Army Air Corps AAC Sqn Patch 659 Squadron Ops Lynx Hawk 1980s

Army Air Corps Patch 659 Squadron Army Air Corps Ops Lynx 1980s Detmold West Germany Cold War Embroidered on twill merrowed edge 72mm by 72mm two and seven eighth inches by two and seven eighth inches.

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Squadron history  

659 Aviation Squadron was formed on 14 October 1969 at Osnabruk as part of 2 Division Aviation Regt with 6 Sioux and 4 Scout helicopters.  

On 1 June 1973 the Squadron was renamed 659 Squadron Army Air Corps and moved to Detmold as part of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps. Over the next 5 years the Squadron provided Sioux Helicopter Detachments on four month annual tours to
Northern Ireland. The Squadron was disbanded in 1977 on being renamed 669 Squadron Army Air Corps.  

659 Squadron was re-activated on 1 April 1978 at Detmold on the renaming of 655 Squadron Army Air Corps again as part of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps and provided Sioux Helicopter Detachments on four month annual tours in 1978-79 and
1982-83 to Northern Ireland. The Squadron was reallocated to 4 Regiment Army Air Corps in 1983 with its Lynxs 659 Squadron Army Air Corps provided valuable support to 4 Division deployed on Operation Granby Iraq 1990-1991.  

The Squadron returned from Germany to Wattisham Airfield in 1995 and with its Lynx AH7 aircraft tasked as Light Utility Battlefield Squadron in support of 16 Air Assault Brigade. In 2007 the Army Air Corps was restructured into single-type regiments and 659 Squadron Army Air Corps was re-assigned to 9 Regiment Army Corps still supporting 16 Air Assault Brigade.

This patch dates from the 1980s