Many Happy Returns
Happy birthday to the AAC, which is 44 years old today.
"Army aviation during the Second World War comprised the Glider Pilot Regiment and the Parachute Regiment. The RAF also operated a number of Air Observation Post (AOP) squadrons using light aircraft flown by Army pilots. The RAF AOP squadrons were again used in the Korean War. On 1 September 1957 all Army air units were transferred from Air Ministry control to War Office and the Army Air Corps was thus founded. In 1970 the AAC became an autonomous branch within the Amy. The Army Air Corps has since participated in the Falklands War of 1982, the Gulf War of 1991 and more recently in Bosnia for the United Nations."