List of Australian Army aviation units

This is a list of all the Australian Army aviation units formed since the separation of the Australian Flying Corps from the Army.

Joint Army-RAAF units

No. 16 Air Observation Post Flight RAAF
No. 16 Air Observation Post Flight RAAF
No. 16 Air Observation Post Flight was a Royal Australian Air Force unit which saw action in the Second World War.No. 16 Air Observation Post Flight was formed at Lae in New Guinea on 20 October 1944. Operating four Auster light aircraft the Flight initially supported the Australian Army units on...
16th Army Light Aircraft Squadron

Army aviation regiments and brigades

16th Aviation Brigade (non-flying headquarters)
- 1st Aviation Regiment
  - 161st Squadron
  - 162nd Squadron
- 5th Aviation Regiment
  - A Squadron
  - B Squadron
  - C Squadron
- 6th Aviation Regiment
  6th Aviation Regiment (Australia)
  The 6th Aviation Regiment is one of the Australian Army's three Army Aviation regiments. The Regiment was formed in 2008 to command the Army's special forces helicopter squadron and its surveillance aircraft squadron...
  - 171st Aviation Squadron
  - 173rd Aviation Squadron

Independent Army aviation flights and squadrons

1st Army Aviation Company
161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight
161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight (Australia)
The 161st Independent Reconnaissance Flight was an Australian Army aviation unit. Formed in 1965 during the Vietnam War, in September that year the flight deployed to South Vietnam with two Cessna 180s and two Sioux light obersvation helicopters in order to support the 1st Battalion, Royal...

Units operating UAVs

131st Surveillance and Target Acquisition Battery (trials only)
20th Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
20th Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
The 20th Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery is an Australian Army Regiment which was raised in 2006. The Regiment is responsible for providing the Australian Army with artillery spotting and tactical reconnaissance...

(forming)
- 132nd Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battery (forming, UAVs to be operational in 2008)

Training units

Australian Army Aviation Training Centre comprising:
- Australian School of Army Aviation
- Australian Army Helicopter School

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