List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons

Last updated

This is a list of Fleet Air Arm squadrons. Squadrons in bold are currently active.

Contents

700 series squadrons

700-series squadrons are generally experimental or training squadrons, which produce trained aircrew for the operational 800-series squadrons.

800 series squadrons

The 800 Series was allocated to carrier and land based operational squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm.

1700 series squadrons

1800 series squadrons

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fleet Air Arm</span> Aviation arm of the Royal Navy

The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the naval aviation component of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN). The FAA is one of five RN fighting arms. As of 2023 it is a predominantly "rotary" force, with helicopters undertaking roles once performed by biplanes such as the Fairey Swordfish. It operates the F-35 Lightning II for maritime strike and the AW159 Wildcat and AW101 Merlin for commando and anti-submarine warfare.

RNAS Yeovilton (HMS <i>Heron</i>) Royal Naval Air Station in Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, commonly referred to as RNAS Yeovilton, is a military airbase of the Royal Navy, sited a few miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. It is one of two active Fleet Air Arm bases, the other being RNAS Culdrose). RNAS Yeovilton is currently home to the Royal Navy Wildcat HMA2, along with Army Air Corps Wildcat AH1 helicopters, as well as the Royal Navy's Commando Helicopter Force Merlin HCi3/4/4A and Wildcat AH1 helicopters.

RNAS Culdrose (HMS <i>Seahawk</i>) Royal Naval Air Station in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose is a Royal Navy airbase near Helston on the Lizard Peninsula of Cornwall UK, and is one of the largest helicopter bases in Europe. Its main role is serving the Fleet Air Arm's front line AgustaWestland Merlin helicopter squadrons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Commando Helicopter Force</span> Element of the British Royal Navy and Joint Helicopter Command

Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) is a unit of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and an element of the Joint Helicopter Command of the British Armed Forces. Its primary role is to provide Rotary-Wing support to 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines and other UK force elements in the amphibious environment. CHF uses a combination of transport helicopters based at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton in Somerset, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">700 Naval Air Squadron</span> Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron

700 Naval Air Squadron is an experimental test squadron in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.

Royal Air Force Heathfield, or more commonly RAF Heathfield, sometimes known as RAF Ayr/Heathfield due to its proximity to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which was also used by military flights, is a former Royal Air Force station. It opened in April 1941 as an airbase for day and night fighter squadrons. In September 1944 it transferred to Fleet Air Arm control and commissioned as HMS Wagtail. The Royal Navy paid off the airbase in March 1946 and it was reduced to care and maintenance. The United States Air Force used it for storage between 1951 and 1957, with the designation USAAF Station 570.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">845 Naval Air Squadron</span> Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron

845 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. Part of the Commando Helicopter Force, it is a specialist amphibious unit operating the AgustaWestland Commando Merlin HC4 helicopter and provides troop transport and load lifting support to 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines. In 2012, the squadron celebrated 50 years since it was awarded "commando" status.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">846 Naval Air Squadron</span> Flying squadron of the Royal Navy

846 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">848 Naval Air Squadron</span> Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron

848 Naval Air Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It operated the Westland Sea King HC.4 helicopter and previously provided advanced flying training to pilots for the other squadrons in the Commando Helicopter Force. The squadron was based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset and was decommissioned on 24 March 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Boulton Paul Balliol</span> Type of aircraft

The Boulton Paul Balliol and Sea Balliol are monoplane advanced trainer aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Boulton Paul Aircraft. On 17 May 1948, it became the world's first single-engined turboprop aircraft to fly. The Balliol was operated primarily by both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">750 Naval Air Squadron</span> Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron

The Royal Navy Observer School grew out of HM Naval Seaplane Training School at RNAS Lee-on-Solent as a result of a series of changes of identity and parent unit. From 1918 until 1939 the Royal Air Force was responsible for naval aviation, including training and provision of aircrew to the Royal Navy. With the return of naval aviation to the Royal Navy on 24 May 1939, the Observer School was established as 750 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm. During World War II the squadron moved to Trinidad to continue training aircrew. It was temporarily disbanded in October 1945. The squadron reformed in 1952 and is currently based at RNAS Culdrose, where it trains approximately 30 Royal Navy observers every year.

RNAS Hatston (HMS <i>Sparrowhawk</i>) Former Royal Naval Air Station in Orkney, Scotland

Royal Naval Air Station Hatston, was a Royal Naval Air Station, one mile to the north west of Kirkwall on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It was located near the strategically vital naval base of Scapa Flow, which for most of the twentieth century formed the main base of the ships of the Home Fleet. The airbase was designed to provide accommodation for disembarked Front-Line squadrons and accommodation for disembarked Ship's Flight Aircraft and was home to the Home Fleet Fleet Requirements Unit, 771 Naval Air Squadron.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">814 Naval Air Squadron</span> Military unit

814 Naval Air Squadron or 814 NAS, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, is a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It is currently equipped with the AgustaWestland Merlin HM2 anti-submarine warfare helicopter and is based at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in Cornwall. The squadron was formed in December 1938 and has been disbanded and reformed several times.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">825 Naval Air Squadron</span> Military unit

825 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Naval Air Squadron which was re-commissioned on 10 October 2014 and currently flies the AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA2.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">824 Naval Air Squadron</span> Military unit

824 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron based at RNAS Culdrose and currently operating the AgustaWestland Merlin HM2 Operational Conversion Unit. It trains aircrew in Anti-Submarine warfare and Airborne Surveillance and Control.

HMS<i> Gannet </i>(stone frigate) Royal Navy forward operating base in South Ayrshire, Scotland

HMS Gannet is a forward operating base of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm located at Glasgow Prestwick Airport, South Ayrshire in Scotland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">744 Naval Air Squadron</span> Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron

744 Naval Air Squadron is a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was initially active in 1943, based in Nova Scotia. A second 744 NAS was formed, in early 1944, in Northern Ireland, for Merchant Aircraft Carrier training, meaning the first iteration was re-designated 754 NAS. The squadron's primary focus turned to Anti-submarine warfare training, which then further developed into trialing new submarine detection technology, ending in 1956. In 2018 it reformed as the Mission Systems and Armament Test and Evaluation Squadron.

Royal Naval Air Station Fearn is a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm airbase, located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) southeast of Tain, Scottish Highlands and 21.9 miles (35.2 km) northeast of Inverness, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. The Tower has now been converted to residential use. See Restoration Man George Clarke.

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "Fleet Air Arm 860 Squadron". Squadron Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945. 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 336.
  3. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 337.
  4. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 338.
  5. ↑ "1710 Squadron". Royal Navy. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 339.
  7. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 340.
  8. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 341.
  9. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 342.
  10. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 343.
  11. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 344.
  12. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 347.
  13. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 348.
  14. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 349.
  15. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 350.
  16. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 351.
  17. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 352.
  18. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 353.
  19. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 354.
  20. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 355.
  21. ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 356.
  22. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 357.
  23. 1 2 3 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 358.
  24. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 359.
  25. 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 360.

Bibliography

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.