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RCyAF Chinabay
China Bay Airport (; ; ) is an air force base and domestic airport in China Bay in eastern Sri Lanka. Located approximately south west of the city of Trincomalee, the airport is also known as Trincomalee Airport and SLAF China Bay. Originally built by the British and known as RAF China Bay, it was transferred to the Royal Ceylonese Air Force which later became the Sri Lanka Air Force. History During the 1920s the British built an airfield in China Bay in eastern Ceylon. The Royal Air Force (RAF) established an airfield called RAF Station China Bay in March 1942 which operated Consolidated Liberator bombers, Hawker Hurricane & Supermarine Spitfire fighters, Consolidated Catalina & Short Sunderland flying boats during its lifetime. A number of RAF squadrons and other units were stationed at the airfield during and immediately after the war: * No. 17 Squadron RAF between 28 August 1943 and 14 January 1944 with the Hurricane IIC * detachment of No. 159 Squadron RAF between July 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Sri Lanka
The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) (; ) is a Semi-presidential republic determined by the Constitution of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Constitution. It administers the island from both its commercial capital of Colombo and the administrative capital of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Constitution The Constitution of Sri Lanka has been the constitution of the island nation of Sri Lanka since its original promulgation by the National State Assembly on 7 September 1978. It is Sri Lanka's second republican constitution and its third constitution since the country's independence (as Ceylon) in 1948, after the Donoughmore Constitution, Soulbury Commission, Soulbury Constitution, and Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972, Constitution of 1972. As of October 2020, it has been formally amended 21 times. Executive branch The President, directly elected for a five-year term, is head of state, head of government, Chief executive (gubernatorial), chief executive, and commander-in-chief of the armed for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
800 Naval Air Squadron
800 Naval Air Squadron (800 NAS) also referred to as 800 Squadron, was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It most recently operated the Harrier as part of Joint Force Harrier (JFH), from March 2006 until January 2011. Formed on 3 April 1933 by amalgamating No's 402 and 404 (Fleet Fighter) Flights. Operating as a carrier-based fighter squadron, it served throughout the Second World War. During the Korean War, it flew Supermarine Seafire. These were followed with the Supermarine Attacker in the mid-1950s, then the Hawker Sea Hawk during the Suez Crises, and later the Supermarine Scimitar and Blackburn Buccaneer during the 1960s. The squadron flew the Sea Harrier throughout the 1980s, 1990s and early noughties, notably during the Falklands War. History 1930s 800 Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm was established on 3 April 1933, at RAF Netheravon in Wiltshire, through the amalgamation of Nos. 402 and 404 (Fleet Fighter) Fligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
822 Naval Air Squadron
822 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadron before and during World War II. History Pre-war 822 squadron was formed on 3 April 1933 from a merger of No's 442 and 449 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flights at Netheravon and posted to the Home Fleet aboard . From March to November 1936 it was equipped with Fairey Seals passed on from 821 Squadron, soon replaced by Blackburn Sharks, to carry out a Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance role. In August 1937 the squadron received Fairey Swordfish aircraft, which it continued to operate from ''Furious'' until February 1939, when the squadron was re-allocated to HMS ''Courageous'' as a deck landing training unit. ''Furious '' and ''Courageous'' were 1st class cruisers which had been converted in 1924 to serve as an aircraft carriers. When ''Courageous'' was sunk by the German submarine U-29 in September 1939, the squadron was disbanded. World War II The squadron was re-formed in October 1941 as a torpedo bomber reconnaissa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
818 Naval Air Squadron
818 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier-based squadron formed in August 1939. It served on a number of the Navy's aircraft carriers during the Second World War, serving in most of the theatres of the war, before decommissioning at the end of the war. History Norway and the Mediterranean 818 Squadron was formed as a torpedo reconnaissance squadron at Evanton in August 1939. This was some two months earlier than had originally been planned, owing to the increased threat of war. The squadron was initially equipped with nine Fairey Swordfish Is, and then embarked on the aircraft carrier at the navy's base at Scapa Flow. ''Ark Royal'' was then deployed to search for enemy shipping off Norway. 818 Squadron then transferred to in April 1940, after the German invasion of Norway. On 11 April aircraft from the squadron attacked two German destroyers in Trondheim Fjord. The squadron then moved ashore, spending the period between May and June 1940 flying out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
817 Naval Air Squadron
817 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN) during the Second World War. In 1941, the squadron operated Fairey Albacore aircraft in the Anti-Submarine Warfare role in Icelandic and Mediterranean waters. The Squadron was reformed in 1943, with Fairey Barracuda aircraft and carried out operations in the Far East before disbanding at the end of the war. The squadron was reformed as 817 Squadron RAN in 1950. History Torpedo, Spotter, Reconnaissance Squadron (1941-1943) 817 Naval Air Squadron formed at RNAS Crail (HMS ''Jackdaw''), Fife, Scotland, on 15 March 1941, as a Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance (TSR) unit, initially equipped with nine Fairey Albacore biplane torpedo bomber aircraft. In July, the squadron embarked in the modified as an aircraft carrier converted to an aircraft carrier, , which set sail for an assault on the Arctic port of Petsamo. The subsequent month, the squadron transferred to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
814 Naval Air Squadron
814 Naval Air Squadron or 814 NAS, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, is a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It is currently equipped with the AgustaWestland Merlin HM2 anti-submarine warfare helicopter and is based at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in Cornwall. The squadron was formed in December 1938 and has been disbanded and reformed several times. Role and equipment 814 Naval Air Squadron operates the AgustaWestland Merlin HM2 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter and is based at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall. In addition to its ASW role, it has capabilities in anti-piracy operations, delivery of humanitarian aid, casualty evacuation, medium lift under-slung loads (up to 3.8 tonnes), search and rescue, counter drugs and maritime patrol and security operations. The Merlin can be armed with BAE Systems Sting Ray torpedoes, Mark 11 depth charges and the Browning M3m .50 calibre machine gun. The squadron has over 200 personnel assigned to it and is the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
812 Naval Air Squadron
812 Naval Air Squadron (812 NAS), also referred to as 812 Squadron, was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It most recently operated with Fairey Gannet between November 1955 and December 1956. It was active from 1933 and saw service in both World War II and the Korean War. Service history First formation The squadron was first formed on 3 April 1933 aboard the aircraft carrier , then part of the Mediterranean Fleet, by amalgamating No 461 and 462 (Fleet Torpedo) Flights. Originally equipped with the Blackburn Ripon, these were replaced with the Blackburn Baffin in January 1934, with the squadron being the first to be fully equipped with this improved derivative of the Ripon. In June 1934, when ''Glorious'' returned to Britain for a refit, the Squadron transferred over to and in February 1935, moved over to , disembarking in March and remaining shore based at Hal Far airfield in Malta until ''Glorious'' returned to the Medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
810 Naval Air Squadron
810 Naval Air Squadron (810 NAS), sometimes known to as 810 Squadron, was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It most recently operated Westland Sea King anti-submarine warfare helicopter between March 1983 and July 2001. It formed on 3 April 1933 with the amalgamation of the 12 Blackburn Dart aircraft from 463 and 44 Flight (Fleet Torpedo) Flights Royal Air Force to the Fleet Air Arm. The squadron saw action during the Second World War, the Suez Crisis and the Korean War. History Pre war 810 Squadron was assigned to the aircraft carrier in May 1933 and formed part of the Home Fleet. In September that year the Darts were replaced by Blackburn Ripons, and these were in turn replaced by Blackburn Baffins in July 1934, with the entire squadron operating Baffins by November that year. The Abyssinian crisis caused ''Courageous'' and the squadron to be transferred to the Mediterranean from August 1935 to February 1936. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
809 Naval Air Squadron
809 Squadron (809 NAS), sometimes referred to as 809 Squadron, nicknamed ''Immortal'', is a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It currently operates the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning aircraft from RAF Marham, Norfolk, having recommissioned in 2023. The unit is jointly manned by both Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel and operates from s. It was first formed in 1941 and flew in the Soviet Union, the Mediterranean and the Far East during the Second World War. After active service during the Suez Crisis, 809 was disbanded in 1959. Reformed in 1963 to fly Blackburn Buccaneers, the squadron was disbanded briefly in 1965–66, and then again in 1978. A brief period during the Falklands War saw 809 reformed to bring Sea Harrier FRS.1 aircraft south to the UK task group and to fly from . History Second World War Formed on 15 January 1941 at RNAS St Merryn with 12 Fairey Fulmars, the squadron embarked in in July 1941. At firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
808 Naval Air Squadron
808 Naval Air Squadron is a ship-based helicopter squadron of the Royal Australian Navy. 808 Naval Air Squadron (808 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). Originally established as a fleet fighter squadron at HMS ''Kestrel'', RNAS Worthy Down, in July 1940, it subsequently relocated to RAF Castletown, Caithness, in September. In October of the that year, the squadron was deployed aboard HMS ''Ark Royal'', joining Force H in the Western Mediterranean. Following the sinking of HMS ''Ark Royal'' in November 1941, the squadron was integrated into 807 Naval Air Squadron. Re-formed at HMS ''Merlin'', RNAS Donibristle, in January 1942, the squadron swiftly relocated to HMS ''Vulture'', RNAS St Merryn, HMS ''Heron'', RNAS Yeovilton and HMS ''Gadwall'', RNAS Belfast, before boarding the escort carrier HMS ''Biter'' in September but disembarking at HMS ''Blackcap'', RNAS Stretton. In December 1942, Supermarine Seafire aircraft were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
807 Naval Air Squadron
807 Naval Air Squadron (807 NAS) sometimes referred to as 807 Squadron, was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It most recently operated the Supermarine Scimitar F.1 strike aircraft between October 1958 and May 1962. Formed in September 1940 and operating as a carrier-based fighter squadron, it served throughout the Second World War operating with Fairey Fulmar initially and then transitioning to Supermarine Seafire, the first FAA squadron to do so. During the Korean War, it flew Hawker Sea Fury and then later the Hawker Sea Hawk. History Second World War (1939-1945) Formation 807 Naval Air Squadron was formed at RNAS Worthy Down (HMS ''Kestrel''), Hampshire, in September 1940, as a Fleet Fighter Squadron equipped with nine Fairey Fulmar Mk.I, a British carrier-based reconnaissance/fighter aircraft. Three were embarked in the fighter catapult ship HMS ''Pegasus'', where they remained until February 1941, when the entire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
806 Naval Air Squadron
806 Naval Air Squadron (806 NAS), sometimes alluded to as 806 Squadron, was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It was most recently active with the Hawker Sea Hawk between March 1953 and December 1960. It existed on a number of occasions from February 1940 to December 1960 and saw active service in the Norwegian campaign, the Dunkirk evacuation and the Malta Convoys. During the early years of the Second World War it operated with a variety of fighter aircraft including Blackburn Skua, Blackburn Roc, Fairey Fulmar, Gloster Sea Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane and Grumman Martlet. It later flew Supermarine Seafire but the war ended before it saw action. It briefly flew Hawker Sea Fury, de Havilland Sea Hornet and de Havilland Sea Vampire in 1948. History Second World War Formation 806 Naval Air Squadron was formed at HMS ''Kestrel'', the Royal Naval Air Station near Winchester, Hampshire, on 1 February 1940 with Lieutenant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
