Colonel Mark Johnson

Last year we lost a truly great member of our squadron, CPO ‘Happy’ Munday. We had the huge honour of a visit from his amazing family and got airborne for a local tour in ‘whiskey’, our mighty Merlin aircraft, dedicated to their beloved father and our greatly missed sailor…

We don’t always curse the bad #weather, sometimes we embrace it 😆 Fast and low can be a go to #tactic for delivering our @RoyalMarines to the target and what better place to train than sunny Wales ?? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Load lifting under a full Buck moon #junglies @846NAS @847NAS @845NAS @ComdJHC

Fast Roping with the mighty @45CdoGp! 🚁💪 @ric_cole 📸

A great day watching the annual Field Gun competition @HMS_Collingwood. A fantastic final with a #FAA first and second, @RNASYeovilton crew narrowly pipped to second place by @RNASCuldrose, by 0.3 seconds! Incredible grit, determination and teamwork by all.

As part of the #UKNL50 Commando demo at #MarineDagen, @RoyalMarines from @45CdoGp and SRS fast-roped onto a @korpsmariniers Landing Craft and heli-cast into Den Helder Harbour. Thank you to the @847NAS @co_chf Wildcat crew! 🤜🏻💥🤛🏻

A great section from the @RoyalNavy 60 second update covering our time out in Portugal working with @Esquadra751 👏 Looking forward to the possibility of working together again very soon !! #StrongerTogether 🚁 🇵🇹 🇬🇧

Thank you to everyone for all of the support the Commando Helicopter Force receives. #armedforcesday2023

Today @846NAS is celebrating International #Women In Engineering Day, to mark the #respect and appreciation held across all industries, genders and backgrounds #INWED23

Great to be out today meeting some of the incredible women we have on the Commando Helicopter Force.

Great to see CHF leading the JHC elements of the Kings Birthday Flypast at the weekend.

845 NAS on Op Achillean in the Mediterranean. Recent 845 NAS training on Op Achillean has seen ‘B’ Flight carrying out Winching on RFA Argus and Helicopter In-Flight Refuel (HIFR) from HMS Albion.

Another great evening with the Commando Helicopter Force, who now have a new CO Col Mark Johnson. Best wishes and thanks to @co_chf Col Del Stafford.

We flew over to Aldergrove in Northern Ireland this week to visit some aspiring aviators, and hopefully inspire the next generation of sailors and soldiers! We had a great time showing them around the mighty Merlin! Thanks to all the volunteers who made it possible 👏 #flynavy

Forward Air Control! 💥💥💥 FAC(A) is on the menu this week and @847NAS is hungry for it! The capability to control fast air or other aircraft's 🔥 is not lost on 847 and our pilots are quickly becoming the leaders in it! 💪💪💪 #flynavy

Congrats to 5 pilots and 2 aircrewmen - now qualified Junglies, ready to fly @RoyalMarines into action with @co_chf after completing Merlin Mk4 training with @846NAS👏🚁 They received their wings - marking the end of 6 years' training for some. 🔗 ow.ly/jYql50JVCkY

@847NAS @ComdJHC @RoyalMarines @RoyalNavy @RNReserve @RNASYeovilton Awesome Command tour Chris. Best of luck in the next job…. and don’t be gone too long !

The CO's last flight! 👋 Our CO, Maj Eden RM has flown his last sortie for @847NAS 😔. The CO has led 847 for 3 great years and has capped his tenure with the SQN achieving an amazing score from NFSF for the 2nd time in a row, which is unheard of 😏. Thanks for everything, Sir!

2000 HOURS 🚁👏 A huge congratulations to Lt Cdr Thomas on surpassing 2000 hours in the air. Welcomed back to @RNASYeovilton in the traditional fashion by the squadron.. and a fire hose. Not a bad time to hit the milestone in this heat! #flynavy

845 NAS TERMLY AWARDS It’s time to acknowledge some of our fantastic squadron personnel for their efforts. Awards were presented by CO 845, Cdr McGreal, at a Clear Lower Deck yesterday afternoon. (1/2)