Royal Naval Air Station Maydown or RNAS Maydown (HMS Shrike) 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 northeast of
Derry,
County Londonderry and west of
Limavady, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
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Units
A number of units were here at some point:
Current use
The site is currently used by industry.
See also
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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 ...
References
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Royal Naval Air Stations in Northern Ireland
Royal Air Force satellite landing grounds