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Joint Helicopter Support Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	Joint Helicopter Support Squadron
image	[[File:Joint helicopter support squadron.png	150px]]
alt	Squadron badge
caption	Squadron badge
dates	– present
disbanded
country	UK United Kingdom
branch

type	Joint service unit
role	Helicopter support
command_structure	Joint Aviation Command
garrison	RAF Benson
garrison_label	Home station
motto	Together we deliver
colors
colors_label
website

The Joint Helicopter Support Squadron (JHSS) is a joint organisation of the British Army and the Royal Air Force, located at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire.

History

A Royal Air Force Chinook carrying a British Army Land Rover as an under slung load. — Land Rover]] as an under slung load.

Following the introduction of the Boeing Chinook HC.1, the unit was formed in July 1982 during the Falklands War as the Joint Helicopter Support Unit (JHSU). Personnel were drawn from the Royal Corps of Transport and Royal Army Ordnance Corps (both now amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps) plus the Royal Corps of Signals and the Royal Air Force. After the war the unit was officially formed at RAF Odiham in Hampshire and RAF Gütersloh in Germany.

In September 2009, the unit became the Joint Helicopter Support Squadron (JHSS) following its merger with the RAF's Mobile Air Operations Team (MAOT).

During 2016 the squadron moved from RAF Odiham to RAF Benson in Oxfordshire.

Role and operations

The squadron is tasked with providing a ground support capability to Joint Aviation Command's support helicopter force, including specialist skills in under-slung load operations and preparation of landing sites. It has two teams on very high readiness which are able to contribute to contingency (largely unforeseen) operations at short notice, such as natural disaster relief.

References

(1 July 2022). "Joint Helicopter Support Squadron 40th Anniversary".
(17 February 2002). "Joint Helicopter Support Unit (JHSU)".
(30 September 2016). "RAF Benson".
"RAF Benson - Joint Helicopter Support Squadron".

Wikipedia Source

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