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

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2023

"I remembered it from being in the Fleet Air Arm when in the navy," Ms Burrows says.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2020

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

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

Ships with Wings is the title for a Fleet Air Arm production of Michael Balcon, the stormy producer who last year called Hollywood's British colony deserters for remaining in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

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