 On 29 November 2006, a Squadron Black Hawk helicopter crashed during Operation Quickstep while attached to HMAS "Kanimbla" off the coast of Fiji.The helicopter's pilot, Captain Mark Bingley, and Trooper Joshua Porter from the Special Air Service Regiment were killed in the crash.In March 2008, the Squadron became part of the newly raised 6th Aviation Regiment following implementation of a recommendation from the Board of Inquiry into the Crash of Black Hawk 221 to raise a regiment.