706 Naval Air Squadron

706 Naval Air Squadron
Squadron badge
Active10 April 1945 - 31 May 1946
7 September 1953 - 15 March 1954
4 January 1962 - 27 February 1998
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeFleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
Role
  • Crew Pool & Refresher Flying Training School
  • Anti-submarine helicopter squadron
  • Advanced Flying Training
SizeSquadron
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Home stationSee Naval air stations section for full list.
Motto(s)Montez
(French for 'Go upwards')
AircraftSee Aircraft flown section for full list.
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lieutenant Commander(A) R.E. Bradshaw, DSC & Two Bars, RN
Insignia
Squadron Badge DescriptionBlue, over water barry wavy of four white and blue a winged horse volant langued red wings addorsed and supporting between the forelegs a dagger point downward and piercing the water all gold (1979)
Identification Markings
  • 780-787 (Whirlwind)
  • 501-512 (Wessex / Wasp to July 1965)
  • 566-599 (Wessex / Wasp / Sea King)
Fin Shore Codes
  • GJ (Whirlwind)
  • CU (Wessex / Wasp to July 1965)
  • CU (Wessex / Wasp / Sea King)
  • single letters ('B' Flight)

706 Naval Air Squadron (706 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). Established as a fighter and torpedo-bomber training unit in Australia at the end of World War Two, it was briefly reformed as a helicopter squadron in the early 1950s, before becoming a helicopter training unit in 1962, and operating until 1998.