page_title: Structure of the Royal Navy in 1989
section_title: Flag Officer Naval Air Command
hierarchical_section_title: Structure of the Royal Navy in 1989 / Commander-in-Chief Fleet / Flag Officer Naval Air Command
caption_attribution_description: Two Royal Navy British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS.1 from 800 Naval Air Squadron, assigned to the aircraft carrier HMS 'Illustrious (R06), approach the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69).
context_page_description: At the end of the Cold War in 1989, the Royal Navy structure was as follows:
  The First Sea Lord was an Admiral of the Fleet who commanded Her Majesty's Naval Service. He was a member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, the Defence Council, the Admiralty Board and the Navy Board.
context_section_description: The Flag Officer Naval Air Command was a rear admiral based at RNAS Yeovilton, who commanded the Fleet Air Arm.
  Flag Officer Naval Air Command (FONAC), RNAS Yeovilton
  RNAS Prestwick:
  819 Naval Air Squadron (Anti-submarine, Sea King HAS.5)
  824 Naval Air Squadron (Anti-submarine, Sea King HAS.6) (disbanded August 1989)
  RNAS Yeovilton:
  707 Naval Air Squadron (Air assault, Sea King HC.4)
  800 Naval Air Squadron (Sea Harrier FRS.1, being upgraded to F(A).2)
  801 Naval Air Squadron (Sea Harrier FRS.1, being upgraded to F(A).2)
  845 Naval Air Squadron (Air assault, Sea King HC.4)
  846 Naval Air Squadron (Air assault, Sea King HC.4)
  899 Naval Air Squadron (Training, Sea Harrier FRS.1, Sea Harrier T.4A/T.4N, Hunter T.8M)
  Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit (Canberra TT.18, Hunter GA.11/T.8, Dassault Falcon 20)
  RNAS Culdrose:
  705 Naval Air Squadron (Basic helicopter training, Gazelle HT.2/HT.3)
  706 Naval Air Squadron (Sea King training, various Sea King)
  Sea King Training Unit (RAF unit attached to 706 Naval Air Squadron, 2x Sea King HAR.3)
  750 Naval Air Squadron (Observer training, Jetstream T.2)
  771 Naval Air Squadron (Search & Rescue, Sea King HAR.5)
  814 Naval Air Squadron (Anti-submarine, Sea King HAS.5)
  820 Naval Air Squadron (Anti-submarine, Sea King HAS.6)
  826 Naval Air Squadron (Anti-submarine, Sea King HAS.6)
  849 Naval Air Squadron (Airborne early warning and control, 10x Sea King AEW.2A)
  RNAS Portland:
  702 Naval Air Squadron (Training, Lynx HAS.3S)
  772 Naval Air Squadron (Air assault, Sea King HC.4)
  810 Naval Air Squadron (Anti-submarine, Sea King HAS.5, began conversion to HAS.6 in October 1989)
  815 Naval Air Squadron (Frigate & destroyer helicopters, Lynx HAS.3S, most deployed on frigates and destroyers at sea)
  829 Naval Air Squadron (Frigate & destroyer helicopters, Lynx HAS.3S, most deployed on frigates and destroyers at sea)
  Lynx HMA.8 trials unit (formed in September 1989)
  Roborough:
  Flying Grading Flight (Chipmunk T.10)
caption: Two Sea Harriers from 800 Naval Air Squadron approach the flight deck of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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