816 Squadron is a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron that started out as a Royal Navy unit, 816 Naval Air Squadron. 816 is currently active as a helicopter squadron equipped with MH-60R helicopters.

816 Naval Air Squadron (816 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN) which formed at the start of the Second World War. It was first formed in March 1939, aboard the carrier HMS Furious, to support anti-submarine and strike missions for North Atlantic convoys. It conducted the first aerial ...

2012年3月13日 · Located at HMAS Albatross on the NSW south coast 816 Squadron has been at the forefront of Australian Naval Aviation for the last two decades. The Squadron is home to approximately 290 men and women who fly and maintain 16 x S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopters.

816 is currently active as a helicopter squadron equipped with S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopters, providing potent anti Submarine Warfare, Anti Shipping, Surveillance & Targeting capabilities to the fleet. The Squadron is based at HMAS Albatross (NAS Nowra) and primarily operates from the Navy's Adelaide class frigates.

201-203 Flight for 822X Squadron. Provides helicopter training for: Remote Pilot Warfare Officers. Builds on foundational training for graduate aircrew. Graduates are specialists in flying and fighting the MH-60R Romeo. Officers and sailors from the 725 squadron are then posted to either 808 or 816 Squadron.

Formed in Oct 1939 as a Royal Navy unit, it transferred to RAN control in Aug 1948 when it reformed at RNAS Eglinton with Fireflies as part of the 20th Carrier Air Group. Reformed 9 Feb 1984 at Nowra as a rotary wing unit with Wessex 31B, stripped of their anti-submarine equipment, in the Utility and Army Support role. Disbanded in Jun 1987.

816 squadron recommissioned at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall, England equipped with Fairey Gannet AS1s anti-submarine aircraft. ...

816 Squadron is a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron that started out as a Royal Navy unit 816 Naval Air Squadron. 816 is currently active as a helicopter squadron equipped with S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopters. The Squadron is based at HMAS Albatross (NAS Nowra) and primarily operates from the Navy's Adelaide class frigates.

2023年10月25日 · A Royal Australian Navy MH-60R helicopter has evacuated three residents from their home in the Upper Kangaroo Valley following threats. Aircrew from Navy’s 816 Squadron assisted in a rescue, winching a woman and her two children to safety from flood.

816 Squadron Fleet Air Arm (RAN) 816 Naval Air Squadron . Helicopters; C/N; Construction Numbers (Not all in this unit) C/N Version Built In this Org In other Org; 70-461: s-70b-2: 2003: N24-001: RAN (8)70. ex N7265H N24-001: Preserved on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra by Jan16 : 70-464: s-70b-2: