Fleet Air in United Kingdom
Fleet Air History
Set up in January 1914 as the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) to protect shipping and defend the UK from air attack, it was merged with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in 1918, before re-emerging as the Fleet Air Arm in 1924. It expanded rapidly in the Second World War, and in the 1960s was increasingly equipped with helicopters as well as aircraft.
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