<Tr> <Th> Trainer </Th> <Td> Eurocopter Squirrel AS350BB Tutor T1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Transport </Th> <Td> Bell 212 HP Lynx AH9A AS365N3 Dauphin II Islander AL1 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Army Air Corps (AAC) is a component of the British Army, first formed in 1942 during the Second World War by grouping the various airborne units of the British Army (which are no longer part of the AAC). Today, there are eight regiments (7 Regular Army and 1 Reserve) of the AAC as well as four Independent Flights and two Independent Squadrons deployed in support of British Army operations across the world . They are located in Britain, Brunei, Canada, and Germany . Some AAC squadrons provide the offensive and air assault elements of 16 Air Assault Brigade through Joint Helicopter Command . </P> <P> The British Army first took to the sky during the 19th century with the use of observation balloons . In 1911 the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers was the first heavier - than - air British military aviation unit . The following year, the Battalion was expanded into the Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps which saw action throughout most of the First World War until 1 April 1918, when it was merged with the Royal Naval Air Service to form the Royal Air Force . </P>

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