8 Flight AAC



8 Flight Army Air Corps was one of the Independent Flights within the British Army's Army Air Corps. 8 Flight was attached to the Special Air Service and was based alongside them in Hereford.

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 109A's and two Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopters, all of which have now been retired in 2008. Two of the Agustas were captured from the Argentines in the Falklands War in 1982 as war prizes and the other two were bought from new.

8 Flight was renamed 658 Squadron on 1 September 2013.

Aircraft

 * Eurocopter AS 365N Dauphin
 * Westland Gazelle AH1

Former Aircraft

 * Agusta A109