849 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm formed on 1 August 1943 at the Rhode Island Quonset Point Naval Air Station with Avenger Is. It returned to the UK and provided anti-surface vessel and anti-submarine patrols during the D-Day operations. It disbanded on 31 October 1945 after service in the Far East, reforming at Brawdy on 7 July 1952 with the Skyraider AEW.1 as an Airborne Early Warning unit, from 778 Naval Air Squadron. Following the retirement of the Skyraiders around 1960, the unit flew a number of variants of the Fairey Gannet in the same role, disbanding again on 15 December 1978. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... United States Air Force E-3 Sentry An Airborne Early Warning (AEW) system is a radar system carried by an aircraft which is designed to detect other aircraft. ... Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), based in Cornwall, has three major roles: serving the Fleet Air Arms front line squadrons; providing search and rescue for the South West region; and training specialists for the Royal Navy. ... The Fleet Air Arm is the operational group of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. ... Quonset Point is a small peninsula in Narragansett Bay. ... A Naval Air Station is an airbase of the United States Navy. ... The Fairey Gannet is a carrier-borne Anti-submarine warfare and Airborne Early Warning aircraft of the immediate post World War II-era developed for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. ...

It reformed after the lessons of the 1982 South Atlantic campaign had been learned, on 8 November 1984 and the unit now operates the Westland Sea King Mk7 Airborne Surveillance and Control (ASaC) helicopter. The squadron has its headquarters at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall and operates 9 aircraft. It is divided into three elements - two flights (A and B), or Aardvarks and Bees and the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU)(Previously known as HQ). Historically a Flight is assigned to each of the two active aircraft carriers in the Royal Navy but this system is currently changing. The squadron suffered heavy losses during the 2003 invasion of Iraq when two of its aircraft operating from HMS Ark Royal collided during low visibility conditions. Six squadron members and an American exchange officer were killed in the collision. Combatants United Kingdom Argentina Casualties 258 killed [3] 777 wounded 59 taken prisoner 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner The Falklands War (Spanish: ) was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. ... The Westland Sea King is a license-built version of the Sikorsky helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. ... Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), based in Cornwall, has three major roles: serving the Fleet Air Arms front line squadrons; providing search and rescue for the South West region; and training specialists for the Royal Navy. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ... Four aircraft carriers, Principe-de-Asturias, USS Wasp, USS Forrestal and HMS Invincible (front-to-back), showing the difference in size between a supercarrier, light V/STOL carriers, and an amphibious carrier. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... Combatants Coalition Forces: United States United Kingdom South Korea Australia Poland Romania others. ... HMS Ark Royal (R07), the last Invincible-class light aircraft carrier to be completed, is the fifth ship of the Royal Navy named in honour of the flagship of the English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada. ...