The Salisbury Plain is the UK's biggest military training estate and covers 150 square miles!

The majority of air traffic is that of the Army Air Corps (AAC) based at Middle Wallop. Aircraft that operate out of here are mainly Squirrel, Gazelle, Lynx, Apache and rarely the Bell 212.

Also Aircraft from the Empire Test Pilot School (ETPS) and Qinetiq both based at Boscombe down use SPTA regularly.

Westland Apache WAH-64D

Attack Helicopter

Army Air Corps
AAC Middle Wallop

Westland Merlin

Transport Helicopter

Royal Air force
RAF Benson

Bell 2-12

Jungle Utility

Army Air Corps
AAC Middle Wallop

Mil Mi-17 Hip

Retired

QinetiQ/SDSquadron
MoD Boscombe Down

Boeing Chinook

Transport Helicopter

Royal Air Force
RAF Odiham

Westland Seaking

Transport Helicopter

Various

Eurocopter Dauphin

Special Forces

Army Air Corps
AAC Middle Wallop

Eurocopter Squirrel

Rotary Training

Army Air Corps
AAC Middle Wallop

Westland Gazelle

Observation

Army Air Corps
AAC Middle Wallop

ETPS/QinetiQ

Test Pilot Tuition/Military development

MoD Boscombe Down

Westland Lynx

General Utility

Army Air Corps
AAC Middle Wallop

Drops

C-130 Hercules

RAF Lyneham

Un-prepared landing strips

C-130/Defender

RAF/AAC

Exercise Pashtun Eagle

July 2010

Large scale pre-deployment mission rehearsal exercise

Exercise Intrepid Owl

April 2010

Small scale exercise for RAF Reserves

Exercise Pashtun Rat

February 2010

Large scale pre-deployment mission rehearsal exercise