Fleet Air Arm

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Fleet Air Arm: The Fairey Gannet A/S1

By CMDR (P) R. V. Morritt, RAN Rtd CALL THE HANDS OCCASIONAL PAPER 45 Issue No. 27 February 2019 The Fairey Gannet A/S 1 aircraft was...

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Fleet Air Arm: Westland Wessex

The Westland Wessex is a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34, developed and produced under license by Westland...

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Fleet Air Arm: Westland Sea King

The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter. Westland Helicopters had a long-standing...

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Fleet Air Arm: S-70B-2 Seahawk Helicopter

The Seahawk is an integral part of the ship's weapons and sensor systems. With its unique sensor suite and integrated weapons systems the...

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Fleet Air Arm: Bristol Sycamore

The Bristol was created by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and was used for search and rescue and anti-submarine warfare. The name refers...

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Fleet Air Arm: Grumman S2E/G Tracker

The Grumman S-2 Tracker was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the U.S....

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Fleet Air Arm: Hawker Sea Fury

The Hawker Sea Fury was a British Naval fighter-bomber designed and manufactured by Hawker. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to...

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Fleet Air Arm: Fairey Gannet

The Fairey Gannet was a British carrier-borne aircraft of the post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm...

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Fleet Air Arm: Sea Venom

The de Havilland Sea Venom was a British postwar carrier-capable jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Venom. It served with the...

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A4 Skyhawk

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single seat subsonic carrier-capable attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States...

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RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam

Experimental Military Unit The Experimental Military Unit (EMU) was a joint Australian-American company-sized helicopter assault force...

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Fleet Air Arm: 851 Squadron

851 Squadron was a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron. The squadron operated across two periods between 1954 and 1984, mainly...

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Fleet Air Arm: 816 Squadron

Air Arm 816 Squadron is a squadron of the R.A.N. Fleet Air Arm that started life as a Royal Navy carrier based squadron in 1939 embarked...

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Fleet Air Arm: 808 Squadron

The 808 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in July 1940. It served on a number of the Navy's...

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Fleet Air Arm - 805 Squadron

805 Squadron was a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron, which had previously operated as 805 Naval Air Squadron of the Royal...

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Fleet Air Arm - 725 Squadron

725 Squadron is a naval aviation squadron of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Fleet Air Arm. The squadron was originally created in August...

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Fleet Air Arm - 724 Squadron

724 Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm flying squadron. The squadron was formed for the...

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Fleet Air Arm - 723 Squadron

723 Squadron formed in Britain on 21 November 1944 and embarked for Australia the following month, arriving on 28 February 1945. It was...

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