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Today will see the end of a chapter in Army aviation history in the north of England.
Four Army Lynx Helicopters will take their final flight from Dishforth airbase today, with a tour of Yorkshire before they are retired from the service.
http://www.yorkpress.co...._era_for_Army_aviation/
A parade and flypast was held at Dishforth Airfield in April to mark the disbandment of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps, and the end of Army flying in North Yorkshire. The regiment had been flying helicopters from the base since 1992. On 30th June, 9 Regiment Army Air Corps will merge with 1 Regiment Army Air Corps in Yeovilton, Somerset, and will operate the Army's new fleet of Wildcat Battlefield Utility Helicopters.
Dishforth has been used by the military intermittently since World War Two; it has provided homes for Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bombers and Douglas Dakota transport aircraft. More recently it has been home to the British Army's Apache and Lynx helicopters.
http://www.itv.com/news/...parting-from-dishforth/
http://www.army.mod.uk/aviation/27837.aspx
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