No. 7 Flight AAC

No. 7 Flight Army Air Corps was an independent flight of the British Army's Army Air Corps, latterly based at the British garrison at Medicina Lines in Seria, Brunei, on the island of Borneo.

History

The flight was originally formed as No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight Army Air Corps in, at what was then known as Taiping, British Malaya and was part of No. 656 Squadron AAC. On 24 December 1962, 7 Recce Flight AAC then moved to Brunei on the island of Borneo, and remained there until 31 December 1966, when it was disbanded.
No. 7 Flight Army Air Corps was re-formed in, at RAF Gatow in Berlin, where it operated Bell Sioux AH.1, and from 1977 until 1994, Westland Gazelle AH.1 helicopters. It was part of the Berlin Infantry Brigade. It was disbanded October 1994, and then returning to Borneo, it reformed on 1 November 1994 at Seria in Brunei, where it supported the resident infantry battalion from the Brigade of Gurkhas, and the Training Team Brunei, which runs jungle warfare training courses. The flight used Bell 212 AH1 and AH3 light helicopters.
On, the flight was expanded and raised to squadron size, and consequently re-designated as No. 667 Squadron AAC.