This is a List of aircraft units of the Royal Navy .
6-600: The Naval Strike Wing ( NSW ) was a flying unit of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy . It consisted of elements of both 800 and 801 Naval Air Squadrons, but operated as a single unit. It was equipped with Harrier GR7 and GR9 aircraft and its role was close air support. At the time was the only front line fast jet squadron for the Royal Navy. The Naval Strike Wing (NSW) was formed on 9 March 2007 (following
12-467: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of aircraft units of the Royal Navy List of Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Naval Air Wings between 1943 and 1945: List of Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Carrier Air Groups between 1945 and 1954: List of Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Training Air Groups between 1946 and 1954: Various Aircraft Force Commanders managed FAA aircraft under
18-1205: The Command of Fleet Assistant Chief of Staff (Aviation) , later ACNS (Aviation and Carriers). List of aircraft carriers and their ships’ flights active dates: List of Air Station Search and Rescue (SAR) Flights, ( generally parented by Station Flights, usually not part of a numbered squadron ): List of various FAA Ferry Units: List of Westland Sea King HAS.5, HU.5 and HAS.6 helicopter flights between 1990 and 2017, ( these are for autonomous single aircraft units, not detachments from squadrons ): List of Westland Lynx HAS.2, HAS.3 and HMA.8 helicopter flights since 1977, ( parented by 700L Naval Air Squadron from July 1977, then by 702 Naval Air Squadron on formation in January 1978, then by 815 Naval Air Squadron on formation in January 1981. Some flights transferred to 829 Naval Air Squadron in September 1986, but returned to 815 NAS in March 1993 ): List of AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA.2 helicopter flights since 2014, ( parenting of
24-545: The identity of 800 Naval Air Squadron, flying the Harrier GR9 and GR9A variants. Following the decision to withdraw the Harrier from service in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review , a Harrier GR9 made its last flight from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier , HMS Ark Royal , on 24 November 2010. List of commanding officers of Naval Strike Wing (NSW): This article about a specific British military unit
30-569: The re-forming of 800 Naval Air Squadron in 2006, and 801 Naval Air Squadron on 9 March 2007). It included elements of 801 and 800 Naval Air Squadrons, amalgamated into a single operational unit for deployment either on land or aboard the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers . Equipped with the GR.7 and GR.9 variants of the British Aerospace Harrier II , a second-generation vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft, it
36-783: Was based at RAF Cottesmore , NSW was the Naval component of Joint Force Harrier . In January 2008 the Naval Strike Wing embarked in HMS ; Illustrious as the Invincible -class light aircraft carrier led a multi-national Task Group to the Indian Ocean on a four month operation, including taking part in exercise ‘Orion 08’. The NSW deployment consisted of four Harrier jet aircraft, seven pilots along with sixty engineers and technicians. On 1 April 2010, NSW reverted to
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