The Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Unit (FRADU) was a unit of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm operated by the contractor Serco Defence and Aerospace...
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above)). Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit List of air stations of the Royal Navy List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons List of aircraft wings...
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for 20 years before merging with another unit to become the Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Training Unit (FRADTU), on the 1 December 1972. Airwork...
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De Havilland Sea Vixen (category De Havilland aircraft)
2017. In 1946, the de Havilland Aircraft Company conducted discussions with the British Admiralty on its requirements for a future jet-powered all-weather...
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736 Naval Air Squadron (category 700 series Fleet Air Arm squadrons)
aggressor role, following the disbandment of the Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit (FRADU) and operated up until March 2022. It initially formed...
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RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) (section Based units)
using the Wessex HU5 and later the Sea King HC4, and the fixed wing Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit (FRADU), and became the main shore...
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BAE Systems Hawk (redirect from Hawk (aircraft))
Training and Standards Unit (JFACTSU) (1993–2022) RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine (1998–2022) Royal Navy – 17 Hawk T1s Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction...
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Sunset (Bird of Prey) (section Aircraft)
Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft at Coventry. The aircraft stayed with the Royal Navy (Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit or FRADU) until 16 May...
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English Electric Canberra (category 1940s British bomber aircraft)
Navy Fleet Air Arm (69) 727 Naval Air Squadron – RNAS Hal Far, Malta Fleet Requirements Unit (FRU) Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit (FRADU)...
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Harrier FRS.1, Sea Harrier T.4A/T.4N, Hunter T.8M) Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit (Canberra TT.18, Hunter GA.11/T.8, Dassault Falcon 20)...
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List of Hawker Hunter operators (redirect from List of units using the Hawker Hunter)
11 899 Naval Air Squadron – T.8 Fleet Requirements Unit - T.8, GA.11 Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit (Blue Herons) – Air Force of Zimbabwe...
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Harrier jump jet (redirect from Harrier fighter/attack aircraft)
vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft; specific requirements included the expectation for the performance of such an aircraft to be equivalent...
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RAF Drem (section Units and aircraft)
Drem) and was commissioned as HMS Nighthawk. Its primary role was Naval Night Fighter School and Night Fighter Direction Centre. 770 Fleet Requirements Unit...
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and was the home of the RN School of Aircraft Direction from the end of the Second World War, opened on 1 January 1945, until 1961, when the Aircraft...
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British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a Royal Navy formation that saw action against Japan during the Second World War. It was formed from aircraft carriers, other...
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HMS Nabaron (category Naval aviation units and formations of the United Kingdom)
with it 721 Naval Air Squadron, a Fleet Requirements unit (FRU) that operated Vultee Vengeance TT.IV target tug aircraft, as well as the 'B' Flight of the...
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HMS Nabbington (category Naval aviation units and formations of the United Kingdom)
refresher flying training and a fleet requirements unit: 706 Pool & Refresher Flying Training Squadron 723 Fleet Requirements Unit Mobile Maintenance (MM)...
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Airwork Services (section Fleet Requirements Unit)
Fleet Requirements Unit was relocated from Hurn to RNAS Yeovilton and amalgamated with the Air Direction Training Unit to form the Fleet Requirements...
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Airbus A400M Atlas (redirect from Future Large Aircraft)
four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military, now Airbus Defence and Space, as a tactical airlifter with strategic...
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century. In 2002, the Fleet comprised over 118,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel serving on 186 ships and in 1,300 aircraft, with an area of responsibility...
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bases and stations during war and peace. In comparing the development of the fleet and shore establishments, only Hampton Roads met the requirements. Airship...
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RAF Brawdy (redirect from Search and Rescue Flight, RNAS Brawdy)
civilian-operated unit for the Royal Navy, the Airwork Air Direction Training Unit (ADTU). Airwork was contracted by the Fleet Air Arm to exercise the Aircraft Direction...
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facilities for supporting, arming, deploying and recovering shipborne aircraft. Typically it is the capital ship of a fleet (known as a carrier battle group), as...
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RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk) (redirect from Naval Aircraft Support Unit, Culdrose)
modifications and developed tactics and operational procedure. The Motto was : "Experienta Docet" – "Experience Teaches" Fleet Requirements Air Direction Unit (FRADU)...
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submarine flotilla (six), two aircraft carriers and associated vessels. Post holders during the inter-war period were: The Home Fleet was the Royal Navy's main...
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HAL HF-24 Marut (redirect from Marut (aircraft))
engine capable of propelling the aircraft. Early on, there was an explicit adherence to satisfying the IAF's requirements for a capable fighter bomber; attributes...
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United States Navy (category Military units and formations established in 1775)
the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with 11 in service, one undergoing trials, two new carriers under construction, and six other carriers planned...
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Pakistan Air Force (redirect from List of aircraft of the Pakistani Air Force)
terms of aircraft fleet. Its primary mandate and mission is "to provide, in synergy with other inter-services, the most efficient, assured and cost effective...
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RNAS Twatt (HMS Tern) (section Units)
Front-Line squadrons and accommodation for disembarked Ship's Flight Aircraft and was home to the Home Fleet Fleet Requirements Unit, 771 Naval Air Squadron...
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Signals intelligence (category Command and control)
direction. GUARDRAIL aircraft are fairly small and usually work in units of three to cover a tactical SIGINT requirement, whereas the larger aircraft...
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