Key Dates: | ||
October 1971 | First Maltese personnel go to West Germany for helicopter training | |
May 1972 | Helicopter Flight of The Malta Land Force (MLF) established | |
19 April 1973 | Renamed the Helicopter Flight of the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) | |
April 1979 | Helicopter Flight moves to Luqa Airport | |
1 April 1980 | Helicopter Flight Malta Task Force | |
August 1980 | Libyan assistance withdrawn | |
11 May 1988 | Reverted to previous title | |
February 1992 | First fixed-wing aircraft received | |
22 July 1992 | Renamed Air Squadron, Armed Forces of Malta | |
31 October 2006 | Renamed Air Wing, Armed Forces of Malta |