800 Naval Air Squadron
| 800 Naval Air Squadron | |
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| Active | Royal Air Force 1933–1939 Royal Navy
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| Disbanded | 28 January 2011 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Navy |
| Type | Single-seat fighter squadron |
| Role | Carrier-based fighter squadron |
| Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
| Motto(s) | Nunquam non-paratus (Latin for 'Never unprepared') |
| Aircraft | See Aircraft flown section for full list. |
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| Squadron Badge Description | Blue, in front of a trident erect two swords in saltire point upward winged at the hilt all gold (1937) |
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800 Naval Air Squadron (800 NAS) also referred to as 800 Squadron, was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It most recently operated the Harrier as part of Joint Force Harrier (JFH), from March 2006 until January 2011.
Formed on 3 April 1933 by amalgamating No's 402 and 404 (Fleet Fighter) Flights. Operating as a carrier-based fighter squadron, it served throughout the Second World War. During the Korean War, it flew Supermarine Seafire. These were followed with the Supermarine Attacker in the mid-1950s, then the Hawker Sea Hawk during the Suez Crises, and later the Supermarine Scimitar and Blackburn Buccaneer during the 1960s. The squadron flew the Sea Harrier throughout the 1980s, 1990s and early noughties, notably during the Falklands War.