Last year we lost a truly great member of our squadron, CPO ‘Happy’ Munday. We had the huge honour of a visit from his amazing family and got airborne for a local tour in ‘whiskey’, our mighty Merlin aircraft, dedicated to their beloved father and our greatly missed sailor…

We don’t always curse the bad #weather , sometimes we embrace it 😆

Fast and low can be a go to #tactic for delivering our Royal Marines to the target and what better place to train than sunny Wales ?? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Load lifting under a full Buck moon #junglies 846 Naval Air Squadron 847 Naval Air Squadron 845 Naval Air Squadron Air Vice-Marshal Alastair Smith

Fast Roping with the mighty 45 Commando RM! 🚁💪

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A great day watching the annual Field Gun competition HMS Collingwood. A fantastic final with a #FAA first and second, RNAS Yeovilton crew narrowly pipped to second place by RNAS Culdrose, by 0.3 seconds! Incredible grit, determination and teamwork by all.

As part of the #UKNL50 Commando demo at #MarineDagen , Royal Marines from 45 Commando RM and SRS fast-roped onto a Korps Mariniers Landing Craft and heli-cast into Den Helder Harbour. Thank you to the 847 Naval Air Squadron Colonel Mark Johnson Wildcat crew!
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A great section from the Royal Navy 60 second update covering our time out in Portugal working with Esquadra751 👏

Looking forward to the possibility of working together again very soon !!
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Thank you to everyone for all of the support the Commando Helicopter Force receives. #armedforcesday2023

Today 846 Naval Air Squadron is celebrating International #Women In Engineering Day, to mark the #respect and appreciation held across all industries, genders and backgrounds #INWED23

Great to be out today meeting some of the incredible women we have on the Commando Helicopter Force.

Great to see CHF leading the JHC elements of the Kings Birthday Flypast at the weekend.

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845 NAS on Op Achillean in the Mediterranean.

Recent 845 NAS training on Op Achillean has seen ‘B’ Flight carrying out Winching on RFA Argus and Helicopter In-Flight Refuel (HIFR) from HMS Albion.

Another great evening with the Commando Helicopter Force, who now have a new CO Col Mark Johnson. Best wishes and thanks to Colonel Mark Johnson Col Del Stafford.

We flew over to Aldergrove in Northern Ireland this week to visit some aspiring aviators, and hopefully inspire the next generation of sailors and soldiers!

We had a great time showing them around the mighty Merlin! Thanks to all the volunteers who made it possible 👏 #flynavy

Forward Air Control! 💥💥💥

FAC(A) is on the menu this week and 847 Naval Air Squadron is hungry for it! The capability to control fast air or other aircraft's 🔥 is not lost on 847 and our pilots are quickly becoming the leaders in it! 💪💪💪

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Congrats to 5 pilots and 2 aircrewmen - now qualified Junglies, ready to fly Royal Marines into action with Colonel Mark Johnson after completing Merlin Mk4 training with 846 Naval Air Squadron👏🚁

They received their wings - marking the end of 6 years' training for some.

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2000 HOURS 🚁👏

A huge congratulations to Lt Cdr Thomas on surpassing 2000 hours in the air. Welcomed back to RNAS Yeovilton in the traditional fashion by the squadron.. and a fire hose.

Not a bad time to hit the milestone in this heat! #flynavy

845 NAS TERMLY AWARDS

It’s time to acknowledge some of our fantastic squadron personnel for their efforts. Awards were presented by CO 845, Cdr McGreal, at a Clear Lower Deck yesterday afternoon. (1/2)

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We spent last week at RAF Valley operating with 45 Commando RM. Covering fast roping, winching, SAR and mountain training, the week was invaluable and built stronger relationships between 845 NAS and the Royal Marines for future operations. #flynavy

📸: Ian Marlow