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Army Aviation achieves 50 years and farewells Kiowa

Aceremonial parade and flypast which marked the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Australian Army Aviation Corps was recently held at the Army Aviation Training Centre at Oakey in Queensland. Head of Australian Army Aviation Corps, Brigadier Scott Benbow said: “I am proud to join past and present personnel to mark this important milestone. Then and now, the corps is committed to helping the Australian soldier fight, survive and win, and be ready to serve wherever needed.”

The corps formed in the early 1960s as 161 ALA with a modest fleet of Cessna 180s, which saw service in Vietnam. “Today, the Australian Army Aviation Corps flies

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