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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.2</span> <span>Museums</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Museums-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_FAA_today" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_FAA_today"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>The FAA today</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-The_FAA_today-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle The FAA today subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-The_FAA_today-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Personnel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personnel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Personnel</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Today" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Today"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1</span> <span>Today</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Today-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reserve_Air_Branch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reserve_Air_Branch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.2</span> <span>Reserve Air Branch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reserve_Air_Branch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Insignia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Insignia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Insignia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Insignia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aircraft" class="vector-toc-list-item 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href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A2_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%99" title="זרוע האוויר של הצי המלכותי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="זרוע האוויר של הצי המלכותי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%89%A6%E9%9A%8A%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%BA%E9%9A%8A" title="艦隊航空隊 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="艦隊航空隊" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Воздушные силы флота Великобритании – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Воздушные силы флота Великобритании" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ison-Britannian_laivaston_ilmavoimat" title="Ison-Britannian laivaston ilmavoimat – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ison-Britannian laivaston ilmavoimat" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Fleet Air Arm" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Operation_Musketeer_(Suez_Crisis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Musketeer (Suez Crisis)">Operation Musketeer (Suez Crisis)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosnia">Bosnia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Operation_Herrick" title="Operation Herrick">Afghanistan War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/fleet-air-arm">www<wbr />.royalnavy<wbr />.mod<wbr />.uk<wbr />/our-organisation<wbr 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(RN). The FAA is one of five <a href="/wiki/Category:Fighting_Arms_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Category:Fighting Arms of the Royal Navy">RN fighting arms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> it is a primarily <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopter</a> force, though also operating the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Lightning II</a> carrier-based stealth fighter jointly with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. </p><p>The RAF was formed by the 1918 merger of the RN's <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a> with the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a>. The FAA did not come under the direct control of the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)" title="Admiralty (United Kingdom)">Admiralty</a> until mid-1939. During the Second World War, the FAA operated aircraft on ships as well as land-based aircraft that defended <a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Navy_shore_establishments" title="List of Royal Navy shore establishments">the Royal Navy's shore establishments</a> and facilities. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginnings">Beginnings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Beginnings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a></div> <p>British naval flying started in 1909, with the construction of an <a href="/wiki/Airship" title="Airship">airship</a> for naval duties.<sup id="cite_ref-FAAA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAAA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1911 the Royal Navy graduated its first aeroplane pilots at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aero_Club" title="Royal Aero Club">Royal Aero Club</a> <a href="/wiki/RAF_Eastchurch" title="RAF Eastchurch">flying ground near Eastchurch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Sheppey" title="Isle of Sheppey">Isle of Sheppey</a> under the tutelage of pioneer aviator <a href="/wiki/George_Bertram_Cockburn" title="George Bertram Cockburn">George Bertram Cockburn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 1912, naval and army aviation were combined to become the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a> (RFC). The Naval Wing of the RFC lasted until July 1914 when the Royal Navy reformed its air branch, under the <a href="/wiki/Air_Department" title="Air Department">Air Department</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a>, naming it the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoskill1969156_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoskill1969156-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the outbreak of the First World War, in August 1914, the RNAS had more aircraft under its control than the remaining RFC.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBradbeer2014_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBradbeer2014-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (March 2020)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The roles of the RNAS were fleet reconnaissance, patrolling coasts for enemy ships and submarines, attacking enemy coastal territory and defending Britain from enemy air raids, along with deployment along the Western Front. In April 1918 the RNAS, which at this time had 67,000 officers and men, 2,949 aircraft, 103 airships and 126 coastal stations, merged with the RFC to form the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoyne200370_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoyne200370-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fleet_Air_Arm">Fleet Air Arm</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fleet Air Arm"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 April 1924, the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force was formed, encompassing those RAF units that normally embarked on aircraft carriers and fighting ships.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The year was significant for British naval aviation as only weeks before the founding of the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Navy had commissioned <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)" title="HMS Hermes (95)">HMS <i>Hermes</i></a>, the world's first ship to be designed and built as an aircraft carrier. Over the following months RAF Fleet Air Arm <a href="/wiki/Fairey_IIID" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairey IIID">Fairey IIID</a> reconnaissance biplanes operated off Hermes, conducting flying trials. </p><p>On 24 May 1939 the Fleet Air Arm was returned to Admiralty control<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under the "<a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Inskip" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Thomas Inskip">Inskip Award</a>" (named after the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Co-ordination_of_Defence" title="Minister for Co-ordination of Defence">Minister for Co-ordination of Defence</a> overseeing the British re-armament programme) and renamed the Air Branch of the Royal Navy. At the onset of the Second World War, the Fleet Air Arm consisted of 20 squadrons with only 232 frontline aircraft, and 191 additional trainers. By the end of the war the strength of the Fleet Air Arm was 59 aircraft carriers, 3,700 aircraft, 72,000 officers and men and 56 Naval air stations. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:An_elephant_pulling_a_Supermarine_Walrus_aircraft_into_position_at_a_Fleet_Air_Arm_station_in_India,_June_1944._A24291.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/An_elephant_pulling_a_Supermarine_Walrus_aircraft_into_position_at_a_Fleet_Air_Arm_station_in_India%2C_June_1944._A24291.jpg/220px-An_elephant_pulling_a_Supermarine_Walrus_aircraft_into_position_at_a_Fleet_Air_Arm_station_in_India%2C_June_1944._A24291.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/An_elephant_pulling_a_Supermarine_Walrus_aircraft_into_position_at_a_Fleet_Air_Arm_station_in_India%2C_June_1944._A24291.jpg/330px-An_elephant_pulling_a_Supermarine_Walrus_aircraft_into_position_at_a_Fleet_Air_Arm_station_in_India%2C_June_1944._A24291.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/An_elephant_pulling_a_Supermarine_Walrus_aircraft_into_position_at_a_Fleet_Air_Arm_station_in_India%2C_June_1944._A24291.jpg/440px-An_elephant_pulling_a_Supermarine_Walrus_aircraft_into_position_at_a_Fleet_Air_Arm_station_in_India%2C_June_1944._A24291.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2480" data-file-height="1678" /></a><figcaption>An elephant pulling a <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">Supermarine Walrus</a> aircraft into position at a Fleet Air Arm station in India (c. June 1944)</figcaption></figure> <p>During the war, the FAA operated fighters, torpedo bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. Following the <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk evacuation</a> and the commencement of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a>, the Royal Air Force soon found itself critically short of fighter pilots. In the summer of 1940, the RAF had just over 800 fighter pilots and as personnel shortages worsened; the RAF turned to the Admiralty to ask for help from the Fleet Air Arm. Fleet Air Arm crews under <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">RAF Fighter Command</a> were either seconded individually to RAF fighter squadrons or entire as with 804 and 808 Naval Air Squadrons. The former provided dockyard defence during the Battle of Britain with <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator" title="Gloster Gladiator">Sea Gladiators</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In British home waters and out into the Atlantic Ocean, operations against Axis shipping and submarines in support of the RN were mounted by <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Command" title="RAF Coastal Command">RAF Coastal Command</a> with large patrol bombers, flying boats and land-based fighter-bombers. The <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> had replaced the <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleship</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Capital_ship" title="Capital ship">capital ship</a> of the RN and its aircraft were now its principal offensive weapons. The top scoring <a href="/wiki/Flying_ace" title="Flying ace">fighter ace</a> with 17 victories was Commander <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Orr" title="Stanley Orr">Stanley Orr</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marine</a> ace was <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Cuthbert_Hay" title="Ronald Cuthbert Hay">Ronald Cuthbert Hay</a> with 13 victories. A number of Royal Marines were <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Marines#Second_World_War" title="History of the Royal Marines">FAA pilots</a> during the war. </p><p>Notable Fleet Air Arm operations during the war included the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto" title="Battle of Taranto">Battle of Taranto</a>, the sinking of the <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck" title="German battleship Bismarck"><i>Bismarck</i></a>, the attempt to prevent the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Dash" title="Channel Dash">Channel Dash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tungsten" title="Operation Tungsten">Operation Tungsten</a> against the <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Tirpitz" title="German battleship Tirpitz"><i>Tirpitz</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Meridian" title="Operation Meridian">Operation Meridian</a> against oil plants in <a href="/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatra</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_history">Post-war history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-war history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SeaFury_launch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/SeaFury_launch.jpg/220px-SeaFury_launch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/SeaFury_launch.jpg/330px-SeaFury_launch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/SeaFury_launch.jpg/440px-SeaFury_launch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="648" data-file-height="429" /></a><figcaption>Hawker Sea Fury of No. 804 Squadron launched off <a href="/wiki/HMS_Glory_(R62)" title="HMS Glory (R62)">HMS <i>Glory</i></a> during the Korean War, June 1951</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phantom_FG1_892_Sqn_on_HMS_Ark_Royal_(R09)_1972.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Phantom_FG1_892_Sqn_on_HMS_Ark_Royal_%28R09%29_1972.jpg/220px-Phantom_FG1_892_Sqn_on_HMS_Ark_Royal_%28R09%29_1972.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Phantom_FG1_892_Sqn_on_HMS_Ark_Royal_%28R09%29_1972.jpg/330px-Phantom_FG1_892_Sqn_on_HMS_Ark_Royal_%28R09%29_1972.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Phantom_FG1_892_Sqn_on_HMS_Ark_Royal_%28R09%29_1972.jpg/440px-Phantom_FG1_892_Sqn_on_HMS_Ark_Royal_%28R09%29_1972.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1551" data-file-height="1284" /></a><figcaption>Phantom FG.1 of 892 NAS aboard <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(R09)" title="HMS Ark Royal (R09)">HMS <i>Ark Royal</i></a> in 1972</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DN-SC-87-05770.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/DN-SC-87-05770.JPEG/220px-DN-SC-87-05770.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/DN-SC-87-05770.JPEG/330px-DN-SC-87-05770.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/DN-SC-87-05770.JPEG/440px-DN-SC-87-05770.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2950" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Two <a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace_Sea_Harrier" title="British Aerospace Sea Harrier">Sea Harriers</a> from <a href="/wiki/800_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="800 Naval Air Squadron">800 Naval Air Squadron</a> approach the flight deck of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="USS Dwight D. Eisenhower">USS <i>Dwight D. Eisenhower</i></a> in 1984.</figcaption></figure> <p>After the war the FAA needed to fly <a href="/wiki/Jet_aircraft" title="Jet aircraft">jet aircraft</a> from their carriers. The jet aircraft of the era were considerably less effective at low speeds than propeller aircraft, but propeller aircraft could not effectively fight jets at the high speeds flown by jet aircraft. The FAA took on its first jet, the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">Sea Vampire</a>, in the late 1940s. The Sea Vampire was the first jet credited with taking off and landing on a carrier. The Air Arm continued with high-powered prop aircraft alongside the new jets resulting in the FAA being woefully outpowered during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. Nevertheless, jets were not yet wholly superior to propeller aircraft and a flight of ground attack <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Fury" title="Hawker Sea Fury">Hawker Sea Furies</a> downed a <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15">MiG-15</a> and damaged others in an engagement. </p><p>As jets became larger, more powerful and faster they required more space to take off and land. The <a href="/wiki/US_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="US Navy">US Navy</a> simply built much larger carriers. The Royal Navy had a few large carriers built and completed after the end of the war but another solution was sought. This was partly overcome by the introduction of a Royal Navy idea to <a href="/wiki/Flight_deck#Angled_flight_deck" title="Flight deck">angle the flight deck</a> away from the centre line so that the aircraft landing had a clear run away from the usual forward deck park. An associated British invention, intended to provide more precise optical guidance to aircraft on final approaching the deck, was the <a href="/wiki/Optical_Landing_System#Fresnel_Lens_Optical_Landing_System_(FLOLS)" class="mw-redirect" title="Optical Landing System">Fresnel lens optical landing aid</a>. Another Royal Navy invention was the use of a <a href="/wiki/Steam_catapult" class="mw-redirect" title="Steam catapult">steam-powered catapult</a> to cater for the larger and heavier aircraft (both systems were adopted by the US Navy). </p><p>Defence cuts across the British armed forces <a href="/wiki/1966_Defence_White_Paper" title="1966 Defence White Paper">during the 1960s and 1970s</a> led to the withdrawal of existing Royal Navy aircraft carriers, transfer of Fleet Air Arm fixed-wing jet strike aircraft such as the <a href="/wiki/F-4_Phantom_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-4 Phantom II">F-4K (FG.1) Phantom II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneer" title="Blackburn Buccaneer">Buccaneer S.2</a> to the Royal Air Force, and cancellation of large replacement aircraft carriers, including the <a href="/wiki/CVA-01" title="CVA-01">CVA-01</a> design. The last conventional carrier to be retired was <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(R09)" title="HMS Ark Royal (R09)">HMS <i>Ark Royal</i></a> in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When HMS <i>Hermes</i> was converted in 1980/81 to a STOVL carrier to operate Sea Harriers, a <a href="/wiki/Ski-jump_(aviation)" title="Ski-jump (aviation)">'Ski-jump ramp'</a> was fitted to aid take-off. A new series of small carriers, the <a href="/wiki/Invincible-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Invincible-class aircraft carrier"><i>Invincible</i>-class</a> anti-submarine warfare ships (known as "through deck cruisers") were built and equipped with the <a href="/wiki/BAE_Sea_Harrier" class="mw-redirect" title="BAE Sea Harrier">Sea Harrier</a> a derivative of the <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier" title="Hawker Siddeley Harrier">Hawker Siddeley Harrier</a> <a href="/wiki/VTOL" title="VTOL">VTOL</a> aircraft. These carriers incorporated an upswept forward section of the flight deck that deflected the aircraft upward on launch and permitted heavier loads to be carried by the Harrier, for example in weaponry, and the system was used extensively in the Falklands War, with both <i>Hermes</i> and <i>Invincible</i> part of the Task Force. At the end of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> in 1989 the Fleet Air Arm was under the command of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_Officer_Naval_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag Officer Naval Air Command">Flag Officer Naval Air Command</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(Royal_Navy)" title="Rear admiral (Royal Navy)">rear admiral</a> based at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Yeovilton" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Yeovilton">RNAS Yeovilton</a>. </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Flag_Officer_Naval_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag Officer Naval Air Command">Flag Officer Naval Air Command</a></b> (FONAC), at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Yeovilton" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Yeovilton">RNAS Yeovilton</a> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Prestwick" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Prestwick">RNAS Prestwick</a></b>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/819_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="819 Naval Air Squadron">819 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">Anti-submarine</a>, 12× <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King HAS.5</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/826_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="826 Naval Air Squadron">826 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Anti-submarine, 12× Sea King HAS.6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Gannet_SAR_Flight" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Gannet SAR Flight">HMS Gannet SAR Flight</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Search_and_Rescue" class="mw-redirect" title="Search and Rescue">Search & Rescue</a>, 8× <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King HU.5</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Yeovilton" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Yeovilton">RNAS Yeovilton</a></b>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/707_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="707 Naval Air Squadron">707 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Air_Assault" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Assault">Air Assault</a>, 10× <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King HC.4</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/800_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="800 Naval Air Squadron">800 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (12× <a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace_Sea_Harrier" title="British Aerospace Sea Harrier">Sea Harrier FA.2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/801_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="801 Naval Air Squadron">801 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (12× Sea Harrier FA.2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/845_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="845 Naval Air Squadron">845 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Air Assault, 10× Sea King HC.4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/846_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="846 Naval Air Squadron">846 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Air Assault, 10× Sea King HC.4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/899_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="899 Naval Air Squadron">899 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Training, 24× Sea Harrier FA.2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Requirements_and_Aircraft_Direction_Unit" title="Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit">Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit</a>, (Aggressor Squadron, <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">Canberra TT.18</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hunter" title="Hawker Hunter">Hawker Hunter</a> GA.11)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Culdrose_(HMS_Seahawk)" title="RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk)">RNAS Culdrose</a></b>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/705_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="705 Naval Air Squadron">705 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Basic Helicopter Training, 38× <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Gazelle" title="Aérospatiale Gazelle">Gazelle HT.2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/706_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="706 Naval Air Squadron">706 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Sea King Training, 12× various types of Sea King)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/750_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="750 Naval Air Squadron">750 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Observer Training, <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Jetstream" title="Handley Page Jetstream">Jetstream T2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/771_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="771 Naval Air Squadron">771 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Search & Rescue, 12× <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King HU.5</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/814_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="814 Naval Air Squadron">814 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Anti-submarine, 12× Sea King HAS.5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/820_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="820 Naval Air Squadron">820 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Anti-submarine, 12× Sea King HAS.6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/824_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="824 Naval Air Squadron">824 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Anti-submarine, 12× Sea King HAS.6) (disbanded August 1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/849_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="849 Naval Air Squadron">849 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">Airborne early warning and control</a>, 10× Sea King AEW.2A, 4× Sea King AEW.5)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Portland_(HMS_Osprey)" title="RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey)">RNAS Portland</a></b>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/702_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="702 Naval Air Squadron">702 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Aircrew & Maintenance Training, 24× <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lynx" title="Westland Lynx">Lynx HAS.3S</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/772_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="772 Naval Air Squadron">772 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Air Assault, 10× Sea King HC.4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/810_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="810 Naval Air Squadron">810 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Anti-submarine, 12× Sea King HAS.6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/815_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="815 Naval Air Squadron">815 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Frigate & Destroyer Helicopters, 32× Lynx HAS.3S, most deployed on frigates and destroyers at sea)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/829_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="829 Naval Air Squadron">829 Naval Air Squadron</a>, (Frigate & Destroyer Helicopters, 32× Lynx HAS.3S, most deployed on frigates and destroyers at sea)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fleet_Air_Arm_inventory_1989">Fleet Air Arm inventory 1989</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fleet Air Arm inventory 1989"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The inventory of the Fleet Air Arm in 1989 consisted of the following aircraft:<sup id="cite_ref-World's_Air_Forces_1989_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World's_Air_Forces_1989-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Combat aircraft</b>: <ul><li>42× <a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace_Sea_Harrier" title="British Aerospace Sea Harrier">Sea Harrier FRS.1/F(A).2</a></li> <li>2×/2× <a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace_Sea_Harrier" title="British Aerospace Sea Harrier">Sea Harrier T.4A/T.4N</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Helicopters</b>: <ul><li>60+ <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King HAS.5</a></li> <li>31+ <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King HAS.6</a></li> <li>10× <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King AEW.2A</a></li> <li>33× <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King HC.4</a></li> <li>80+ <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lynx" title="Westland Lynx">Lynx HAS.3S</a></li> <li>23×/8× <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Gazelle" title="Aérospatiale Gazelle">Gazelle HT.2/HT.3</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Trainers</b>: <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">Canberra TT.18</a></li> <li>14× <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-1_Chipmunk" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk">Chipmunk T.10</a></li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hunter" title="Hawker Hunter">Hunter T.8M</a></li> <li>12×/9× <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hunter" title="Hawker Hunter">Hunter GA.11/T8</a></li> <li>19× <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Jetstream" title="Handley Page Jetstream">Jetstream T.2</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Liaison</b>: <ul><li>16× <a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_20" title="Dassault Falcon 20">Dassault Falcon 20</a> (Civil-registered)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_Cold_War">Post Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Four_FA2_Sea_Harriers,_based_at_RNAS_Yeovilton,_flying_in_formation_above_the_clouds,_photographed_as_part_of_a_Photex._MOD_45146083.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Four_FA2_Sea_Harriers%2C_based_at_RNAS_Yeovilton%2C_flying_in_formation_above_the_clouds%2C_photographed_as_part_of_a_Photex._MOD_45146083.jpg/220px-Four_FA2_Sea_Harriers%2C_based_at_RNAS_Yeovilton%2C_flying_in_formation_above_the_clouds%2C_photographed_as_part_of_a_Photex._MOD_45146083.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Four_FA2_Sea_Harriers%2C_based_at_RNAS_Yeovilton%2C_flying_in_formation_above_the_clouds%2C_photographed_as_part_of_a_Photex._MOD_45146083.jpg/330px-Four_FA2_Sea_Harriers%2C_based_at_RNAS_Yeovilton%2C_flying_in_formation_above_the_clouds%2C_photographed_as_part_of_a_Photex._MOD_45146083.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Four_FA2_Sea_Harriers%2C_based_at_RNAS_Yeovilton%2C_flying_in_formation_above_the_clouds%2C_photographed_as_part_of_a_Photex._MOD_45146083.jpg/440px-Four_FA2_Sea_Harriers%2C_based_at_RNAS_Yeovilton%2C_flying_in_formation_above_the_clouds%2C_photographed_as_part_of_a_Photex._MOD_45146083.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>A formation of four Sea Harrier FA.2s from 801 NAS in 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2000 the <a href="/wiki/Sea_Harrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea Harrier">Sea Harrier</a> force was merged with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF's</a> <a href="/wiki/BAE_Harrier_II" class="mw-redirect" title="BAE Harrier II">Harrier GR7</a> fleet to form <a href="/wiki/Joint_Force_Harrier" title="Joint Force Harrier">Joint Force Harrier</a>. The Fleet Air Arm began withdrawing the Sea Harrier from service in 2004 with the disbandment of <a href="/wiki/800_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="800 Naval Air Squadron">800 NAS</a>. <a href="/wiki/801_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="801 Naval Air Squadron">801 NAS</a> disbanded on 28 March 2006 at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Yeovilton_(HMS_Heron)" title="RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)">RNAS Yeovilton (HMS <i>Heron</i>)</a>. 800 and 801 NAS were then combined to form the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Strike_Wing" title="Naval Strike Wing">Naval Strike Wing</a>, flying ex-RAF Harrier GR7 and GR9s. On 1 April 2010, NSW reverted to the identity of 800 Naval Air Squadron. The Harrier GR7 and GR9 retired from service in December 2010 following the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defence_and_Security_Review_2010" title="Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010">Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rn-nsw_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rn-nsw-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two new <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier"><i>Queen Elizabeth</i>-class</a> carriers able to operate the <a href="/wiki/F-35B" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35B">F-35B</a> <a href="/wiki/STOVL" title="STOVL">short take-off and landing</a> variant of the US <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">Lockheed Martin Lightning II</a> aircraft were constructed. In the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defence_and_Security_Review_2015" title="Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015">Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015</a>, it was announced that the carriers would enter service "from 2018".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The procurement plan is for a force of 138 F-35 aircraft, which are intended to be operated by both the RAF and FAA from a common pool, in the same manner as the Joint Force Harrier.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the introduction of the F-35, the Fleet Air Arm will return to the operation of fixed-wing strike aircraft at sea. In 2013, an initial cadre of Royal Air Force and Royal Navy pilots and aircraft maintenance personnel were assigned to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a>' Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (<a href="/wiki/VMFAT-501" title="VMFAT-501">VMFAT-501</a>), part of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a>'s <a href="/wiki/33rd_Fighter_Wing" title="33rd Fighter Wing">33rd Fighter Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin Air Force Base</a>, Florida, for training on the F-35B. <a href="/wiki/809_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="809 Naval Air Squadron">809 Naval Air Squadron</a> will be the first FAA unit to operate the F-35B and will be based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Marham" title="RAF Marham">RAF Marham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Helicopters">Helicopters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Helicopters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">Helicopters</a> also became important combat platforms since the Second World War. Initially used in the <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a> role, they were later developed for <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft#Transport_helicopters" title="Military transport aircraft">troop transport</a>; during the 1956 <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a> they were used to land <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marine_Commando" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Marine Commando">Royal Marine Commando</a> forces, the first time this had ever been done in combat.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally operated only from carriers, the development of the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wasp" title="Westland Wasp">Westland Wasp</a> in the 1960s allowed helicopters to operate on all ships of <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigate</a> size or larger. Wasps, <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea Kings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">Wessex</a> helicopters all played an active part in the 1982 Falklands War, while <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lynx" title="Westland Lynx">Lynx</a> helicopters played an attack role against Iraqi patrol boats in the 1991 <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King#Troop_transport" title="Westland Sea King">Commando Sea King HC4s</a> as well as the Lynx HMA Mk 8 from HMS <i>Argyll</i>, assisted in suppressing rebel forces in the <a href="/wiki/British_military_intervention_in_the_Sierra_Leone_Civil_War" title="British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War">British intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War</a> in 2000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Museums">Museums</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Fleet Air Arm has a <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm_Museum" title="Fleet Air Arm Museum">museum</a> near RNAS Yeovilton (HMS <i>Heron</i>) in <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, England, at which many of the great historical aircraft flown by the Service are on display, along with aircraft from other sources. There is also a Fleet Air Arm museum inside the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Transport_%26_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum of Transport & Technology">Museum of Transport & Technology</a> in <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, New Zealand. On display there is a full-size replica <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a>, along with historic items and memorabilia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_FAA_today">The FAA today</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The FAA today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personnel">Personnel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1938, Admiralty <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Orders" title="Fleet Orders">Fleet Orders</a> 2885 announced the formation of an Air Branch of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Reserve" title="Royal Naval Reserve">Royal Naval Reserve</a>. Thirty three unmarried men signed up for eighteen months full-time flying training; however, before these first volunteers were able to gain their wings Britain was at war. At the end of hostilities in 1945 the RNVR(A) was 46,000 strong, with over 8,000 aircrew. Post war the RNVR(A) comprised 12 dedicated reserve squadrons, grouped regionally into Air Divisions. However, defence cuts in 1957 disbanded the five Air Divisions, and the following year the RNVR was merged with the RNR. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Today">Today</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 1 December 2013, the Regular Fleet Air Arm has a reported strength of 5,000 personnel,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which represents approximately 20% of the Royal Navy's total strength (excluding <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a>). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(Aviation_%26_Carriers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation & Carriers)">Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation & Carriers)</a>, the professional head (and also Rear Admiral Fleet Air Arm), is Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Martin_Connell_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Martin Connell (Royal Navy officer)">Martin Connell</a> as of February 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under First Sea Lord Admiral <a href="/wiki/Tony_Radakin" title="Tony Radakin">Tony Radakin</a>’s plans, the professional head of the Fleet Air Arm is set to shortly change to a one-star role, headed by a <a href="/wiki/Commodore_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commodore (Royal Navy)">Commodore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Members of the Fleet Air Arm continue to be known as WAFUs.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WAFU ("wet and f**king useless") is said to actually derive from "Weapon and Fuel Users", a stores category for clothing.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Reserve_Air_Branch">Reserve Air Branch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Reserve Air Branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The RNR Air Branch was commissioned at RNAS Yeovilton on 16 July 1980, and shortly afterwards 38 ex-regular aircrew began refresher training. Today the RNR Air Branch comprises approximately 250 ex-regular service Officers and Ratings, covering all aviation trades, tasked to support the Fleet Air Arm. </p><p>The Air Branch has its roots in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Air Branch, whose members served with distinction between 1937 through the Second World War until 1950 when it was disbanded. Formed on 3 April 1980, the Air Branch was initially established to provide additional Pilots and Observers to the Royal Navy, but later expanded to include all trades and specialisations of the Fleet Air Arm. Currently comprising some 320 personnel, HMS Pegasus is one of the biggest Units in the Royal Naval Reserve. </p><p>The name HMS Pegasus has a long and interesting history in the Royal Navy, dating back to 1585. The second HMS Pegasus was commanded by Prince William Henry, who later became King William IV, known as the Sailor King. In late 1786, the third HMS Pegasus was stationed in the West Indies under then Captain Horatio Nelson, earning three of her four Battle Honours. The fourth and last HMS Pegasus served as a prototype fighter catapult ship, originally commissioned as HMS Ark Royal, serving primarily on convoy duty in the Second World War. </p><p>The name Pegasus has associations outside of the Royal Navy, including the Bristol Aeroplane Company engine that powered the Fairey Swordfish and the Rolls Royce engine that powered the BAE Sea Harrier. And, of course, the Parachute Regiment use Pegasus as their emblem. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Insignia">Insignia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For more information, see <a href="/wiki/Aircrew_brevet" title="Aircrew brevet">Aircrew brevet</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FleetAirArm_wings.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/FleetAirArm_wings.jpg/200px-FleetAirArm_wings.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/FleetAirArm_wings.jpg/300px-FleetAirArm_wings.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/FleetAirArm_wings.jpg/400px-FleetAirArm_wings.jpg 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="223" /></a><figcaption>Fleet Air Arm pilot wings</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UK-Navy-OF-5-collected_Fleet_Air_Arm_Pilot.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/UK-Navy-OF-5-collected_Fleet_Air_Arm_Pilot.svg/220px-UK-Navy-OF-5-collected_Fleet_Air_Arm_Pilot.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/UK-Navy-OF-5-collected_Fleet_Air_Arm_Pilot.svg/330px-UK-Navy-OF-5-collected_Fleet_Air_Arm_Pilot.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/UK-Navy-OF-5-collected_Fleet_Air_Arm_Pilot.svg/440px-UK-Navy-OF-5-collected_Fleet_Air_Arm_Pilot.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="152" data-file-height="191" /></a><figcaption>Fleet Air Arm Captain and Pilot</figcaption></figure> <p>The FAA is known for its use of the 'Fleet Air Arm Zig Zag': a light blue zig zag on a dark blue background. </p><p>The pattern is thought to have belonged to the "Perch Club", membership of which was restricted to those who had completed 100 deck landings without an accident. The zig zag was thought to have been taken from a Creeping Line Ahead, a parallel search pattern performed by FAA aircraft in a carrier task group.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today, the dark blue background represents the Royal Navy; the colour of the zigzag represents the Royal Flying Corps, from which the Royal Naval Air Service was born; and the zigzag shape represents a nod to the Royal Artillery (red zigzag on blue background), given that the first people sent aloft in tethered balloons to spot the fall of shot were Royal Artillery observers. It was these observers who became early members of the Royal Flying Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aircrew wear flying badges, such as pilots wearing a pair of gold albatross wings. The wings badges also feature a crown and fouled anchor in the centre, to reflect the maritime element of the flying undertaken. Wings are worn on the left sleeve of naval aviators, unlike their other service counterparts.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_Kingdom_military_aircraft" title="List of active United Kingdom military aircraft">List of active United Kingdom military aircraft</a></div> <p>The FAA operates fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. It uses the same aircraft <a href="/wiki/British_military_aircraft_designation_systems" title="British military aircraft designation systems">designation system</a> as the RAF. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fixed_wing">Fixed wing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Fixed wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="F-35B_Lightning_II">F-35B Lightning II</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: F-35B Lightning II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Britain%27s_most_advanced_jets_touch_down_on_home_soil_MOD_45164370.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Britain%27s_most_advanced_jets_touch_down_on_home_soil_MOD_45164370.jpg/220px-Britain%27s_most_advanced_jets_touch_down_on_home_soil_MOD_45164370.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Britain%27s_most_advanced_jets_touch_down_on_home_soil_MOD_45164370.jpg/330px-Britain%27s_most_advanced_jets_touch_down_on_home_soil_MOD_45164370.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Britain%27s_most_advanced_jets_touch_down_on_home_soil_MOD_45164370.jpg/440px-Britain%27s_most_advanced_jets_touch_down_on_home_soil_MOD_45164370.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2400" /></a><figcaption>The Fleet Air Arm operates the F-35B from the <i>Queen Elizabeth</i>-class aircraft carriers.</figcaption></figure> <p>The introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35B Lightning II</a> saw a restoration of fixed wing, front-line operations to the FAA after the retirement of <a href="/wiki/Joint_Force_Harrier" title="Joint Force Harrier">Joint Force Harrier</a> in 2010. The Lightning Force is a joint RAF-Fleet Air Arm formation with all F-35Bs capable of operating from the Royal Navy's <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier">Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers</a>. The first Fleet Air Arm squadron to operate the F-35B is <a href="/wiki/809_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="809 Naval Air Squadron">809 Naval Air Squadron</a> which formally stood-up in December 2023, joining other F-35B squadrons within the RAF that are formally part of <a href="/wiki/No._1_Group_RAF" title="No. 1 Group RAF">No. 1 Group RAF</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An initial order of 48 airframes was made in 2012 to equip the air wings of the two <i>Queen Elizabeth</i>-class aircraft carriers, with the operation split between the FAA and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>, as was the case with Joint Force Harrier. <a href="/wiki/809_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="809 Naval Air Squadron">809 Naval Air Squadron</a> was announced as the second UK unit to fly the F-35B (the first being <a href="/wiki/No._617_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 617 Squadron RAF">617 Squadron RAF</a>) and is the first FAA unit to operate the aircraft. It is understood that at least two further frontline squadrons will stand up in the future alongside 809, 617, <a href="/wiki/No._17_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 17 Squadron RAF">17(R) Test and Evaluation Squadron</a> and an RAF-numbered Operational Conversion Unit, creating a total of six squadrons including the OCU and OEU. Under the Strategic Defence and Security Review of November 2015, the UK Government made a commitment to buying 138 F-35B, with at least 24 available for carrier use by 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SDSR2015_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDSR2015-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, following on the <a href="/wiki/Defence_in_a_Competitive_Age" title="Defence in a Competitive Age">2021 defence review</a>, the First Sea Lord indicated that the new envisaged number was to be 60 aircraft initially and "then maybe more", up to a maximum of around 80 to hopefully equip four "deployable squadrons".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2022, the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Richard Knighton, told the House of Commons Defence Select Committee that the MoD was in discussions to purchase a second tranche of 26 F-35B fighters. Plans for frontline F-35B squadrons had been modified and now envisaged a total of three squadrons (rather than four) each deploying 12-16 aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In surge conditions 24 F-35s might be deployed on the Queen Elizabeth-class carriers but a routine deployment would likely involve 12 aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2019, initial operating capability for the UK's F-35B was announced<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with 18 F-35Bs jointly delivered to the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of December 2022, 26 aircraft were operational in the UK and were based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Marham" title="RAF Marham">RAF Marham</a>. These aircraft regularly deployed for operations on the <i>Queen Elizabeth-class</i> aircraft carriers.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another 3 F-35s remained in the US for testing and evaluation purposes. </p><p>While 33 F-35B aircraft (including 3 or 4 based in the U.S.) were in the U.K. inventory by March 2024,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> former U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace reported that the RAF and Royal Navy faced a considerable challenge in providing even the existing modest F-35B fleet with qualified pilots. As of late 2022 there were only 30 qualified British pilots (plus three exchange pilots from the United States and Australia) for the F-35. The average wait time for RAF trainee Typhoon and F-35 pilots, after completing the Military Flying Training System, was approximately 11 and 12 months respectively. A further gap of 68 weeks existed between completing Basic Flying Training and beginning Advanced Fast Jet Training. The resulting pilot shortage was a factor in delaying the ability to stand up the first Fleet Air Arm Squadron (809 Squadron) on a timely basis.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Air Staff</a>, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, reported that the number of F-35 pilots had grown to 34 UK pilots with a further 7 to complete training by August 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Training">Training</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Training"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grob_Tutor_photographed_over_Lincolnshire._MOD_45142162.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Grob_Tutor_photographed_over_Lincolnshire._MOD_45142162.jpg/220px-Grob_Tutor_photographed_over_Lincolnshire._MOD_45142162.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Grob_Tutor_photographed_over_Lincolnshire._MOD_45142162.jpg/330px-Grob_Tutor_photographed_over_Lincolnshire._MOD_45142162.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Grob_Tutor_photographed_over_Lincolnshire._MOD_45142162.jpg/440px-Grob_Tutor_photographed_over_Lincolnshire._MOD_45142162.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="1960" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Grob_G_115" title="Grob G 115">Grob Tutor T1</a> used for pilot grading</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ZM320_Grob_G120TP-A_Prefect_T1_(27903385637).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/ZM320_Grob_G120TP-A_Prefect_T1_%2827903385637%29.jpg/220px-ZM320_Grob_G120TP-A_Prefect_T1_%2827903385637%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/ZM320_Grob_G120TP-A_Prefect_T1_%2827903385637%29.jpg/330px-ZM320_Grob_G120TP-A_Prefect_T1_%2827903385637%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/ZM320_Grob_G120TP-A_Prefect_T1_%2827903385637%29.jpg/440px-ZM320_Grob_G120TP-A_Prefect_T1_%2827903385637%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2275" data-file-height="1457" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Grob_G_120TP" title="Grob G 120TP">Grob Prefect T1</a> turboprop used for elementary flying training</figcaption></figure> <p>Four types of fixed wing aircraft are operated by the FAA for training purposes: Pilot Grading is carried out using the <a href="/wiki/Grob_Tutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Grob Tutor">Grob Tutor</a> T1. <a href="/wiki/No._3_Flying_Training_School_RAF" title="No. 3 Flying Training School RAF">Elementary flying training</a> is then conducted on the <a href="/wiki/Grob_G_120TP" title="Grob G 120TP">Grob Prefect T1</a>. From there, pilots are streamed to either Rotary or Fast-Jet. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beechcraft_Avenger_T.1_%E2%80%98ZZ503%E2%80%99_(32161797428).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Beechcraft_Avenger_T.1_%E2%80%98ZZ503%E2%80%99_%2832161797428%29.jpg/220px-Beechcraft_Avenger_T.1_%E2%80%98ZZ503%E2%80%99_%2832161797428%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Beechcraft_Avenger_T.1_%E2%80%98ZZ503%E2%80%99_%2832161797428%29.jpg/330px-Beechcraft_Avenger_T.1_%E2%80%98ZZ503%E2%80%99_%2832161797428%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Beechcraft_Avenger_T.1_%E2%80%98ZZ503%E2%80%99_%2832161797428%29.jpg/440px-Beechcraft_Avenger_T.1_%E2%80%98ZZ503%E2%80%99_%2832161797428%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3228" data-file-height="2152" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">Beechcraft Avenger T1</a> used for Observer training</figcaption></figure> <p>Observer grading and training is done using four <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">Beechcraft Avenger T1</a><sup id="cite_ref-key-rn_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-key-rn-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before observers join their frontline aircraft. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rotary">Rotary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Rotary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Today the largest section of the FAA is the rotary wing section. Pilots designated for rotary wing service train under <a href="/wiki/No._1_Flying_Training_School_RAF" title="No. 1 Flying Training School RAF">No. 1 Flying Training School</a> at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Shawbury" title="RAF Shawbury">RAF Shawbury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school is a tri-Service organisation consisting of civilian and military instructors (including Naval instructors and a Naval Air Squadron) that take the student from basic flying through to more advanced flying such as instrument flying, navigation, formation and captaincy. </p><p>Its aviators fly one of four types of helicopters: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commando_Merlin">Commando Merlin</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Commando Merlin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Navy_Commando_Helicopter_Force_Merlin_HC3-3A_(28450747245).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Royal_Navy_Commando_Helicopter_Force_Merlin_HC3-3A_%2828450747245%29.jpg/220px-Royal_Navy_Commando_Helicopter_Force_Merlin_HC3-3A_%2828450747245%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Royal_Navy_Commando_Helicopter_Force_Merlin_HC3-3A_%2828450747245%29.jpg/330px-Royal_Navy_Commando_Helicopter_Force_Merlin_HC3-3A_%2828450747245%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Royal_Navy_Commando_Helicopter_Force_Merlin_HC3-3A_%2828450747245%29.jpg/440px-Royal_Navy_Commando_Helicopter_Force_Merlin_HC3-3A_%2828450747245%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3418" data-file-height="2279" /></a><figcaption>A Merlin HC3 of Commando Helicopter Force.</figcaption></figure> <p>The HC4/4A <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">AW101 Merlin</a> (nicknamed "Junglie Merlin") serves as a medium lifter and troop transporter in support of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a>. The FAA received the Merlin HC3/HC3A fleet from the RAF, replacing the Commando Sea King in September 2014. These have been marinised and replaced with HC4s/HC4As, under the Merlin Life Sustainment Programme (MLSP) that was placed on contract in December 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commando_Wildcat_AH1">Commando Wildcat AH1</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Commando Wildcat AH1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ZZ383_Agusta_Westland_AW159_Wildcat_AH1_Helicopter_Army_Air_Corps_(39630622085).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/ZZ383_Agusta_Westland_AW159_Wildcat_AH1_Helicopter_Army_Air_Corps_%2839630622085%29.jpg/220px-ZZ383_Agusta_Westland_AW159_Wildcat_AH1_Helicopter_Army_Air_Corps_%2839630622085%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/ZZ383_Agusta_Westland_AW159_Wildcat_AH1_Helicopter_Army_Air_Corps_%2839630622085%29.jpg/330px-ZZ383_Agusta_Westland_AW159_Wildcat_AH1_Helicopter_Army_Air_Corps_%2839630622085%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/ZZ383_Agusta_Westland_AW159_Wildcat_AH1_Helicopter_Army_Air_Corps_%2839630622085%29.jpg/440px-ZZ383_Agusta_Westland_AW159_Wildcat_AH1_Helicopter_Army_Air_Corps_%2839630622085%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="3216" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat" title="AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat">Wildcat AH1</a> Battlefield Reconnaissance Helicopter (BRH) used by <a href="/wiki/847_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="847 Naval Air Squadron">847 NAS</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat" title="AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat">AW159 Wildcat</a>: the BRH (Battlefield Reconnaissance Helicopter) replaces the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lynx" title="Westland Lynx">Westland Lynx</a> as the Battlefield Reconnaissance Helicopter of the FAA. Along with the Commando Merlin, these squadrons operate under <a href="/wiki/Commando_Helicopter_Force" title="Commando Helicopter Force">Commando Helicopter Force</a>, which provides airborne support to <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Commando_Force" title="United Kingdom Commando Force">UK Commando Force</a> of the Royal Marines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wildcat_HMA2">Wildcat HMA2</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Wildcat HMA2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg/220px-Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg/330px-Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg/440px-Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2510" data-file-height="1662" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat" title="AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat">Wildcat HMA2</a> of <a href="/wiki/700_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="700 Naval Air Squadron">700(W) NAS</a> conducting trials off <a href="/wiki/HMS_Monmouth_(F235)" title="HMS Monmouth (F235)">HMS Monmouth.</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat" title="AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat">Wildcat HMA2</a> became the standard small ship borne helicopter in the FAA, with 28 Wildcats replacing the Lynx HMA8 in 2017. Twenty-eight <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159" class="mw-redirect" title="AgustaWestland AW159">AW159 Wildcat HMA2</a> helicopters perform a range of roles including anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare and airborne surveillance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Merlin_HM2">Merlin HM2</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Merlin HM2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Navy_Merlin_Helicopter_Launching_a_Training_Torpedo_MOD_45157953.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Royal_Navy_Merlin_Helicopter_Launching_a_Training_Torpedo_MOD_45157953.jpg/220px-Royal_Navy_Merlin_Helicopter_Launching_a_Training_Torpedo_MOD_45157953.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Royal_Navy_Merlin_Helicopter_Launching_a_Training_Torpedo_MOD_45157953.jpg/330px-Royal_Navy_Merlin_Helicopter_Launching_a_Training_Torpedo_MOD_45157953.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Royal_Navy_Merlin_Helicopter_Launching_a_Training_Torpedo_MOD_45157953.jpg/440px-Royal_Navy_Merlin_Helicopter_Launching_a_Training_Torpedo_MOD_45157953.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3086" data-file-height="2060" /></a><figcaption>A Merlin HM2 aircraft of <a href="/wiki/824_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="824 Naval Air Squadron">824 NAS.</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">Merlin</a> HM2 ("Grey Merlin") is the FAA's primary anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter, having replaced the Sea King HAS6 in the role. It is presently deployed with various ships of the Royal Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Merlin HM2 also incorporates an <a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">airborne early warning and surveillance</a> (AEW) variant, known as Crowsnest, which replaced the ASaC7 variant of the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">Sea King</a>. The first Merlin HM2 test flight with Crowsnest was completed in April 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, initial operating capability of the system was significantly delayed. While Crowsnest was deployed with the U.K. carrier strike group in 2021, it experienced operating challenges and finally achieved initial operating capability in July 2023. Full operating capability is expected in 2024/25. While all Merlins in the Royal Navy will be equipped to operate Crowsnest, only ten kits for the system are being acquired. It has been reported that initially five Merlins will be equipped with Crowsnest, three of these being normally assigned to the "high readiness" aircraft carrier.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Challenges involved in the Crowsnest program have led the Royal Navy to seek a replacement for its helicopter-based AEW platform with a new fixed-wing UAV, under <a href="/wiki/Project_Vixen" title="Project Vixen">Project Vixen</a>, by 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-VixenAEW_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VixenAEW-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unmanned">Unmanned</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Unmanned"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2024, the Royal Navy operated a number of small UAVs, including the <a href="/wiki/AeroVironment_RQ-20_Puma" title="AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma">AeroVironment Puma AE</a> and Ebee Vision.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, the Navy reported that there were a total of nine qualified Puma teams, six of which were dedicated to supporting the Royal Marines in <a href="/wiki/40_Commando" title="40 Commando">40</a> and <a href="/wiki/45_Commando" title="45 Commando">45 Commando</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The FAA's inventory was further boosted with the addition of the <a href="/wiki/Schiebel_Camcopter_S-100" title="Schiebel Camcopter S-100">Peregrine rotary-wing UAV</a> which started trials on <a href="/wiki/HMS_Lancaster_(F229)" title="HMS Lancaster (F229)">HMS Lancaster</a> in August 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future">Future</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of unmanned systems are under development for the Fleet Air Arm including fixed-wing UAVs, envisaged for potential operation from the <i>Queen Elizabeth</i>-class carriers. These programs are in the conceptual or planning stages under a program known as <a href="/wiki/Project_Vixen" title="Project Vixen">Project Vixen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Squadrons_and_flights">Squadrons and flights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Squadrons and flights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Fleet Air Arm flying squadron is formally titled Naval Air Squadron (NAS),<sup id="cite_ref-rn-nas_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rn-nas-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a title used as a suffix to the squadron number. The FAA assigns numbers in the 700–799 range to training and operational conversion squadrons and numbers in the 800–899 range to operational squadrons. Exceptions to the 700–799 include operational conversion squadrons which also hold some form of operational commitment where they are then titled 800–899. During WWII the 1700 and 1800 ranges were also used for operational squadrons. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Active FAA squadrons<sup id="cite_ref-rn-nas_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rn-nas-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; width:17%;">Unit </th> <th style="text-align:left; width:10%;">Type </th> <th style="text-align:left; width:17%;">Aircraft </th> <th style="text-align:left; width:10%;">Base </th> <th style="text-align:left; width:18%;">Role </th> <th style="text-align:left; width:30%;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Flying squadrons </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/700_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="700 Naval Air Squadron">700X Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">UAV</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/AeroVironment_RQ-20_Puma" title="AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma">AeroVironment Puma AE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schiebel_Camcopter_S-100" title="Schiebel Camcopter S-100">Peregrine ISR UAV</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Culdrose_(HMS_Seahawk)" title="RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk)">RNAS Culdrose</a> </td> <td>Remotely Piloted Aircraft System shipborne flights<sup id="cite_ref-UAV_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAV-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2">Provides HQ function for Puma AE flights and serves as evaluation unit for any future UAV systems selected by the Royal Navy, including the Peregrine UAV which began trials in mid-2024<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>RPAS future trials unit<sup id="cite_ref-UAV_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAV-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/703_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="703 Naval Air Squadron">703 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Fixed-wing </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grob_G_120TP" title="Grob G 120TP">Grob Prefect</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Barkston_Heath" title="RAF Barkston Heath">RAF Barkston Heath</a> </td> <td>Elementary flying training </td> <td>Part of the Joint Elementary Flying Training School (JEFTS) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/705_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="705 Naval Air Squadron">705 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Rotary </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_EC135" title="Eurocopter EC135">Eurocopter Juno HT1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Shawbury" title="RAF Shawbury">RAF Shawbury</a> </td> <td>Basic and advanced multi-engine helicopter training </td> <td>Part of 2 Maritime Air Wing (within <a href="/wiki/No._1_Flying_Training_School_RAF" title="No. 1 Flying Training School RAF">1 FTS</a>) alongside <a href="/wiki/No._660_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 660 Squadron AAC">660 Squadron AAC</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._202_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 202 Squadron RAF">202 Squadron RAF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/727_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="727 Naval Air Squadron">727 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Fixed-wing </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grob_G_115" title="Grob G 115">Grob Tutor T1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Yeovilton_(HMS_Heron)" title="RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)">RNAS Yeovilton</a> </td> <td>Pilot grading and Air Experience/Elementary Flying Training<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/744_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="744 Naval Air Squadron">744 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Rotary </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">Merlin HM2 Crowsnest</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/MoD_Boscombe_Down" class="mw-redirect" title="MoD Boscombe Down">MoD Boscombe Down</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Operational Test and Evaluation<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2">Tri-service unit<br />Formerly Mission Systems and Armament Test and Evaluation Squadron RAF<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Chinook_(UK_variants)" title="Boeing Chinook (UK variants)">Chinook HC5/HC6</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/750_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="750 Naval Air Squadron">750 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Fixed-wing </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">Beechcraft Avenger T1</a> </td> <td>RNAS Culdrose </td> <td>Observer grading and training </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/809_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="809 Naval Air Squadron">809 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Fixed-wing </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35B Lightning</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Marham" title="RAF Marham">RAF Marham</a> </td> <td>Carrier strike </td> <td>Part of joint <a href="/wiki/Lightning_Force_HQ" title="Lightning Force HQ">Lightning Force</a> under <a href="/wiki/RAF_Air_Command" title="RAF Air Command">RAF Air Command</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/814_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="814 Naval Air Squadron">814 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Rotary </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">Merlin HM2</a> </td> <td>RNAS Culdrose </td> <td>Anti-submarine warfare (small ship flights) </td> <td>Merged with <a href="/wiki/829_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="829 Naval Air Squadron">829 NAS</a> in 2018<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/815_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="815 Naval Air Squadron">815 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Rotary </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat" title="AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat">Wildcat HMA2</a><sup id="cite_ref-wildcat_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wildcat-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-finalwildcat_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finalwildcat-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>RNAS Yeovilton </td> <td>Attack/ASW (small ship flights) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/820_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="820 Naval Air Squadron">820 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Rotary </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">Merlin HM2</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">RNAS Culdrose </td> <td>Anti-submarine warfare (carrier air group) </td> <td rowspan="2">Attached to both HMS <i>Queen Elizabeth</i> and HMS <i>Prince of Wales</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s air groups<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Merged with <a href="/wiki/849_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="849 Naval Air Squadron">849 NAS</a> in April 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">Merlin HM2 Crowsnest</a><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-crowsnest_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crowsnest-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Airborne surveillance </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/824_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="824 Naval Air Squadron">824 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Rotary </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">Merlin HM2</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">RNAS Culdrose </td> <td>Conversion Training (Merlin ASW) </td> <td rowspan="2">Will have responsibility for all conversion training for Merlin HM2<sup id="cite_ref-crowsnest_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crowsnest-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Conversion Training (Merlin Crowsnest) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/825_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="825 Naval Air Squadron">825 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Rotary </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat" title="AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat">Wildcat HMA2</a> </td> <td>RNAS Yeovilton </td> <td>Conversion Training (Wildcat) </td> <td>Formed by merger of <a href="/wiki/700_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="700 Naval Air Squadron">700W NAS</a> and <a href="/wiki/702_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="702 Naval Air Squadron">702 NAS</a> in August 2014<sup id="cite_ref-wildcat_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wildcat-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/845_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="845 Naval Air Squadron">845 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Rotary </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">Merlin HC4/HC4A</a> </td> <td>RNAS Yeovilton </td> <td>Very High Readiness Medium lift </td> <td rowspan="4">Part of <a href="/wiki/Commando_Helicopter_Force" title="Commando Helicopter Force">CHF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/846_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="846 Naval Air Squadron">846 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Rotary </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101" title="AgustaWestland AW101">Merlin HC4</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">RNAS Yeovilton </td> <td>Extremely High Readiness Medium lift </td></tr> <tr> <td>Conversion Training (Merlin Commando) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/847_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="847 Naval Air Squadron">847 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Rotary </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat" title="AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat">Wildcat AH1</a><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>RNAS Yeovilton </td> <td>Battlefield reconnaissance and support </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Non-flying squadrons </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1700_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1700 Naval Air Squadron">1700 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Rotary and fixed-wing </td> <td> </td> <td>RNAS Culdrose </td> <td>Flight deck activities, logistic and catering support, operations, engineering Support, even medical assistance </td> <td>Technical support<br />Formerly Maritime Aviation Support Force (MASF) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1710_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1710 Naval Air Squadron">1710 Naval Air Squadron</a> </td> <td>Rotary and fixed-wing </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HMNB_Portsmouth" title="HMNB Portsmouth">HMNB Portsmouth</a> </td> <td>Specialist aircraft repair, modification and scientific support </td> <td>Technical support </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>An additional flying unit of the Royal Navy is the FOST Helicopter Support Unit based at <a href="/wiki/HMS_Raleigh_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Raleigh (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Raleigh</i></a> in Cornwall. This unit is not part of the Fleet Air Arm, but is directly under the control of <a href="/wiki/Commander_Fleet_Operational_Sea_Training" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training">Fleet Operational Sea Training</a>, operated by <a href="/wiki/British_International_Helicopters" title="British International Helicopters">British International Helicopters</a> (BIH).<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BIH also support various Royal Navy and NATO exercises with passenger and freight transfer services and transfers by hoist, for ships exercising both in the Atlantic and the North Sea. </p><p>The Royal Navy share both operational and training duties on the Lightning II with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> under a banner organisation called the <a href="/wiki/Lightning_Force_HQ" title="Lightning Force HQ">Lightning Force</a>, which will operate in the same manner as <a href="/wiki/Joint_Force_Harrier" title="Joint Force Harrier">Joint Force Harrier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until March 2019, the Fleet Air Arm had responsibility for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Historic_Flight" title="Royal Navy Historic Flight">Royal Navy Historic Flight</a>, a heritage unit of airworthy aircraft representing the history of aviation in the Royal Navy. The Historic Flight was disbanded on 31 March 2019, with responsibility for maintaining and operating the aircraft transferred to Navy Wings, a charitable body that also runs the Fly Navy Heritage Trust.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_members">Notable members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Notable members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service#Notable_personnel" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service § Notable personnel</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Bell-Davies_VC_IWM_Q_69475.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Richard_Bell-Davies_VC_IWM_Q_69475.jpg/220px-Richard_Bell-Davies_VC_IWM_Q_69475.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Richard_Bell-Davies_VC_IWM_Q_69475.jpg/330px-Richard_Bell-Davies_VC_IWM_Q_69475.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Richard_Bell-Davies_VC_IWM_Q_69475.jpg/440px-Richard_Bell-Davies_VC_IWM_Q_69475.jpg 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Admiral">Vice-Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bell_Davies" title="Richard Bell Davies">Richard Bell Davies</a>, first naval aviator to receive the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">VC</a> and the first naval aviator of the Fleet Air Arm to reach <a href="/wiki/Flag_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag rank">flag rank</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Admiral">Vice-Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bell_Davies" title="Richard Bell Davies">Richard Bell Davies</a> (1886–1966): the first naval aviator to receive the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">VC</a> and the first naval aviator of the Fleet Air Arm to reach <a href="/wiki/Flag_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag rank">flag rank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Admiral">Vice-Admiral</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Lumley_Lyster" title="Lumley Lyster">Lumley Lyster</a> (1888–1957): drew up attack plan in 1935 that was used for the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto" title="Battle of Taranto">Battle of Taranto</a> five years later</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Henry_Portal" class="mw-redirect" title="Reginald Henry Portal">Sir Reginald Portal</a> (1894–1983): naval aviator who was the younger brother of <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Marshal of the Royal Air Force">Marshal of the Royal Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Portal,_1st_Viscount_Portal_of_Hungerford" title="Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford">Lord Portal</a> (1893–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_(Royal_Navy)" title="Captain (Royal Navy)">Captain</a> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fancourt" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Fancourt">Henry Fancourt</a> (1900–2004): a pioneering aviator, he had a distinguished career in naval aviation until 1949. Worked for <a href="/wiki/Short_Brothers" title="Short Brothers">Short Bros and Hartland</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Richardson" title="Ralph Richardson">Ralph Richardson</a> (1902–1983): English stage and screen actor, volunteered as a navy pilot during Second World War and rose to the rank of lieutenant-commander in the Air Branch.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_fleet_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiral of the fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a> <a href="/wiki/Caspar_John" title="Caspar John">Sir Caspar John</a> (1903–1984): <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> 1960–63 and the first British naval aviator to reach the highest rank within the RN.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Walter_Couchman" title="Walter Couchman">Walter Couchman</a> (1905–1981): naval <a href="/wiki/Air_observer" title="Air observer">observer</a> who earned his pilot's wings too, he led the <a href="/wiki/Fly-past" class="mw-redirect" title="Fly-past">fly-past</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Coronation" title="Coronation">Coronation</a> <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Review" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleet Review">Fleet Review</a> in June 1953.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> (1907–1989): English stage and screen actor and director, volunteered as a navy pilot during the Second World War and rose to the rank of lieutenant in the Air Branch.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Hamilton_(racing_driver)" title="Duncan Hamilton (racing driver)">Duncan Hamilton</a>: English Grand Prix driver and winner of the <a href="/wiki/1953_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="1953 24 Hours of Le Mans">1953 24 Hours of Le Mans</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Commander" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Commander">Lieutenant Commander</a> (A) <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Esmonde" title="Eugene Esmonde">Eugene Esmonde</a> (1909–1942): posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> for leading <a href="/wiki/825_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="825 Naval Air Squadron">825 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Swordfish torpedo bombers</a> in an attack on German capital ships during the "<a href="/wiki/Channel_Dash" title="Channel Dash">Channel Dash</a>".</li> <li>Lieutenant Commander <a href="/wiki/Roy_Sydney_Baker-Falkner" title="Roy Sydney Baker-Falkner">Roy Sydney Baker-Falkner</a> (1916-1944): awarded the Distinguished Service Order for leading <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tungsten" title="Operation Tungsten">Operation Tungsten</a> attack on the <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Tirpitz" title="German battleship Tirpitz">German battleship <i>Tirpitz</i></a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hordern" title="Michael Hordern">Michael Hordern</a> (1911–1995): actor, served as fighter controller during World War II.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Quill" title="Jeffrey Quill">Jeffrey Quill</a> (1913–1996): RAF officer and Spitfire test pilot (Vickers-Armstrongs) who served five months with Fleet Air Arm as T/Lt.Cdr RNVR in 1944–1945, helping to develop better carrier deck-landings with the <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Seafire" title="Supermarine Seafire">Supermarine Seafire</a>, the naval version of the Spitfire.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_More" title="Kenneth More">Kenneth More</a> (1914–1982): actor, including films such as <i><a href="/wiki/Reach_for_the_Sky" title="Reach for the Sky">Reach for the Sky</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sink_the_Bismarck" class="mw-redirect" title="Sink the Bismarck">Sink the Bismarck</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander (Royal Navy)">Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lamb_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Charles Lamb (Royal Navy officer)">Charles Lamb</a> (1914–1981): author of the Second World War Fleet Air Arm autobiography <i>War in a Stringbag</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Admiral">Vice-Admiral</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Peter_Compston" title="Peter Compston">Peter Compston</a> (1915–2000): served briefly in the British Army, then in the RAF for two years, before transferring as a pilot to the Royal Navy in 1938.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> Sir (Leslie) <a href="/wiki/Derek_Empson" title="Derek Empson">Derek Empson</a> (1918–1997): naval pilot who joined the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Naval_rating" title="Naval rating">naval rating</a>. In his flying career, executed 782 <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> landings without a mishap.</li> <li>Rear-Admiral Cedric Kenelm Roberts (1918–2011): (always known as 'Chico') a distinguished naval pilot who joined the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Naval_rating" title="Naval rating">naval rating</a> in 1940. He was personal pilot to Vice-Admiral <a href="/wiki/Lumley_Lyster" title="Lumley Lyster">Lumley Lyster</a> in 1943, commanded three <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Air Squadron">Naval Air Squadrons</a> and was shot down during the Korean War. Later, he commanded three <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Air Station">Naval Air Stations</a> and ended his naval flying career as Flag Officer Naval Flying Training 1968–71.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Commander" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Commander">Lieutenant-Commander</a> Charles Wines ("Charlie Wines") (1917–1991): joined the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> as a Supply Assistant, flew <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Swordfish</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_bomber" title="Torpedo bomber">torpedo bomber</a> as a rating pilot in the Second World War. Commissioned as a pilot in 1944 he later spent more than twenty years, in the same job as a serving and retired officer, as the FAA Drafting Officer and as such the career manager for thousands of FAA ratings.</li> <li>Rear-Admiral <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Cambell" title="Dennis Cambell">Dennis Cambell</a> (1907–2000): inventor of the angled <a href="/wiki/Flight_deck" title="Flight deck">flight deck</a> for <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carriers" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft carriers">aircraft carriers</a> in 1951.</li> <li>Rear-Admiral <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Goodhart" title="Nicholas Goodhart">Nick Goodhart</a> (1919–2011): inventor of the mirror-sight <a href="/wiki/Optical_landing_system" title="Optical landing system">deck landing system</a> for aircraft carriers in 1951.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_(Royal_Navy)" title="Captain (Royal Navy)">Captain</a> <a href="/wiki/Eric_%22Winkle%22_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric "Winkle" Brown">Eric "Winkle" Brown</a> (1919–2016): holds the world record for the most types of aircraft flown by an individual (487 types). As a <a href="/wiki/Test_pilot" title="Test pilot">test pilot</a> he made the first-ever jet landing on an <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> in December 1945.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Commander" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Commander">Lieutenant Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Moffat_(pilot)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Moffat (pilot)">John Moffat</a> (1919–2016): crippled the <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck" title="German battleship Bismarck"><i>Bismarck</i></a> on 26 May 1941.</li> <li>Admiral Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Treacher" title="John Treacher">John Treacher</a> (1924–2018): naval pilot who was promoted rear-admiral at the age of 45 and held four important flag appointments before leaving the Royal Navy in 1977, despite many expecting him to become <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a>, for a career in business. Was at the helm of <a href="/wiki/Westland_Affair" class="mw-redirect" title="Westland Affair">Westland during the political drama</a> of the 1980s.</li> <li>Admiral Sir <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Lygo" title="Raymond Lygo">Ray Lygo</a> (1924–2012): naval pilot who joined the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> as a naval rating in 1942 and who reached <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> in 1978, led a successful career in industry and was chief executive and deputy chairman of <a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace" title="British Aerospace">British Aerospace</a> in the 1980s.</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/George_Martin" title="George Martin">George Martin</a> (1926–2016): record producer for <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiral of the Fleet">Admiral of the Fleet</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Benjamin_Bathurst" class="mw-redirect" title="David Benjamin Bathurst">Sir Ben Bathurst</a> (1936–): <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> 1993–95 and the last <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> officer to be promoted to five-star rank.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rear-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear-Admiral">Rear-Admiral</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Woodard_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Robert Woodard (Royal Navy officer)">Robert Woodard</a> (c.1939–): naval aviator commanded two <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Air Squadron">Naval Air Squadrons</a>, two warships, a <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Air Station">Naval Air Station</a>, the <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Clyde" title="HMNB Clyde">Clyde submarine base</a> and ended his career as the Flag Officer Royal Yachts 1990–95, the only aviator to command the Royal Yacht <a href="/wiki/HMY_Britannia" title="HMY Britannia">HMY <i>Britannia</i></a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander (Royal Navy)">Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Sharkey_Ward" title="Sharkey Ward">Nigel David "Sharkey" Ward</a> (1943–2024): commanded <a href="/wiki/801_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="801 Naval Air Squadron">801 Naval Air Squadron</a> during the 1982 <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a>.</li> <li>Rear-Admiral <a href="/wiki/Iain_Henderson_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Iain Henderson (Royal Navy officer)">Iain Henderson</a> (c. 1948–): the first officer, and first naval officer, to hold the modern appointment of <a href="/wiki/Air_Officer_Commanding" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Officer Commanding">Air Officer Commanding</a> <a href="/wiki/3_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="3 Group">3 Group</a> 2000–01.</li> <li>Vice-Admiral Sir <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Johns" title="Adrian Johns">Adrian Johns</a> (c. 1952–) is the first naval aviator to hold the post of <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Gibraltar" title="Governor of Gibraltar">Governor of Gibraltar</a>.</li> <li>Commander <a href="/wiki/Prince_Andrew,_Duke_of_York" title="Prince Andrew, Duke of York">Prince Andrew, Duke of York</a> (1960–): served during the <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a> 1982 and for some years afterwards.</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Brian_Young_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Brian Young (Royal Navy officer)">Brian Young</a> (1930–2009): former <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Hawk" title="Hawker Sea Hawk">Sea Hawk</a> pilot, later commanded the task group for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Paraquet" title="Operation Paraquet">Operation Paraquet</a> during the Falklands War.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Cecil_Moore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Cecil Moore (page does not exist)">John Cecil Moore</a> English pilot, author and conservationist. Born in Tewksbury 1907 died Bristol 1967. Served in WW2</li></ul> <p>Some 64 naval pilots and nine <a href="/wiki/Air_observer" title="Air observer">observers</a> have reached <a href="/wiki/Flag_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag rank">flag rank</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> and four <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a> pilots general rank in the Royal Marines. Four of these admirals with pilot's 'wings' were air engineering officers (<a href="/wiki/Test_pilots" class="mw-redirect" title="Test pilots">test pilots</a>) and two were <a href="/wiki/Supply_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Supply officer">supply officers</a>; two of the non-executive officers reached four-star rank: a <a href="/wiki/Supply_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Supply officer">supply officer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> Sir Brian Brown (1934–), and a Royal Marine, General Sir <a href="/wiki/Peter_Whiteley_(Royal_Marines_officer)" title="Peter Whiteley (Royal Marines officer)">Peter Whiteley</a> (1920–2016). </p> <ul><li>At least 21 naval Air Engineer Officers (AEOs) have reached flag rank (including the four test pilots (see above)).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Air_Arm&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Requirements_and_Aircraft_Direction_Unit" title="Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit">Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_air_stations_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of air stations of the Royal Navy">List of air stations of the Royal Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Fleet_Air_Arm_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons">List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_wings_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of aircraft wings of the Royal Navy">List of aircraft wings of the Royal Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Fleet_Air_Arm_groups" title="List of Fleet Air Arm groups">List of Fleet Air Arm groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_all_naval_aircraft_current_and_former_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of all naval aircraft current and former of the United Kingdom">List of all naval aircraft current and former of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Fleet_Air_Arm" title="List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm">List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_Kingdom_military_aircraft" title="List of active United Kingdom military aircraft">List of active United Kingdom military aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm_Memorial" title="Fleet Air Arm Memorial">Fleet Air Arm Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Fleet_Air_Arm_battle_honours" title="List of Fleet Air Arm battle honours">List of Fleet Air Arm battle honours</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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(2003). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/influenceofairpo0000boyn"><i>The Influence of Air Power Upon History</i></a></span>. Pelican Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781455606337" title="Special:BookSources/9781455606337"><bdi>9781455606337</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Influence+of+Air+Power+Upon+History&rft.pub=Pelican+Publishing&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9781455606337&rft.aulast=Boyne&rft.aufirst=Walter+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Finfluenceofairpo0000boyn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFleet+Air+Arm" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBradbeer2014" class="citation book cs1">Bradbeer, Thomas G. (2014). <i>Battle For Air Supremacy Over The Somme: 1 June-30 November 1916</i>. Pickle Partners Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781782896036" title="Special:BookSources/9781782896036"><bdi>9781782896036</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Battle+For+Air+Supremacy+Over+The+Somme%3A+1+June-30+November+1916&rft.pub=Pickle+Partners+Publishing&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=9781782896036&rft.aulast=Bradbeer&rft.aufirst=Thomas+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFleet+Air+Arm" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDarling2009" class="citation book cs1">Darling, Kev (2009). <i>Fleet Air Arm Carrier War: The History of British Naval Aviation</i>. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84415-903-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84415-903-1"><bdi>978-1-84415-903-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fleet+Air+Arm+Carrier+War%3A+The+History+of+British+Naval+Aviation&rft.place=Barnsley&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword+Aviation&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-84415-903-1&rft.aulast=Darling&rft.aufirst=Kev&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFleet+Air+Arm" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="IISS2010" class="citation book cs1">Hackett, James, ed. (3 February 2010). <i>The Military Balance 2010</i>. London: Routledge for the <a href="/wiki/International_Institute_for_Strategic_Studies" title="International Institute for Strategic Studies">International Institute for Strategic Studies</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-557-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-557-3"><bdi>978-1-85743-557-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Military+Balance+2010&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Routledge+for+the+International+Institute+for+Strategic+Studies&rft.date=2010-02-03&rft.isbn=978-1-85743-557-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFleet+Air+Arm" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFManning2000" class="citation book cs1">Manning, Charles, ed. (2000). <i>Fly Navy: The View from the Cockpit 1945–2000</i>. Barnsley: Leo Cooper. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/085052-732-5" title="Special:BookSources/085052-732-5"><bdi>085052-732-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fly+Navy%3A+The+View+from+the+Cockpit+1945%E2%80%932000&rft.place=Barnsley&rft.pub=Leo+Cooper&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=085052-732-5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFleet+Air+Arm" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoskill1969" class="citation book cs1">Roskill, Stephen Wentworth (1969). <i>Documents Relating to the Naval Air Service: 1908–1918</i>. Vol. I. London: Navy Records Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Documents+Relating+to+the+Naval+Air+Service%3A+1908%E2%80%931918&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Navy+Records+Society&rft.date=1969&rft.aulast=Roskill&rft.aufirst=Stephen+Wentworth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFleet+Air+Arm" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSturtivantBallance1994" class="citation book cs1">Sturtivant, Ray; Ballance, Theo (1994). <i>The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm</i>. 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1707</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Marines" title="History of the Royal Marines">History of the Royal Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="National Museum of the Royal Navy">National Museum of the Royal Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Historical_Branch" title="Naval Historical Branch">Naval Historical Branch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operating forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Commander" title="Fleet Commander">Fleet Commander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_United_Kingdom_Strike_Force" title="Commander United Kingdom Strike Force">Commander United Kingdom Strike Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_Operations_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander Operations (Royal Navy)">Commander Operations</a></li> <li>Surface Flotilla</li> <li>Submarine Flotilla</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Commando_Force" title="United Kingdom Commando Force">UK Commando Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fleet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Navy_ships" title="List of active Royal Navy ships">List of active Royal Navy ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary_ship_names" title="List of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Royal_Navy_deployments" title="Standing Royal Navy deployments">Standing Royal Navy deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fleets_and_major_commands_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of fleets and major commands of the Royal Navy">List of fleets and major commands of the Royal Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy">Aircraft carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_escort_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of escort carriers of the Royal Navy">Escort carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_seaplane_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of seaplane carriers of the Royal Navy">Seaplane carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_amphibious_warfare_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Navy">Amphibious warfare ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battlecruisers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy">Battlecruisers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dreadnought_battleships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy">Battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pre-dreadnought_battleships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy">Pre-dreadnought battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bomb_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of bomb vessels of the Royal Navy">Bomb vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_corvette_and_sloop_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy">Corvette and sloop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cruiser_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy">Cruisers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy">Destroyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fireships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of fireships of the Royal Navy">Fireships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_frigate_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy">Frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_gun-brigs_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of gun-brigs of the Royal Navy">Gun-brigs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_gunboat_and_gunvessel_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy">Gunboat and gunvessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_and_hospital_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy">Hospital ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ironclads_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ironclads of the Royal Navy">Ironclads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mine_countermeasure_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy">Mine countermeasure vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monitors_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of monitors of the Royal Navy">Monitors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ironclads_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ironclads of the Royal Navy">Ironclads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_patrol_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of patrol vessels of the Royal Navy">Patrol vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_royal_yachts_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of royal yachts of the United Kingdom">Royal yachts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_line_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy">Ships of the line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_submarine_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy">Submarines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_support_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of support ships of the Royal Navy">Support ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_survey_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of survey vessels of the Royal Navy">Survey vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Marines_military_watercraft" title="List of active Royal Marines military watercraft">Royal Marines Boats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ship names of the Royal Navy">Historic ships names</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Defence Council of the United Kingdom">Defence Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Board" title="Admiralty Board">Admiralty Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Board_(1964%E2%80%93present)" title="Navy Board (1964–present)">Navy Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Command_(Royal_Navy)" title="Navy Command (Royal Navy)">Navy Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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