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8 Flight Army Air Corps was one of the Independent Flights within the British Army's Army Air Corps. The unit was attached to the Special Air Service (SAS) and was based alongside them in Hereford.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom )〕 ==History== The flight provided the SAS with their own, light Special Operations Aviation support. It was made up of five Eurocopter AS 365N Dauphin helicopters. The flight previously operated four Agusta A109As and two Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopters, all of which were retired in 2008. Two of the Agustas were captured from the Argentine forces in the Falklands War in 1982 as war prizes and the other two were bought new. 8 Flight was renamed No. 658 Squadron AAC on 1 September 2013. The original flight was a detachment of aircraft and personnel from 653 (Netheravon) and 666 (Topcliff) Squadrons AAC with 2 Scout helicopters. There were two pilots and 3 REME Technicians supporting the SAS Team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「8 Flight AAC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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