Between 1963 and 1972, it was stationed at RAF Akrotiri flying Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 helicopters on support missions for locally garrisoned British Army and United Nations troops.

In 1975, with Guatemala in the grip of a bloody civil war, there was a real fear that Guatemalan forces might invade Belize, and at the very least widen their Caribbean coastline.

To support the resident British Army garrison, a detachment of four Westland Puma HC.1 helicopters from No.

There they set about supporting the British Army role of deterring aggression from neighbours of Belize and supporting the jungle training task, as well as providing much needed search and rescue cover for the military and civilian population.

Puma helicopters of 1563 Flt were instrumental in securing diplomatic assurances for the future of Belize, after supporting Harrier aircraft of No.

The flight was re-formed in 2022 to support British Army Jungle Warfare Training School and the Gurkha battalion in Brunei Darussalam.

[8] On 1 June 2023, the flight successfully moved into their permanent home base in Medicina Lines.