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Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton is a large multi-role air station, with an annual budget of some £61 million. The airfield is also home to the Fleet Air Arm Museum , and until 2019 the station hosted an annual Air Day in July.
This merged in 1918 with the Royal Flying Corps, of the British Army, to form an independent service, the Royal Air Force (RAF). Currently the abbreviation RNAS stands for "Royal Naval Air Station", and in common with Royal Air Force station naming convention, is always followed by a geographical place in which the air station is located.
761 Naval Air Squadron formed, on 1 August 1941, at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) near Yeovil, Somerset. [3] It was formed out of 760 Naval Air Squadron's Fairey Fulmar, a carrier-based reconnaissance/fighter aircraft and tasked as the Advanced Training Squadron of the Fleet Fighter School, and it used RNAS Haldon (HMS Heron II) for air firing practice. [4]
The second Concorde to fly and the first British-built example. It was flown to Yeovilton in March 1976 and opened to the public in July of that year. It has been on display ever since. [6] BAE Harrier GR.9A: ZD433: 45A: Naval Strike Wing - Afghanistan war markings BAE Sea Harrier FRS.1: XZ493: 001/N: Falklands Exhibition Bristol Scout D: N5419 ...
Based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, 846 NAS stood down in the summer of 2013 and its personnel, buildings and equipment were amalgamated into 845 Naval Air Squadron. The squadron stood up on 30 September 2014 with the AgustaWestland Merlin MK3 and it now holds the Operational Conversion Flight and Maritime Counter Terrorism Role.
A formation of six Hawker Sea Hurricanes from RNAS Yeovilton, December 1941. 883 Naval Air Squadron (883 NAS) was a naval air squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.It was established in October 1941, [2] and disbanded in February 1946.
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Royal Naval Air Station Portland (HMS Osprey) (Detachments 1959-61) Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton (HMS Heron (19 September 1958 - 5 January 1960) Royal Naval Air Station Merryfield (HMS Vulture) (5 January 1960 - 10 October 1960) Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton (HMS Heron) (10 October 1960 - 3 July 1961) disbanded - (3 July 1961)