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The Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) was a military flying school based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire, England. The school, established in 1997, was a tri-service organisation and trained helicopter aircrews for all three British armed forces.
- Basic and advanced helicopter training
- No. 22 Group RAF
An Airbus Juno HT1 of No.1 Flying Training School. No. 1 Flying Training School (No. 1 FTS) (formerly the Defence Helicopter Flying School) provides basic helicopter pilot training for the RAF, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps (AAC), as well as foreign and commonwealth countries, using twenty-nine Airbus Juno HT1.
- 1916, rebuilt 1937
- Group Captain Phillip Wadlow
- No. 22 Group (Training)
- 1917–1918 (Royal Flying Corps), 1918–1920 (Royal Air Force), 1938 – present (Royal Air Force)
The Defence Helicopter Flying School was a military flying school based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire, England. The school, established in 1997, was a tri-service organisation and trained helicopter aircrews for all three British armed forces.
In February 2020, the Defence Helicopter Flying School based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire, was renamed No. 1 Flying Training School and operates 29 Airbus H135 'Juno' and 3 Airbus H145 'Jupiter'. [10] Operations and training