702 Naval Air Squadron
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
702 Naval Air Squadron (702 NAS) was a naval squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset and earlier at RNAS Portland in Dorset. As a training Squadron it trained all ground and air crew for the sister front-line maritime Lynx squadron, 815 NAS[1]
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702 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | 1936-1952, 1978-1 August 2014 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Type | Training Air Squadron |
Role | Training and Fleet Air Arm Maintenance |
Size | Squadron |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
Motto(s) | Cave Ungues Felis "Beware the Claws of the Cat" |
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It merged with 700(W) NAS to form 825 NAS.[2] 702 NAS disbanded on 1 August 2014.[3]