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Hace 4 días · This is a list of naval air stations of the Royal Navy. Naval air stations are shore establishments of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the branch of the Royal Navy (RN) responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. Historically, RNAS referred to the Royal Naval Air Service, which was the aviation branch of the
Hace 3 días · The Royal Navy operates from three bases in Britain where commissioned ships and submarines are based: Portsmouth, Clyde and Devonport, the last being the largest operational naval base in Western Europe, as well as two naval air stations, RNAS Yeovilton and RNAS Culdrose where maritime aircraft are based.
Hace 3 días · The RAF was founded on 1 April 1918 (during World War I) by the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), as recommended in a report prepared by Jan Smuts. At that time it was the largest air force in the world. Its headquarters was located in the former Hotel Cecil.
Hace 2 días · The Royal Navy continued to be the world’s most powerful navy well into the 20th century. During World War I its main mission was the protection of shipping from submarine attack. Naval aviation was established by the British during that war, and the Fleet Air Arm was given control of all ship-borne aircraft in 1937.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 4 días · Medway airship station Kingsnorth is now sadly largely forgotten but was one of Britain’s earliest and most important airfields of its type. It was commissioned in April 1914 under the control of the Admiralty, firstly through the Naval Airship Branch, then the Royal Naval Air Service when it formed on 1 July 1914.
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- April 1914-25 August 1921
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Hace 4 días · Royal Air Force (RAF), youngest of the three British armed services, charged with the air defense of the United Kingdom and the fulfillment of international defense commitments. It is the world’s oldest independent air force.
Hace 5 días · This airfield served as a mooring-out base for Royal Naval Air Service non-rigid airships operating on anti-submarine patrols from across the Irish Sea at Luce Bay near Stranraer, the future West Freugh.
