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3rd Naval Fighter Wing
This is a list of Royal Navy aircraft wings. Naval Aircraft Wings Aircraft Carrier Groups * 1st Carrier Air Group * 2nd Carrier Air Group * 3rd Carrier Air Group * 6th Carrier Air Group - Never formed * 7th Carrier Air Group * 8th Carrier Air Group * 10th Carrier Air Group * 11th Carrier Air Group * 13th Carrier Air Group * 14th Carrier Air Group * 15th Carrier Air Group * 16th Carrier Air Group * 17th Carrier Air Group * 18th Carrier Air Group - Formed in Canadian Naval Service * 19th Carrier Air Group - Formed in Canadian Naval Service * 20th Carrier Air Group * 21st Carrier Air Group References Citations Bibliography *{{cite book , last1=Sturtivant , first1=R , last2=Ballance , first2=T , title=The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm , year=1994 , publisher=Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, location=Tonbridge, Kent, UK , isbn=0-85130-223-8 Air The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wing (military Aviation Unit)
In military aviation, a wing is a unit of command. In most military aviation services, a wing is a relatively large formation of planes. In Commonwealth countries a wing usually comprises three squadrons, with several wings forming a group (around 10 squadrons). Each squadron will contain around 20 planes. Commonwealth usage Origins On its establishment in 1912, the British Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was intended to be an inter-service, combined force of the British Army and Royal Navy. Given the rivalry that existed between the army and navy, new terminology was used, in order to avoid marking the corps out as having an army or navy ethos. While the term "wing" had been used in the cavalry, its more general use predominated. Accordingly, the word "wing", with its allusion of flight, was chosen as the term of subdivision and the corps was split into a "Military Wing" (i.e. an army wing) and a "Naval Wing". Each wing consisted of a number of squadrons (the term "squadro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Carrier Air Group
The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is one of the :Fighting Arms of the Royal Navy, five fighting arms of the Royal Navy and is responsible for the delivery of naval air power both from land and at sea. The Fleet Air Arm operates the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, F-35 Lightning II for maritime strike, the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat, AW159 Wildcat and AgustaWestland AW101, AW101 Merlin for commando and anti-submarine warfare and the BAE Hawk as an aggressor. The Fleet Air Arm today is a predominantly rotary force, with helicopters undertaking roles once performed by biplanes such as the Fairey Swordfish. The Fleet Air Arm was formed in 1924 as an organisational unit of the Royal Air Force, which was then operating the aircraft embarked on RN ships—the Royal Naval Air Service having been merged with the Army's Royal Flying Corps in 1918 to form the Royal Air Force—and did not come under the direct control of the Admiralty until mid-1939. During the Second World War, the Fleet Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
