Fleet Air Arm

The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the naval aviation component of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN). The FAA is one of five RN fighting arms. As of 2023 it is a primarily helicopter force, though also operating the F-35B Lightning II carrier-based stealth fighter jointly with the Royal Air Force.

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1937 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
'Fly Navy'; FAA
naval aviation component, His Majesty's Naval Service, 

Brewster SB2A Buccaneer, F4U Corsair, Fairey Albacore, Fairey Flycatcher, Fairey Fulmar, Fairey Gannet, Harrier 1st Generation, Hawker Sea Hawk, McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, Sea Hurricane, Sopwith Cuckoo, Supermarine Walrus, 

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1937 Fleet Air Arm

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World War II Q362

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Korean War

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Gulf War

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Falklands War

1957-03-01T00:00:00Z

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Suez Crisis

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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

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Iraq War

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Fleet Air Arm Personnel at Gibraltar. February 1944. A21819

Fleet Air Arm Chance-Vought on the flight deck of HMS FORMIDABLE, off Norway.

Photography Q27557

Fleet-Air-Arm

British aircraft carrier Indefatigable, Queen Charlotte Sound, November 1945 (3377606863)

Sea Fury WG655 at North Weald 1986 (52122331130)

RNAS Boaz Island Bermuda Hangar

Fleet Air Arm logo

RN Helicopter Pilot

RNAS Sandbanks Poole at the Royal Motor Yacht Club

• Kiwi 'drivers' and 'lookers' : an analysis and examination of the significant contribution of New Zealand Fleet Air Arm Aircrew, of the British Pacific Fleet, to Allied Naval Operations 1944-1945 - 2012 master's thesis by Patrick Jeremy Lyon Thomson at Massey University, Q1860
• The Fleet Air Arm in the Second World War, volume 1, 1939–1941: Norway, the Mediterranean and theBismarck - , 2015

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Fleet Air Arm Personnel at Gibraltar. February 1944. A21819		Commons
commons	image		Fleet Air Arm Chance-Vought on the flight deck of HMS FORMIDABLE, off Norway.		Commons
commons	image		Photography Q27557		Commons
commons	image		Fleet-Air-Arm		Commons
commons	image		British aircraft carrier Indefatigable, Queen Charlotte Sound, November 1945 (3377606863)		Commons
commons	image		Sea Fury WG655 at North Weald 1986 (52122331130)		Commons
commons	image		RNAS Boaz Island Bermuda Hangar		Commons
commons	image		Fleet Air Arm logo		Commons
commons	image		RN Helicopter Pilot		Commons
commons	image		RNAS Sandbanks Poole at the Royal Motor Yacht Club		Commons