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Fleet Air Arm

British  

noun

  1. FAA. the aviation branch of the Royal Navy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Tributes have come from the Princess of Wales in her role as Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm, head of the navy General Sir Gwyn Jenkins and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Before long he found himself in the Fleet Air Arm and on a ship heading to a mystery destination.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2023

Mr. Martin joined the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during World War II. After his discharge, he used a navy education grant to enroll at the respected Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2016

The Germans ran a super-gantlet: the British Home Fleet, the Fleet Air Arm, the entire R.A.F., the big guns of Dover, minefields.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the docket were films on the R.A.F., the perils of the convoys, the Fleet Air Arm, the African campaign, and, of course, the life of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

From Time Magazine Archive

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