In 1944, it was decided to form six Army Air Corps squadrons in British India in order to support planned airborne assault operations in South East Asia. The squadrons would be equipped with Waco Hadrian gliders and light aircraft, and would be crewed by a mixture of surplus pilots from the Royal Air Force and pilots from the Glider Pilot Regiment. 672 Squadron formed at Bikram, Bihar as part of No. 344 Wing RAF, (No. 229 Group RAF), and equipped with Hadrians and de Havilland Tiger Moth trainers.[1] The squadron flew training missions for the rest of the Second World War, but did not see combat, and was disbanded on 1 July 1946 as last unit of 344 Wing.[1]
The squadron was reformed during September 2001 to develop tactics for attack helicopter use within the British Army. It began operating the Lynx AH.9 from June 2004, deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Telic from January to June 2007.[4]
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