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| Fleet Air Arm | |
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| Founded | 1914 (As the Royal Naval Air Service) 1924 (as the naval branch of the Royal Air Force) 1937 (as part of Naval Service) |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Navy |
| Size | 5,000 personnel c. 160 aircraft[1] |
| Part of | Naval Service |
| Engagements | Second World War Korean War Operation Musketeer (Suez Crisis) Falklands War Gulf War Bosnia Afghanistan War Iraq War |
| Website | www |
| Commanders | |
| Commodore-in-Chief | Catherine, Princess of Wales |
| Commodore Fleet Air Arm | Commodore Nicholas M. Walker[2][3] |
| Insignia | |
| White Ensign |  |
| Roundels |   |
| Fin flashes |   |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack | Wildcat HMA2 |
| Fighter | F-35B Lightning II |
| Patrol | Merlin HM2 Wildcat HMA2 |
| Reconnaissance | AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma[4] Commando Wildcat AH1 Peregrine rotary-wing UAV |
| Trainer | Avenger T1 Prefect T1 Tutor T1 Juno HT1[5] Jupiter HT1[6] |
| Transport | Commando Merlin HC4/4A |
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| His Majesty's Naval Service of the British Armed Forces |
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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.[7] As of 2023[update] it is a primarily helicopter force, though also operating the F-35 Lightning II carrier-based stealth fighter jointly with the Royal Air Force.
The RAF was formed by the 1918 merger of the RN's Royal Naval Air Service with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps. The FAA did not come under the direct control of the Admiralty until mid-1939. During the Second World War, the FAA operated aircraft on ships as well as land-based aircraft that defended the Royal Navy's shore establishments and facilities.
- ^ Military Aircraft:Written question – 225369 (House of Commons Hansard) Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Parliament of the United Kingdom, March 2015
- ^ "ROYAL NAVY SHOWS COMMITMENT TO DRONE TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS". Royal Navy. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "No. 63151". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 October 2020. p. 17730.
- ^ "NAVY'S DRONE EXPERTS 700X NAS READY TO DEPLOY ON WARSHIPS".
- ^ "705 Naval Air Squadron | Royal Navy". royalnavy.mod.uk.
- ^ Perry, Dominic. "PICTURES: Juno and Jupiter helicopters arrive at RAF Shawbury". Flightglobal.
- ^ "THE ROYAL NAVY'S SURFACE FLEET" (PDF). royalnavy.mod.uk. MOD UK. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2018.