 72 Squadron was reformed at RAF Odiham, but now as a helicopter unit.They were equipped with twin-rotor Bristol Belvederes HC.1s until the Westland Wessex HC.2 replaced these aircraft in August 1964.For the next thirty-eight years they continued to use these aircraft and in that time the squadron saw action in Malaya, provided post-disaster assistance following the "Torrey Canyon" tanker disaster in 1967 and supported the security forces in Northern Ireland from 1969.