Fleet Air Arm

736NAS is using the Hawk for fast jet training but they days are counted. Starting April 2022 the task will be taken over by RAF 100sq at RAF Leeming.

(Yeovilton, Simon Titchmarsh)

Fleet Operational Sea Training (FOST) is a Royal Navy training organisation which operates two AS365N2 Dauphins, the ZJ164 and ZJ165.

(Prestwick April 2019 Nicholas Hoenich)

The story of the Merlins at the FAA is an interesting one. The Merlin HM1’s of 814, 820 and 824NAS have now all been upgraded to HM2 standard and are painted grey. Next to that, the Fleet Air Arm has taken over the Merlins HC3 and HC3A from the Air Force and those are based at 845 and 846NAS at Yeovilton. When they were transferred, they were painted in this green camouflage. Nowadays those Merlins are upgraded to HC4 and HC4A model are painted grey as well.

(De Kooy, January 2023, Frank Noort)

Replacing the Lynx Mk8, the Wildcat has a more powerful engine allowing it to be flown in extreme conditions all year round. The Navy operates two types of this helicopter: The Wildcat HMA2 the maritime model and the Wildcat AH1, the battlefield reconnaissance model.

(Fairford, July 2019, Alex van der Goot)