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unit 655 (The Scottish Horse) Squadron (Volunteers) as part of
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783:"Summary of Army 2020 Reserve Structure and Basing Changes"
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563:"History of 655 Squadron"
225:Northern Ireland Regiment
120:6 Regiment Army Air Corps
88:6 Regiment Army Air Corps
971:Wattisham Flying Station
188:Sud Aviation Alouette II
122:. The squadron provides
1305:Helicopter Display Team
598:1st Royal Tank Regiment
71:Helicopter Support Unit
661:"5 Regiment - History"
316:Royal Rifle Volunteers
29:1 April 2014 - present
1330:United Kingdom portal
1267:Independent squadrons
1196:7 (Training) Regiment
1173:2 (Training) Regiment
371:Vultee A-31 Vengeance
1293:Former display units
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1274:No. 658 Squadron AAC
1247:No. 660 Squadron AAC
1227:No. 670 Squadron AAC
1209:No. 673 Squadron AAC
1204:No. 671 Squadron AAC
1186:No. 676 Squadron AAC
1106:No. 665 Squadron AAC
1088:No. 664 Squadron AAC
1083:No. 656 Squadron AAC
1065:No. 663 Squadron AAC
1060:No. 662 Squadron AAC
1055:No. 653 Squadron AAC
1032:No. 661 Squadron AAC
1027:No. 659 Squadron AAC
1022:No. 652 Squadron AAC
1017:No. 651 Squadron AAC
891:– via YouTube.
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351:No. 679 Squadron RAF
344:Future Reserves 2020
233:Westland Gazelle AH1
145:No. 655 Squadron RAF
113:British Army Reserve
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