1944 to present


united kingdom 663 Squadron

Army Air Corps




Part of 3 Regiment, AAC






Reformed in Oct 1969 from 5 Field Regiment RA Operations Flight (5 Flt) and 15/19 Hussars Air Squadron. It disbanded in Jul 1977 at Netheravon and reformed in place at Soest on 1 Apr 1978, by renumbering 660 Squadron, taking over their Sioux and Scout airframes as part of 3 REGT AAC. It remained based at Soest (apart from detachments and roulements) until withdrawn from Germany when it moved to Wattisham in 1993.




Formed in 1969, the squadron had Bell47 Sioux AH1 and Westland Scout AH1 helicopters.




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  Locations


YearsLocationICAO/FAA
1993-    AAC WattishamEGUW
1978/93DE SoestEDLZ
1969/77AAC Netheravon closed 2012EGDN


helicopter   Models


Years Models
2005-    WAH-64 Apache
1969/?? Sioux
1969/?? Scout Scout AH.1
??/05 SA341B Gazelle AH.1




663 Squadron List of helicopters


C/N VersionBuiltIn this Org In other Org
f.9472 ah.1 1961 XP846 : present at St Athan airshow 1971
1002 w/o 1979 ah.1 1972 XW842 : AAC AH.1; 663 Sqn w/o 06aug79
1165 ah.1 1974 XW892 : 1985 663 Sqn
- G-CGJX
1241 w/o 1982 ah.1 1974 XX373 : AAC AH.1; 663 Sqn w/o 15sep82
1253 ah.1 1974 XX375 : 663 Sq, 3 REGT during Jul 1999
1283 ah.1 1974 XX385 : 663 Sq, 3 REGT during Jul 1999
1366 ah.1 1975 XX414 : AAC Gazelle AH.l1 built by Westland. ; in 1992 /M 663Sqn. ; 1994 651Sqn.
1401 ah.1 1975 XX435 : AAC Gazelle AH.1 built by Westland; 1986 663Sqn; 2000 671Sqn /W
1235 ah.1 1976 XX443 : AAC Gazelle AH1 built by Westland in 1992 /T 663Sqn.
1248 ah.1 1976 XX444 : ARWF; ARWS; 658 Sq; 656 Sq; 658 Sq; 656 Sq; 663 Sq; 656 Sq; 663 Sq; 662 S+
1454 ah.1 1976 XX453 : 663 Sq 3 REGT by Mar 2005
QinetiQ XX453
- G-CMMF
056 ah1 1978 XZ181 : AAC; 1984 652Sqn; 1992 663Sqn /H
082 Scrapped ah1 1978 XZ190 : 663 Sq, 3 REGT during Jul 1999
104 ah1 1979 XZ198 : 663 Sq, 3 REGT during Jul 1999
1506 ah.1 1978 XZ294 : AAC Gazelle AH.1 built by Westland; 1986 663Sqn.
- G-CMLO
- ZU-REX
1539 ah.1 1976 XZ303 : 663 Sq, 3 REGT during Jul 1999
168 ah1 1980 XZ617 : 663 Sq, 3 REGT during Jul 1999
173 ah1 1980 XZ642 : 663 Sq, 3 REGT during Jul 1999
201 ah1 1980 XZ653 : 663 Sq, 3 REGT during Jul 1999
221 w/o 2001 ah1 1981 XZ664 : AH.7 663 Sq, 3 REGT during Jul 1999
- XZ664
230 ah1 1981 XZ669 : AH.7 663 Sq, 3 REGT during Jul 1999
1808 ah.1 1980 ZA766 : AAC Gazelle AH.1 built by Westland; 663Sqn.




  663 Squadron Operations


Dates Operation
2013-jan2013-may AF Operation Herrick
2011-may2011-sep AF Operation Herrick
2009-sep2010-jan AF Operation Herrick
2008-jan2008-may AF Operation Herrick
2003-feb2003-jun IQ Operation Telic





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