RNAS Culdrose

Royal Naval Air Station. We protect ships & submarines above, on & below the waves. Awesome training facilities & unrivalled location in #Cornwall @RoyalNavy

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

Two survival equipment technicians (SETs) from Culdrose were singled out for praise at the recent NVQ Apprenticeship Awards. SET Edson won #Apprentice Of The Year award & CPO SET Williams won the Apprenticeship Champion Of The Year #welldone #BZ @royalnavy #engineering

[820 Naval Air Squadron @820NAS]

A consummate professional, an excellent pilot and a brilliant personality to have around the Squadron.

Congratulations, Timmy!

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

All change at 824 Naval Air Squadron today. This morning Cdr Alex Kelley (left) handed over command of the squadron to Cdr Ben Unsworth. Culdrose's #824NAS trains Merlin Helicopter Force aircrew & engineers and provides front-line duty to protect UK waters. @RoyalNavy

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

Lt Ollie Banks, a @RoyalNavy air engineering officer, former deputy AEO of 814 NAS & member of Culdrose Gig Club, was selected for Team GB at the International Contest of Seamanship in Denmark recently. Team GB dominated the rowing events winning 4 golds #BZ @NAVYfit

[RNAS Culdrose FC @rnasculdrosefc]

We won! RNAS Culdrose FC are FA Grassroots Club of the Year 2026 for Cornwall. Thank you to all our volunteers, players and coaches. We have previously won in 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and so wonderful to receive the award once more. @RNASCuldrose @NAVYfit @NavyFootball1

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

A @RoyalNavy sailor - inspired by his love of football - is walking an impressive 403 miles from Cornwall to Hampshire this summer to raise money for @RNRMC
Commander Andrew 'Scooby' Plenty will walk a punishing 25-30 miles a day.
https://t.co/rAoY9KqNzU

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

Pictures from the recent detachment by Culdrose #824NAS to Norway for submarine hunting exercise Green Eel. Based near Bergen – Europe’s wettest city (and how it rained!) @RoyalNavy
Read more about the exercise here https://t.co/yinyR1RgWS

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

A detachment from Culdrose's Merlin Helicopter Force #824NAS has returned from two weeks of extensive anti-submarine warfare training with allies in Norway for Exercise Green Eel - pitting their skills against Norwegian and German submarines https://t.co/yinyR1RgWS

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

A superb photograph from The Flying Tiger’s Menace Flight #814NAS @RoyalNavy The flight is practising in-flight refuelling, just in case the flight deck is unavailable. To read about the latest activity by Royal Navy ships, including HMS Somerset, see https://t.co/w4gec5D6M4

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

Royal Navy aircraft handlers carry out training at RNAS Culdrose’s £4.4-million fire trainer. These sailors are from the Royal Naval School of Flight Deck Operations, and specialise in firefighting and rescue. #RNSFDO
Video: @RoyalNavy LPhot Mundy

[UK Carrier Strike Group @COMUKCSG]

As we head further North, crossing the Arctic Circle underscores our ability to project power alongside our Allies in the North Atlantic.

Even our Carrier Air Wing get blue noses 🥶

#ArcticSentry #BlueNoses

[BBC Cornwall @BBCCornwall]

An exciting day bringing the show from @RNASCuldrose for @ArmedForcesDay @Skentelbery @emmagillradio @RoyalNavy Join us from 10AM

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

@RoyalNavy Sailors from Culdrose were honoured to join the #Cornwall Armed Forces Day parade in St Austell on Saturday, marking the start of #ArmedForcesWeek. Leading the way was the HMS Seahawk Volunteer Band and platoon of Culdrose sailors. Pictures: Royal Navy

[HMS Prince of Wales @HMSPWLS]

While some wait by the letterbox, we get our mail delivered in style! 🚁📦

Big thanks to the Merlin of 814 NAS for keeping HMS Prince of Wales stocked and connected. How do you get your mail?

#WeAreNATO #ArcticSentry

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

A Merlin Mk2 helicopter from RNAS Culdrose supported the @RoyalNavy operation on Sunday to board a sanctioned shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel. The crew from Merlin Helicopter Force provided oversight & search & rescue cover. #Cornwall Read https://t.co/gonYBsrBTb

[Royal Navy @RoyalNavy]

We can confirm the names of the three Royal Navy personnel who tragically lost their lives during a helicopter training exercise on 3 June:

Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, 42, Somerset
Lt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, Surrey
PO Owen Green, 24, Hampshire

🔗https://t.co/25RFAkJdqq

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

Tactical training with the @RoyalNavy's 824 Naval Air Squadron – engineers load training-variant Sting Ray torpedoes to a Merlin Mk2 helicopter on the flight line at RNAS Culdrose. The Merlin can fulfill multiple roles, but is first and foremost a submarine hunter #824NAS

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

A @RoyalNavy helicopter from Culdrose delivered a wreath to Trebah Gardens in Cornwall on Saturday, for a memorial to remember those who died in the D-Day Landings. The gardens open onto the Helford River - the embarkation point for the US 29th Infantry Division during WW2.

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

Having achieved 6,000 flying hours, over 34 years' service, @RoyalNavy Merlin helicopter pilot Lt Cdr Steve Thomas was treated to an affectionate soaking, courtesy of the Culdrose fire crew (he actually dared them to do it) as he returned to #824NAS yesterday afternoon. #BZ Steve

[RNAS Culdrose @RNASCuldrose]

Sailors from Culdrose attended a short service in Helston this morning to remember those who died during operations in Iraq. This year marks 15 years since the end of the UK’s involvement, from 2003 to 2011, known as Operation Telic. #WeShallRememberThem
@RoyalNavy @PoppyLegion