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RNAS Donibristle is a former
Fleet Air Arm The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is one of the 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 F-35 Lightning II for maritime strike, the AW159 Wil ...
base located east of
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, Fife, and northwest of
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. From 1918 to 1939 the station was called RAF Donibristle.


History

The following units were posted here at some point: ;Royal Air Force ;Fleet Air Arm


Current use

The site is now a combination of Donibristle Industrial Park and Hillend Industrial Park.


See also

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List of former Royal Air Force stations This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. The stations are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the du ...
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List of air stations of the Royal Navy This is a list of naval air stations of the Royal Navy. Naval air stations are land bases of the Fleet Air Arm, the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. Current naval air stations Currently RNAS means "R ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Donibristle Defunct airports in Scotland Airports established in 1916
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