澳大利亚陆军航空兵

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澳大利亚陆军航空兵

澳大利亚陆军航空兵

Australian Army Aviation, formed as a corps on 1 July 1968 out of a joint Army–RAAF light aircraft squadron and the Vietnam-era 161 Reconnaissance Flight, took over the RAAF’s battlefield helicopters in 1989, lost 18 men in the 1996 Black Hawk collision and four more in the 2023 Taipan crash, and in 2026 is halfway through the most complete re-equipment in its history: Tiger and Taipan gone, AH-64E Apaches and UH-60M Black Hawks arriving, and CH-47F Chinooks carrying the heavy loads.

国家标志一只红色袋鼠站在一个白色圆盘上,圆盘位于一个深蓝色圆环内。
0战斗机
6现役空军基地
1968创立
18已退役的类型
照片:Bidgee / Wikimedia Commons(CC BY-SA 3.0 au)
国家澳大利亚创立1968地位积极的总部Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane指挥官Fern Thompson
故事

The Australian Army Aviation story: spotters in Korea, a recce flight in Vietnam and the switch from Tiger and Taipan to Apache and Black Hawk

1912–1960: the Flying Corps, then a long gap filled by artillery spotters

Army aviators like to trace their line back to the Australian Flying Corps, approved by the Minister for Defence on 20 September 1912, which flew its first aircraft at Point Cook on 1 March 1914 and sent four squadrons to the First World War. But in 1921 the corps became the core of the new Royal Australian Air Force, and for four decades the Army owned no aircraft. What survived was the idea of the Air Observation Post: artillery officers flying light aircraft to spot for the guns. A wartime AOP flight was formally disbanded in 1947, but five Australians flew with the British 1903 AOP Flight in Korea, where Captain Joe Luscombe of the Royal Australian Artillery was killed on 5 June 1952. A small 1 Army Aviation Company formed at Bankstown in 1957 and swapped its Auster Mk IIIs for Cessna 180As in 1958. It was a foothold, not a force.

1960–1972: 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron, 161 Recce Flight and the corps of 1968

The foothold became a unit on 1 December 1960, when 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron formed at RAAF Amberley as a joint Army and Air Force squadron under Wing Commander Ken Robertson, flying Cessna 180s and Bell 47G-2 Sioux helicopters. In July 1965 it raised 161 Reconnaissance Flight for Vietnam. The flight reached Vung Tau on 28 September 1965 and flew its first operational sortie on 22 October; over almost seven years, with Cessnas, Sioux, Pilatus Turbo-Porters, borrowed O-1 Bird Dogs and leased OH-58As, it flew more than 72,000 hours of reconnaissance, liaison and artillery spotting, and lost three pilots. At home the squadron became the 1st Aviation Regiment in 1967, and on 1 July 1968 the Australian Army Aviation Corps was formed with 106 officers. A year later, on 1 July 1969, the Army took over the airfield at Oakey, which has been its aviation home ever since.

1972–1989: Kiowas, Nomads and the fight for the helicopters

After Vietnam the corps settled into a peacetime routine of survey support and training. The Bell 206B-1 Kiowa, 56 of them assembled largely by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, replaced the Sioux from 1972; the GAF Nomad and the Turbo-Porter made up a small fixed-wing fleet. The School of Army Aviation formed at Oakey in 1972. The Nomad was the weak point: a crash near Drake, New South Wales, on 9 September 1991 killed four, and in 1995 every Nomad was withdrawn on airworthiness grounds. The real argument of the period was about helicopters. The RAAF had flown the troop-lift Iroquois, including in Vietnam, and the Army wanted them under its own command. On 20 November 1986 the Chiefs of Staff Committee agreed to transfer the battlefield helicopter fleet to the Army, and in January 1988 the first 14 people began raising the 5th Aviation Regiment at Townsville.

1989–2008: Black Hawks, peacekeeping and the night of 12 June 1996

In 1989 the RAAF’s No. 9 Squadron, with the new S-70A-9 Black Hawk, became A Squadron of the 5th Aviation Regiment, and No. 35 Squadron’s Iroquois became B Squadron. Chinooks followed in mid-1995, rebuilt to CH-47D standard. The Black Hawk gave the Army its first real reach overseas: six went to the UN mission in Cambodia in 1993, five to Bougainville in 1994, and Black Hawks and Kiowas were among the first forces into East Timor in September 1999. The worst night came first. On 12 June 1996, during a special forces counter-terrorism exercise at the High Range Training Area near Townsville, two Black Hawks collided: 15 members of the Special Air Service Regiment and three of the 5th Aviation Regiment were killed. Fourays records that the investigation led to cockpit voice and flight data recorders being fitted.

2001–2023: the European bet — Tiger and Taipan

At the turn of the century Australia bought European. The Eurocopter Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter, 22 ordered on 21 December 2001, was to give the corps a real attack helicopter; the NH Industries MRH 90 Taipan, selected in August 2004 and eventually ordered 46-strong with six for the Navy, was to replace the Black Hawk. Neither went as planned. The Tiger’s acquisition agency stopped payments in July 2007 over delays, and it reached full operating capability only on 18 April 2016. The Taipan suffered engine, transmission and windscreen problems and repeated groundings. Meanwhile the old fleet kept fighting: Chinooks flew in Iraq in 2003 and in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2013, where one crashed in May 2011, killing Lieutenant Marcus Case, and another was destroyed in a hard landing in 2012. The Iroquois left in 2007, the fixed-wing aircraft in 2009 and the Kiowa in 2019.

2023–2026: Apache, UH-60M and a reckoning with safety

In January 2021 the government chose 29 AH-64E Apaches to replace the Tiger, and that December it decided to replace the Taipan with the UH-60M Black Hawk, 40 of which were announced in January 2023; the last S-70A-9s had retired on 10 December 2021. Then, on the night of 28 July 2023, a 6th Aviation Regiment Taipan crashed into the sea off the Whitsundays during Exercise Talisman Sabre, killing Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Max Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs. Four months after a Taipan had ditched in Jervis Bay, the defence minister, Richard Marles, announced on 29 September 2023 that the type would never fly again. The UH-60M had begun arriving in August 2023, the first Apaches settled at Townsville, and the Tiger flew its farewell over Darwin in September 2026. The inquiries are not finished: in September 2026 a Senate committee recommended an independent review of the Defence Flight Safety Bureau’s report into the crash.

The foothold became a unit on 1 December 1960, when 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron formed at RAAF Amberley as a joint Army and Air Force squadron under Wing Commander Ken Robertson, flying Cessna 180s and Bell 47G-2 Sioux helicopters. In July 1965 it raised 161 Reconnaissance Flight for Vietnam.Australian Army Aviation · verified 2026-10-01

一览

The Australian Army Aviation in numbers

服务

正式名称
澳大利亚陆军航空兵The corps is formally the Australian Army Aviation Corps. Australia has no other official language, so there is no other official name; the name follows the current English Wikipedia article title. Motto: Vigilance
创立
1 July 1968Corps formed with 106 officers. Predecessors: 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron (1 December 1960) and the Air Observation Post flights; the Fourays history of Army aviation begins with the Australian Flying Corps of 1912
一部分
Australian ArmyThe flying regiments sit under the 16th Aviation Brigade, raised on 2 April 2002 at Enoggera
总部
Enoggera Barracks, BrisbaneHQ 16th Aviation Brigade. Training is centred on the Army Aviation Centre at Oakey, Queensland
指挥官
Brig. Fern ThompsonCommander 16th Aviation Brigade according to Wikipedia; appointment date not confirmed on an official page
Chief of Army
Lt Gen. Susan CoyleHead of the Australian Army

力量

人员
About 1,500 uniformed1,495 uniformed personnel and more than 3,000 in industry support in August 2018, the last figure found; no newer official total was reachable
攻击直升机
  • AH-64E Apache Guardian — 6 delivered of 29 ordered (September 2026)

The 22 Tiger ARH were retired in September 2026. The Apaches are based at Townsville

通用直升机
  • UH-60M Black Hawk — about 15–17 delivered by mid-2025 of 40 ordered

Sources differ on the 2025 count: Wikipedia’s Black Hawk article says about 15, its Australian Army article 17. All 40 are due by 2030

Heavy-lift helicopters
  • CH-47F Chinook — 14

C Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment, Townsville; delivered 2015–2022

训练直升机
  • H135T3 Juno — 5 leased from the UK (Oakey)
  • EC135T2+ — 15 at the joint Army–Navy school, Nowra

The EC135s belong to the Navy’s 723 Squadron and train both services’ pilots

无人机
  • RQ-7B Shadow 200
  • Wasp AE
  • PD-100 Black Hornet

Operated by the 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, which belongs to the 16th Aviation Brigade. Numbers in service not confirmed; 18 Shadow air vehicles were bought

基础设施

飞行基地
  • Oakey — Army Aviation Training Centre, H135 Juno
  • RAAF Base Townsville — 5th Aviation Regiment; 1st Aviation Regiment HQ and Apaches since 2025
  • Holsworthy (Luscombe airfield), Sydney — 6th Aviation Regiment
  • Robertson Barracks, Darwin — 1st Aviation Regiment (Tiger to 2026)

Pilots also train at HMAS Albatross, Nowra

Former bases
  • RAAF Amberley — 16 ALA Squadron from 1960
  • Bankstown — 1 Army Aviation Company, 1957
  • Vung Tau, South Vietnam — 161 Reconnaissance Flight from 1965

Oakey replaced Amberley from 1969

团
3 aviation regiments1st (armed reconnaissance), 5th (transport and heavy lift), 6th (special operations), plus the 16th Aviation Support Battalion and the 20th Regiment RAA with drones
固定翼飞机
None since 2009The last King Air B350s went to the RAAF at the end of 2009
博物馆
奥基澳大利亚陆军飞行博物馆Free entry, Wednesday to Saturday

结构

How the Australian Army Aviation is organised

A corps of the Australian Army whose flying units sit under the 16th Aviation Brigade at Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane: the 1st, 5th and 6th Aviation Regiments, the 16th Aviation Support Battalion and the drone-flying 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, with training at Oakey. In 2026 the fleet is halfway through its renewal: the Tiger retired in September with six of 29 AH-64E Apaches at Townsville, UH-60M Black Hawks are replacing the grounded MRH 90 Taipan, and 14 CH-47F Chinooks carry the heavy loads. The Army has flown no fixed-wing aircraft since its last King Air B350s went to the RAAF at the end of 2009.

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准将Fern ThompsonCommander 16th Aviation Brigade
16th Aviation Brigade
总部

16th Aviation Brigade

Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane

The formation that commands the flying regiments of the Australian Army Aviation Corps, raised on 2 April 2002 at Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane. Wikipedia names Brigadier Fern Thompson as commander; her appointment date could not be confirmed on an official page. Besides the three aviation regiments it holds the 16th Aviation Support Battalion and the 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, with the Army’s drones.

攻击与侦察

第一航空团

Townsville

The armed reconnaissance regiment. Its headquarters and 161 Reconnaissance Squadron moved from Robertson Barracks, Darwin, to RAAF Base Townsville in 2025 to receive the AH-64E Apache; the ABC reported six of the 29 ordered there in September 2026. 162 Reconnaissance Squadron flew the Tiger from Darwin until its farewell in September 2026; its future after the Tiger was not confirmed.

Transport and heavy lift

第五航空团

Townsville

Raised at Townsville from January 1988, when the RAAF’s battlefield helicopters passed to the Army. B Squadron flies the UH-60M Black Hawk and C Squadron the 14 CH-47F Chinooks; about 15 to 17 of the 40 UH-60Ms ordered had been delivered by mid-2025, according to Wikipedia.

特种作战

6th Aviation Regiment

Holsworthy

Raised on 1 March 2008 to give the special forces their own helicopters, after the inquiry into the Black Hawk crash on HMAS Kanimbla in 2006. Its 171st and 173rd Aviation Squadrons fly the UH-60M, which replaced the MRH 90 Taipan after a 173rd Squadron aircraft crashed off the Whitsundays on 28 July 2023, killing four.

训练

Army Aviation Training Centre

Oakey and Nowra

Formed at Oakey in 1998 and transferred to Army Aviation Command in 2021, with the School of Army Aviation and the Rotary-wing Aircraft Maintenance School. Five H135T3 Junos leased from the UK have been based there since 2024; Army pilots also train on 15 EC135T2+ at the joint school in the Navy’s 723 Squadron at HMAS Albatross, Nowra.

无人机

20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery

未说明

The artillery regiment of the 16th Aviation Brigade that flies the Army’s drones: the RQ-7B Shadow 200, of which 18 air vehicles were bought and which flew in Afghanistan from May 2012, the Wasp AE and the PD-100 Black Hornet. Numbers in service and the regiment’s base are not given in the sources for this page.


在服役

What the Australian Army Aviation flies today

每种收费类型都链接到其在《野兽之书》中的页面(如果存在)。. 统计的是登记在册的飞机数量,而不是某一天可用的飞机数量。.

类型 角色 在服役 自从 单位 笔记
波音AH-64E“阿帕奇”守护者在服役 攻击侦察直升机 6 2025 Six delivered and based at Townsville by September 2026 (ABC); 29 ordered.
西科斯基 UH-60M 黑鹰直升机在服役 通用及特种作战直升机 17 2023 About 15 (Wikipedia, Black Hawk article) to 17 (Wikipedia, Australian Army article) delivered by mid-2025; 40 ordered, all due by 2030. A 2026 count was not confirmed.
波音 CH-47F 支奴干在服役 重型运输直升机 14 2015 Seven delivered April–September 2015, three in June 2016, two in July 2021 and two in June 2022.
空客直升机H135T3朱诺在服役 训练和轻型多用途直升机 5 2024 Leased from the UK Ministry of Defence for five years.
Airbus Helicopters EC135T2+在服役 Basic helicopter trainer (joint with the Navy) 15 2018 Navy-owned, shared with the Army.
德事隆 (AAI) RQ-7B 影子 200在服役 Tactical unmanned aircraft 18 2012 18 air vehicles bought; number in service in 2026 not confirmed.
AeroVironment Wasp AE 和 FLIR PD-100 黑黄蜂在服役 小型无人机
Shadow 20018
UH-60M17
EC13515
CH-47F14
AH-64E6
H1355

已下单

类型 已订购 首批交付 笔记
波音AH-64E“阿帕奇”守护者已下单 23 29 ordered, six delivered by September 2026; the ABC reports the rest by the end of 2029 within a A$4.5 billion programme. Full operating capability is planned for 2028.
西科斯基 UH-60M 黑鹰直升机已下单 23 2023 40 ordered; about 15–17 had arrived by mid-2025, so roughly 23–25 were still to come. All 40 are due by 2030.

以前运营

Every type the Australian Army Aviation has retired

18 types, from the Cessna 180 to the Eurocopter Tiger ARH. 峰值数字是指飞机在整个服役期内接收的机身数量,而不是任何某一天的机队规模。.

类型 角色 顶峰 已上菜 被替换为 笔记
Eurocopter Tiger ARH 武装侦察直升机 22 2004–2026 AH-64E 阿帕奇 22 ordered and delivered (15 December 2004 to December 2011); 18 assembled in Brisbane.
NHIndustries MRH 90 Taipan 多用途直升机 40 2007–2023 UH-60M 黑鹰直升机 46 ordered in all, six of them for the Navy (Fourays and Wikipedia’s NH90 article; Wikipedia’s Army Aviation article gives 47).
西科斯基S-70A-9黑鹰 通用直升机 39 1989–2021 MRH 90 Taipan, then UH-60M 14 ordered in 1986 and 25 in 1987; 38 assembled by de Havilland Australia. Five lost in accidents; 34 in service in 2014.
Bell 206B-1 Kiowa (CAC CA-32) 轻型侦察直升机 56 1972–2019 EC135T2+ (training) First 12 built in the US and reassembled in Australia; the rest licence-built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.
波音 CH-47D 支奴干 重型运输直升机 8 1995–2015 CH-47F“支奴干”直升机 Four ex-RAAF CH-47Cs rebuilt to D standard (1995), two more in 2000 and two in 2012. Two lost in Afghanistan.
Beechcraft King Air B200/B350 光运输 1996–2009 Leased.
德哈维兰加拿大DHC-6双水獭飞机 短距起降运输 1996–2009 Leased.
贝尔UH-1H易洛魁 通用直升机 1989–2007 MRH 90 Taipan, Tiger ARH
巴西航空工业公司 EMB 110 Bandeirante 光运输 King Air B200, Twin Otter
GAF N22B and N24A Nomad STOL utility aircraft 24 1975–1995 Leased King Air and Twin Otter 12 N22B to 1987, then eight N22B and four N24A in 1993 (plus a leased prototype in 1973).
Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Porter STOL utility aircraft 19 1968–1992 GAF Nomad 19 entered service.
贝尔OH-58A基奥瓦 侦察直升机 8 1971–1972 Leased.
贝尔47G苏族 轻型侦察直升机 1960–1972 贝尔206B-1“基奥瓦”
塞斯纳 O-1 猎犬 Forward observation aircraft
Auster AOP Mk III 空中观察哨 Cessna 180A Establishment of six to eight aircraft.
Cessna 180 Liaison and reconnaissance aircraft 1958年—
Eurocopter AS350B Squirrel 轻型直升机 1990年
原位扫描鹰 无人机 RQ-7B Shadow 200

空军基地

Where Australian Army Aviation flies from

黑色的标记代表正在使用的基地,空心的标记代表已经关闭的机场。. Army aviation has lived at Oakey since 1 July 1969 and has flown its operational helicopters from RAAF Base Townsville since 1988; the Tiger flew from Robertson Barracks, Darwin, until September 2026. RAAF Base Amberley, where 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron formed in 1960, and the Navy’s HMAS Albatross, home of the joint helicopter school, are listed for their Army units. Vung Tau and Nui Dat, the bases of 161 Reconnaissance Flight in Vietnam, closed in 1972.

活跃空军基地 关闭或预订点击图钉即可打开基础页面

澳大利亚

2 of the 8 bases above sit outside Australia, so the world map has to pull back until the home airfields cannot be told apart. The same pins again, without the overseas bases.

根据 国际民航组织 地位 跑道 部队和飞机
HMAS信天翁号诺拉海军航空站新南威尔士州 YSNW 积极的 03/212,046 米08/262,094 米
  • 723 Squadron joint helicopter school: Airbus Helicopters EC135T2+
Holsworthy BarracksLuscombe Army新南威尔士州 YSHW 积极的 11/29670米
奥基陆军航空中心昆士兰州(图文巴地区) 约博克 积极的 05/23914米09/271,089 米14/321,649 m
  • 陆军航空训练中心(AAvnTC): 空客直升机H135T3 Juno,欧洲直升机公司Tiger ARH(至2026年)
  • 陆军航空学校: 空客直升机H135T3朱诺
  • 旋翼飞机维修学校(RAMS)
  • 新加坡共和国空军第127中队分遣队: 波音CH-47“支奴干”直升机
  • 陆军直升机学校: 贝尔206B-1“基奥瓦”
  • 第一航空团: 贝尔206B-1“基奥瓦”、皮拉图斯PC-6“波特”, 贝尔UH-1H易洛魁
皇家澳大利亚空军安伯利基地昆士兰州 YAMB 积极的 04/221,523 米混凝土/沥青15/333,047 米混凝土/沥青
  • 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron: Cessna 180, Bell 47G-2 Sioux
  • 161 Reconnaissance Flight: Bell 47G Sioux, Cessna 180
  • 陆军航空学校: 贝尔206B-1“基奥瓦”
汤斯维尔皇家空军基地昆士兰州 YBTL 积极的 01/192,438 米07/251100米
Robertson Barracks北领地 YDBK 积极的
  • 162 Reconnaissance Squadron: Eurocopter Tiger ARH
  • 1st Aviation Regiment (headquarters and 161 Reconnaissance Squadron): Eurocopter Tiger ARH, Bell 206B-1 Kiowa
Luscombe Field, Nui DatBà Rịa–Vũng Tàu, Vietnam 1972年关闭
  • 161 Reconnaissance Flight: Bell 47G Sioux, Cessna 180, Pilatus PC-6 Porter
Vung TauBà Rịa–Vũng Tàu, Vietnam 1972年关闭
  • 161 Reconnaissance Flight: Bell 47G Sioux, Cessna 180, Pilatus PC-6 Porter

没有找到符合搜索结果的空军基地。.


战斗序列

Who is stationed where in the Australian Army Aviation

按基地排列飞行部队,当前部队优先。. The Army flies in aviation regiments of numbered squadrons — 161 and 162 Reconnaissance Squadrons in the 1st, 171st and 173rd Aviation Squadrons in the 6th — and the 1st Aviation Regiment grew out of 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron, formed in 1960. The Navy’s 723 Squadron is marked as joint and the Singapore Chinook detachment at Oakey as foreign. Where sources disagree on a date, the entry says so.

奥基陆军航空中心 · YBOK澳大利亚陆军航空训练中心
陆军航空训练中心(AAvnTC)培训中心 · 活跃
空客直升机H135T3 Juno,欧洲直升机公司Tiger ARH(至2026年)
陆军航空学校飞行学校 · 活跃
空客直升机H135T3朱诺
旋翼飞机维修学校(RAMS)维修培训学校 · 活跃
新加坡共和国空军第127中队分遣队外国直升机训练分队·外国
波音CH-47“支奴干”直升机
陆军直升机学校2001–
贝尔206B-1“基奥瓦”
第一航空团1973–2007
Bell 206B-1 Kiowa, Pilatus PC-6 Porter, Bell UH-1H Iroquois
汤斯维尔皇家空军基地 · YBTLRAAF Base Townsville; Army units under the 16th Aviation Brigade
第五航空团Aviation regiment (transport and heavy lift) · active
CH-47F“支奴干”直升机, UH-60M 黑鹰直升机, S-70A-9 Black Hawk (to 2021), UH-1H Iroquois (to 2007)
1st Aviation Regiment (headquarters and 161 Reconnaissance Squadron)Aviation regiment (attack) · active
AH-64E Apache Guardian
Holsworthy Barracks (Luscombe Army) · YSHW6th Aviation Regiment, 16th Aviation Brigade
6th Aviation RegimentAviation regiment (special operations) · active
UH-60M 黑鹰直升机, MRH 90 Taipan (2019–2023)
171st Aviation Squadron特种作战航空中队 · 现役
UH-60M 黑鹰直升机
173rd Aviation Squadron特种作战航空中队 · 现役
UH-60M 黑鹰直升机, MRH 90 Taipan, Bell 206B-1 Kiowa
161 Reconnaissance Squadron
贝尔206B-1“基奥瓦”
Robertson Barracks · YDBK第一航空团
162 Reconnaissance Squadron
Eurocopter Tiger ARH
1st Aviation Regiment (headquarters and 161 Reconnaissance Squadron)2005–2025
Eurocopter Tiger ARH, Bell 206B-1 Kiowa
RAAF Base Amberley · YAMB澳大利亚皇家空军
16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron1960年—
Cessna 180, Bell 47G-2 Sioux
161 Reconnaissance Flight1965–1965
Bell 47G Sioux, Cessna 180
陆军航空学校1972年
贝尔206B-1“基奥瓦”
HMAS Albatross (Naval Air Station Nowra) · YSNWRoyal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm
723 Squadron joint helicopter schoolJoint Army–Navy helicopter training school · joint
Airbus Helicopters EC135T2+

没有符合搜索条件的单位。.


时间线

Australian Army Aviation milestones, 1914 to today

1912

20 September: the Minister for Defence approves a Flying Corps for the Army; first flights at Point Cook follow on 1 March 1914. In 1921 the corps becomes the core of the new RAAF, leaving the Army without aircraft.

1952

5 June: Captain Joe Luscombe, an Australian artillery officer flying with the British 1903 AOP Flight, is killed in action in Korea.

1957

1 Army Aviation Company forms at Bankstown; Cessna 180As replace its Austers in 1958.

1960

1 December: 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron forms at RAAF Amberley with Cessna 180s and Bell 47G-2 Sioux.

1965

161 Reconnaissance Flight reaches Vung Tau on 28 September and flies its first sortie in Vietnam on 22 October.

1968

1 July: the Australian Army Aviation Corps is formed with 106 officers.

1969

1 July: the Army takes over the airfield at Oakey, its aviation home ever since.

1972

161 Reconnaissance Flight leaves Vietnam; the Kiowa begins replacing the Sioux and the School of Army Aviation forms at Oakey.

1989

The RAAF’s battlefield helicopters pass to the Army: 9 Squadron’s Black Hawks and 35 Squadron’s Iroquois form the 5th Aviation Regiment at Townsville.

1993

Six Black Hawks in UN markings support the election in Cambodia, the Army’s first operational helicopter mission abroad.

1996

12 June: two Black Hawks collide near Townsville during Exercise Day Rotor 96; 18 are killed.

1999

September: Black Hawks and Kiowas are among the first forces into East Timor with INTERFET.

2001

21 December: contract for 22 Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters; the 16th Aviation Brigade is raised on 2 April 2002.

2007

The first MRH 90 Taipans arrive; the last Iroquois retires in September or October.

2011

30 May: a Chinook crashes in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, killing Lieutenant Marcus Case.

2021

15 January: 29 AH-64E Apaches chosen to replace the Tiger. 10 December: the last S-70A-9 Black Hawks retire.

2023

28 July: a Taipan crashes off the Whitsundays, killing four. 29 September: the Taipan fleet is permanently grounded. UH-60M deliveries begin in August.

2026

September: the Tiger is retired after a farewell flypast over Darwin; six Apaches are at Townsville. A Senate committee recommends an independent review of the Taipan crash report.


战斗记录

澳大利亚陆军航空兵参与的每一场战争和行动。

记录中有出击次数和损失的地方都如实记录,没有记录的地方则保持空白。.

10冲突
1951第一的
3飞机失事
7被杀
  • 朝鲜战争 1951–1953 Five Australian Army pilots flew artillery observation with the British No
  • 马来亚紧急状态 1953 Army pilots were deployed to Malaya for security operations
  • 越南战争 1965–1972 Reconnaissance, artillery spotting and liaison flying for Australian forces
  • 柬埔寨联合国过渡时期权力机构 1993 Six Black Hawks in UN white delivered and recovered ballot boxes for the UN-run election
  • 布干维尔和平进程 1994–2001 Five Black Hawks supported the 1994 peace process; four red-painted UH-1H Iroquois supported the unarmed Truce and Peace Monitoring Groups from May 1998 to August 2001

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问答

Everything people ask about the Australian Army Aviation

什么是澳大利亚陆军航空队?
It is the flying arm of the Australian Army, formed as the Australian Army Aviation Corps on 1 July 1968. Its three aviation regiments (1st, 5th and 6th) belong to the 16th Aviation Brigade at Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane, and its pilots train at Oakey in Queensland. "Australian Army Aviation" is also the current title of the English Wikipedia article on the service; English is the only official name.
What helicopters does the Australian Army fly in 2026?
这 AH-64E 阿帕奇 attack helicopter (six of 29 delivered by September 2026), the UH-60M 黑鹰直升机 (40 ordered, about 15–17 delivered by mid-2025) and 14 CH-47F“支奴干”直升机. Five H135 Junos leased from the UK fly at Oakey, and Army pilots learn on the Navy’s EC135s at Nowra. The Tiger was retired in September 2026 and the MRH 90 Taipan in 2023.
Why did Australia ground the MRH 90 Taipan?
After a Taipan ditched in Jervis Bay on 22 March 2023 and another crashed off the Whitsundays on 28 July 2023, killing four aircrew of the 6th Aviation Regiment, the defence minister, Richard Marles, announced on 29 September 2023 that the fleet would not return to flying. It went more than a year earlier than already planned (its original retirement date had been 2037), after years of engine and reliability problems, and the UH-60M was already on order.
What caused the 2023 Taipan crash?
That is still being argued. The Defence Flight Safety Bureau concluded it was unlikely that the TopOwl helmet display contributed, but in September 2026 a Senate committee, after hearing claims that the bureau’s report had been improperly influenced, recommended an independent review of that report; the Inspector-General of the ADF had not yet handed down his findings (ABC News, 18 September 2026). The four killed were Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Max Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs.
What happened in the 1996 Black Hawk accident?
On the night of 12 June 1996, during Exercise Day Rotor 96 at the High Range Training Area near Townsville, one Black Hawk veered into another and clipped its tail rotor. Fifteen members of the Special Air Service Regiment and three of the 5th Aviation Regiment were killed, 12 in the first helicopter and six when the second burst into flames after a crash landing. Fourays records that the investigation led to cockpit voice and flight data recorders being fitted.
Why did the Tiger helicopter retire early?
The 22 Eurocopter Tigers ordered in 2001 arrived late and were troublesome: payments were suspended from July 2007 to May 2010, full operating capability came only in April 2016. In January 2021 the government chose 29 AH-64E 阿帕奇 instead, and the last Tigers flew a farewell over Darwin in September 2026.
Did the Australian Army fly aircraft in Vietnam?
Yes, but not the troop-carrying helicopters, which belonged to the RAAF. The Army’s 161 Reconnaissance Flight flew Cessna 180s, Sioux helicopters, Turbo-Porters, O-1 Bird Dogs and leased OH-58As in South Vietnam between 1965 and 1972, more than 72,000 hours in all; three of its pilots were killed.
When did the Army take over the Black Hawks and Chinooks from the RAAF?
The decision was made on 20 November 1986; the 5th Aviation Regiment began forming at Townsville in January 1988, and in 1989 the RAAF’s No. 9 Squadron (Black Hawks) and No. 35 Squadron (Iroquois) became its A and B Squadrons. The RAAF had retired its Chinooks in 1989; four came back as Army CH-47Ds in 1995.
Does the Australian Army still fly fixed-wing aircraft?
No. Its last fixed-wing aircraft, King Air B350s, went to the RAAF at the end of 2009. Before that it had flown Austers, Cessna 180s, Pilatus Turbo-Porters, GAF Nomads, Bandeirantes, Twin Otters and King Airs.
Where is the Australian Army Flying Museum?
At Oakey, Queensland, beside the Army Aviation Training Centre. It covers Australian military flying from the First World War onwards, holds examples of every aircraft 161 Reconnaissance Flight flew in Vietnam, is open Wednesday to Saturday and is free.



参考资料及延伸阅读

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  • Fourays: Australian Army Aviation AssociationVeterans’ association of Army aviation; index of the history pages.
  • Fourays: The Australian Flying CorpsFlying Corps approved 20 September 1912; first flights at Point Cook 1 March 1914; four AFC squadrons; RAAF formed from the AFC in 1921.
  • 福雷:四五十年代空中观察哨复兴;1951-1953年,五名澳大利亚人随1903空中观察哨飞行队在朝鲜服役;乔·卢斯科姆上尉于1952年6月5日阵亡;1953年,马来亚;1957年,班克斯敦陆军航空兵第1连;1958年,塞斯纳180A取代了奥斯特Mk III;1960年11月30日,第16空中观察哨飞行队解散。.
  • 福雷:六十年代第 16 轻型航空兵中队于 1960 年 12 月 1 日在安伯利成立;第 161 侦察飞行队于 1965 年 7 月在头顿成立,1965 年 9 月 28 日首次出击,1965 年 10 月 22 日,飞行时间超过 72,000 小时,三名飞行员阵亡;该部队于 1968 年 7 月 1 日成立,拥有 106 名军官;奥基于 1969 年 7 月 1 日加入陆军。.
  • 福雷:七八十年代基奥瓦号于 1972 年取代苏族号;游牧者号;陆军航空学校 1972 年;第 183 中队于 1975 年离开巴布亚新几内亚;两架波特直升机于 1980 年前往瓦努阿图;1986 年 11 月 20 日决定移交战场直升机;第 5 航空团于 1988 年 1 月组建。.
  • 福雷:九十年代AS350B 松鼠 1990 年;波特直升机于 1992 年 10 月退役;六架黑鹰直升机于 1993 年飞往柬埔寨;五架黑鹰直升机于 1994 年飞往布干维尔;游牧者直升机于 1995 年退役;第一架 CH-47D 于 1995 年中期交付;1996 年 6 月 12 日发生碰撞事故;1996 年末租赁了国王航空和双水獭直升机;1997 年至 1998 年参与巴布亚新几内亚和伊里安查亚的旱灾救济;1998 年 5 月至 2001 年 8 月在布干维尔部署易洛魁直升机;美国陆军航空兵训练司令部 (AAvnTC) 于 1998 年成立;1999 年参与东帝汶行动。.
  • Fourays:2000 年及以后第16旅(航空)司令部于2002年4月2日成立;2001年订购了22架虎式直升机,首批两架于2004年在奥基交付;2004年8月选定MRH 90直升机,共订购46架,其中6架交付海军,首架于2007年交付;2007年10月休伊直升机退役;2006年斐济黑鹰直升机坠毁(马克·宾利上尉遇难);2003年伊拉克奇努克直升机;2011年5月阿富汗奇努克直升机坠毁(马库斯·凯斯中尉遇难);2003年所罗门群岛;2006年东帝汶;2008年基奥瓦直升机退役;固定翼飞机于2009年退役。.
  • 奥基澳大利亚陆军飞行博物馆位于奥基陆军航空训练中心旁的博物馆;周三至周六开放,免费入场。.
  • 161侦察飞行协会保存第 161 侦察飞行队(南越 1965-1972 年)和第 161 侦察中队历史的协会;藏品在奥基博物馆展出。.
  • ABC新闻:‘乘坐它就像驾驶法拉利一样舒适’:澳大利亚国防军退役攻击直升机(2026年9月26日)Tiger 战机于 2026 年 9 月在达尔文的 Mindil 海滩上空进行告别飞行后退役;共 22 架飞机,A$ 11 亿;订购了 29 架 Apache 战机,A$ 45 亿,其中 6 架已交付并驻扎在汤斯维尔,交付工作将于 2029 年底完成。.
  • ABC News: Taipan crash inquiry leads to recommendation for Defence report review (18 September 2026)Crew: Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Max Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock, Corporal Alexander Naggs; DFSB found TopOwl unlikely to have contributed; Senate committee recommended an independent review of the DFSB report; IGADF inquiry yet to report.
  • ABC News: Thirty years since Black Hawk aviation disaster saw 18 killed (12 June 2026)Anniversary report on the June 1996 collision near Townsville that killed 18.
  • 国防部:PFAS调查与管理,奥基陆军航空中心已获取。详细的环境调查正在进行中;管理区内的修复措施正在实施。.

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