And they’re off…

Four of our aircraft have commenced their journey to Norway for the The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Ex TAMBER SHIELD. We are looking forward to working with the our RN Coastal Forces and Norwegian units for the next 3 weeks.

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Frigate HMS Lancaster delivered a 1-2 sucker punch to the illegal narcotics trade in the Indian Ocean - a £33m haul of hash, heroin and crystal meth with 42 Commando Royal Marines and 815 Naval Air Squadron, striking twice in 24 hours under Combined Maritime Forces.

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We were proud to host cadets from 41F (Taunton & District), 1024 (Isle of Wight) sqns, Air Training Corps and HMS SULTAN RN VCC. An excellent opportunity for the cadets to find out what 815 NAS do and what a career in the Fleet Air Arm entails!

The embarked team of Royal Marines need to maintain their cutting edge 🗡️

To ensure they remain ready for anything, the team recently conducted fast rope training with our skilled aviation crew from 815 Naval Air Squadron

#ForwardDeployedT23 #GlobalModernReady

Providing aviation assets to RN platforms conducting Operational Sea Training (OST) is a key output of our Squadron.

It’s been excellent to work with HMS Iron Duke during their FOST Royal Navy delivered training.

#StrikeDeep

Our lynx brethren demonstrating the utility of #MaritimeStrike in the Red Sea. BZ.

Our aircraft remain deployed in the region armed with the Martlet missile, standing ready to act in defence of merchant shipping and coalition forces to ensure the free flow of trade.

Soaring to new heights at HMS Collingwood as a Wildcat Helicopter paid a special visit today!

Personnel were thrilled to get up close and personal, stepping inside this incredible aircraft. AB Abby Redwood summed it up perfectly: 'An unforgettable experience!' #NoOrdinaryJob

WMF demonstrated the capability of the Wildcat helicopter and the variety of opportunities within the Royal Navy during their flying visit to Yeovil College for National Careers Week.

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#royalnavy #royalnavy career #career #opportunity

We thoroughly enjoyed taking the opportunity to demonstrate the strike capabilities of our aircraft to the students of UK Advanced Command and Staff Course who attended the Maritime Combat Power Visit at HMNB Portsmouth yesterday.

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National Careers Week reaches a new height at Yeovil College with Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton Helicopter landing!! 🚁

RNAS Yeovilton has landed their Wildcat AW159 military helicopter in the heart of the Yeovil campus. 🤩

#ChangingLives

Every successful sortie requires hours of maintenance and servicing from our dedicated team of aircraft maintainers. They work around the clock on all of our aircraft systems to ensure we maintain our high-readiness posture 24/7, 365 days a year.

#StrikeDeep
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The UK's premier attack helicopter..

...and an Apache.

Today instructors from #825NAS visited RAF Shawbury to give students there an insight into the #WildcatHMAMk2 .

#NihilObstat #FlyNavy

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Lt Cdr Fleming 'British Bob' a Wildcat Pilot from 815 Naval Air Squadron shares his experiences on his current exchange, flying MH-65E Dolphin helicopters with the U.S. Coast Guard.

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#royalnavy #pilot #helicopter #royalnavy careers #britishbob #podcast #Careers

Our QHIs have been teaching formation flying this week. A skill used to navigate multiple helicopters as one unit, tactically for pair attacks or even as part of display flying.

#FormationFlying
#WildcatHMA

JTYAF Charity auction prize winners enjoyed a visit to the station.

Before trying out the pilots seat, guests met Lt Mendham, an 815 NAS Wildcat Observer, who previously benefited from The
John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation.

#royalnavy #fleetairarm #visit #charity

Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron Royal Navy HMS Diamond RAF Gibraltar MOD Gibraltar 815 Naval Air Squadron RN AGUSTAWESTLAND AW159 WILDCAT ZZ415 10/02/2024

HMS Cutlass conducting winching exercises with RN Wildcat helicopter from HMS Diamond in the Bay of #Gibraltar this afternoon Navy Lookout Marine + Air Photography Britsky Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron #OPWest

Wildcat from HMS Diamond arriving in #Gibraltar 🇬🇮 today in some challenging weather.🌧️💨

#stormkarlotta

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