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846 Naval Air Squadron
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Active
  • 1943–1945
  • 1962–1964
  • 1968–1975
  • 1978–2013
  • 2014 – present
Country846 Naval Air Squadron United Kingdom
Branch846 Naval Air Squadron Royal Navy
TypeFlying squadron
RoleRoyal Marines air support and Merlin MK4 training
Part of
  • Fleet Air Arm
  • Joint Helicopter Command
  • Commando Helicopter Force
Home stationRNAS Yeovilton
Nickname(s)'Junglies'
Motto(s)Semper instans (Latin for 'Always threatening')
AircraftAgustaWestland Merlin MK4
WebsiteOfficial website
Commanders
Current
commander
Commander Richard Bartram[1]

846 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

Between December 1979 and the summer of 2013, 846 Naval Air Squadron operated the Westland Sea King HC4 helicopter to provide troop transport and load lifting support to 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines. Based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, 846 NAS stood down in the summer of 2013 and its personnel, buildings and equipment were amalgamated into 845 Naval Air Squadron.

The squadron stood up on 30 September 2014 with the AgustaWestland Merlin MK3 and it now holds the Operational Conversion Flight and Maritime Counter Terrorism Role.[2]

  1. ^ "846 Naval Air Squadron". Royal Navy. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/training-recruits-air-crew-ready-tackle-terrorism/story-25772049-detail/story.html[permanent dead link]

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