Official account for 815 NAS - the frontline squadron for the Wildcat HMA Mk 2. Experts in maritime strike and embarked rotary wing operations. #StrikeDeep
Wildcat on patrol...
A @815NAS Wildcat has joined NATO's premier task group in Northern Europe, providing improved surveillance, reconnaissance and force protection.
#WeAreNATO
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The Royal Navy’s Black Cat Display Team have been given their Public Display Authorisation from RAdm Rimington.
Check out the Wildcats capability and manoeuvrability, and meet the team, at one of the Airshows this year
#blackcat#royalnavy#fleetairarm
Drones give 🇬🇧Royal Navy helicopters the edge in fjord exercise the latest tech in #TamberShield26 with the Royal Norwegian Navy 🇳🇴
#JEFtogether@Forsvarsdep@815NAS
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Commanders in charge of the Royal Navy's Wildcat helicopter force have warned they're ready to sink any Russian warship threatening Britain's new aircraft carrier.
Teams from the helicopter force have been busy in the past few months, deploying to protect Cyprus from Iranian drone attack while also carrying out wargames in Norway.
Now they are set to join the UK Carrier Strike Group, led by HMS Prince of Wales, to the High North this summer. The Wildcats have recently received their new Sea Viper anti-ship missiles, making the aircraft the most deadly attack helicopter ever owned by the Navy.
The task group will sail towards the Arctic – an area now being contested by Vladimir Putin’s navy, which is increasingly threatening Nato’s northern flanks with submarines and warships.
Cdr Andrew Henderson, in charge of the group, said his team was ready to fight in “our own backyard”, and use Wildcat’s new arsenal to protect Britain and its allies from Russian warships.
Asked what message he had for the Russian president, Cdr Henderson said: “We remain ready to fight and are training very hard to sink your ships.”
Full story: https://t.co/ZHdscvYPjq
Great visit to @RNASYeovilton to witness first hand the impressive work of our Commando Helicopter and Wildcat Forces. From the High North to the Middle East - talented people delivering operational output, day in day out. #LeadFightWin
The carrier has its claws 🐆
From the flight deck of the mighty @HMSPWLS, Wildcat crews are back in their element - united with the carrier, and hunting at sea.
This week visits from Commodore of Naval Aviation James Blackmore and the Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Steve Moorhouse.
Meeting with personnel across the station to show that RNAS Yeovilton is at War Fighting Readiness 🫡⚓️🚁
#royalnavy#FleetAirArm
Personnel from @815NAS conducted rescue and firefighting training with the @Sjoforsvaret during Ex #TamberShield.
The exercise runs under JEF, the UK-led coalition of Northern Europe nations which works in support of @NATO_MARCOM ops. @JEFnations
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Hunter or hunted?
Operating deep inside #Norway, Wildcat crews push people and machine to their limit during intense war games - honing the instincts needed for @RoyalNavy and #UKDefence operations across the globe.
Watch more: https://t.co/yOX97k3mqj
Hunter or hunted?
Operating deep inside #Norway, Wildcat crews push people and machine to their limit during intense war games - honing the instincts needed for @RoyalNavy and #UKDefence operations across the globe.
Watch more: https://t.co/yOX97k3mqj
Wildcat HMA2 of 825 NAS took to the sea over southern Brittany, teaming with 21F’s Atlantique 2 for high‑end maritime training.
Two nations, one battlespace.
Allied aircrews building the joint lethality that underpins NATO’s edge. ✈️🚁🚁 🇫🇷🇬🇧
@NATO_MARCOM@MarineNationale
Torpedo Thursday - in association with @815NAS. 🇬🇧
Dropping training torpedoes with precision - because deterrence starts long before the fight. ⚔️
Aircrew and engineers of 815 NAS are conducting weapon training alongside the Royal Norwegian Navy 🇳🇴, as a part of Exercise Tamber Shield 26.
Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters are primarily used for conducting surface warfare against an array of threats using their Martlet and Sea Venom missile systems. However, they are also capable of carrying stingray torpedoes for the purpose of Anti-Submarine Warfare. This is a crucial skillset that must be maintained in order to protect Allied surface units.
#WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether #DeterAndDefend
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@UKNATO | @NorwayNATO | @SHAPE_NATO | @NATO_AIRCOM
Great first day for 825 NAS operating from Lann Bihoue! Our student aircrew had their first experience of conducting war fighting serials in French waters... More to come! @MarineNationale 🇬🇧🇫🇷🚁✈️
Despite the heavy rain 🌧️ it's has been great to engage with all the public attending #LannBihoue2026. Particularly good to see / hear the Bundeswehr Panavia Tornado 🚁✈️🇩🇪