899 Naval Air Squadron
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899 Naval Air Squadron (899 NAS) was a squadron of the Fleet Air Arm of the United Kingdom.
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899 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | 15 December 1942 – 27 September 1945 7 November 1955 – 3 January 1957 1 February 1961 – 23 January 1972 31 March 1980 – 23 March 2005 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
Battle honours | Sicily 1943 Salerno 1943 Aegean 1944 South France 1944[1] Falklands 1982 |
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It was most recently based at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), in Somerset, as the British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA2 training squadron until it was decommissioned in March 2005 prior to the stand-up of 800 Naval Air Squadron with the British Aerospace Harrier GR7 at RAF Cottesmore, in Rutland.