No. 1310 Flight RAF

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No. 1310 Flight of the Royal Air Force was a unit first formed in 1944 as a short-lived transport aircraft command. In March 1953 it was again formed in that role at RAF Lyneham and then deployed to Australia. It was disbanded in Australia in December 1953.

Its first role with helicopters began in 1964 when it was activated at RAF Odiham flying Westland Whirlwinds. The Flight then deployed to South America for two years before its helicopters were flown back to RAF Fairford with the Flight disbanding on 7 October 1966.

Following the Falklands War the Flight was reformed at Kelly's Garden near to Port San Carlos. It flew Chinook helicopters from Nos. 7 and 18 Squadrons until amalgamated with No. 1564 Flight to form No. 78 Squadron. It also saw service in Bosnia, flying support for British units in IFOR and SFOR. Most recently it was based at Basra in southern Iraq. It commanded the Chinooks assigned to the British-commanded division based in the area. It was stood down in April 2005 and replaced by No. 1419 Flight.