 were supplied by Agusta and remainder from Westland.
First deliveries were from Apr 1965 and initial maintenance difficulties (of these and the Agusta supplied models - which began deliveries in 1964) were largely overcome by July 1965, with final deliveries at the end of 1968. Known as the Clockwork Mouse or Iron Budgie in AAC service. 666 Squadron was the last UK unit to retire its Sioux in Feb 1978, followed by 11 Flight (in Brunei and Hong Kong) in Sep 1978.



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YearsUnitsBase
1972/77AAC Flight BATUSCA CFB Suffield
1970/757 FltDE RAF Gatow closed 1994
MY Terendak Camp
1969/7816 FltCY Dhekelia Strip
1969/78657 SquadronColchester Kirkee
Long Kesh closed 1979
DE Bournemouth Barracks
1969/78665 SquadronColchester McMunn
1969/77662 SqDE Waterloo Barracks, Münster closed 1994
1969/75660 SquadronLong Kesh closed 1979
DE Soest
RAF Topcliffe
1969-    Historic Aircraft Flight AAC Middle Wallop
1969/??663 Squadron
1967/691 FltDE Detmold
1967/??D&TS
??/78666 Squadron (Volunteers)AAC Netheravon closed 2012
RAF Topcliffe
??/7811 Flt
UNFICYP FlightCY Nicosia (Lefkosia)






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