[4] A large number of the pilots were Army gunnery officers from the 80th (The Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery.

[4] 655 Light Aircraft Squadron was formed in April 1962 at Tofrek Barracks in Germany operating the Sud Aviation Alouette II helicopter.

[4][3] In the summer of 1991, the squadron moved to RAF Aldergrove to collocate with the rest of the Northern Ireland Regiment.

[3] The squadron became equipped with the Lynx AH7 which had improved avionics, reduced noise, better hover capability and more advanced composite rotor blades.

[7] In March 2007, the squadron was disbanded as Operation Banner was drawing to a close and due to a need to reduce the Lynx fleet set to be retired in 2012.

[3][10] The squadron's role was to provide groundcrew individual reinforcements to army aviation units for exercises and operational deployment.

[13] The squadron operated the Miles Martinet, Hawker Hurricane, Fairey Barracuda and Vultee A-31 Vengeance aircraft types for anti-aircraft duties based at East Anglia.

The squadron is paired with the Army Aviation Centre where it provides ground support to the Apache.