16 Flight AAC is an Independent Flight within the British Army's Army Air Corps. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army. ...

Based at Britain's sovereign bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus, it operates in support of Army units based there. The unit operates Gazelle AH1 helicopters. The Gazelle is a helicopter developed as part of an Anglo-French venture between the Westland and Aérospatiale companies in 1968. ...