Members of 820 Naval Air Squadron recently gave some of their time to help prepare the Public Viewing Area at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose for the 2010 season.
A group of naval ratings from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose were on hand to greet her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall during her visit to the Shelterbox HQ in Helston, Cornwall.
Captain Graeme Mackay, the Commanding Officer of Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, has presented Warrant Officer Jeffrey Chope with a “Clasp” to his Long Service and Good Conduct medal.
Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose will hold its annual Air Day on Wednesday 28 July 2010. Fast jets, helicopters and military aircraft will demonstrate their capabilities as they zoom across the skies, and visitors will be able to meet aircrew who have served on frontline squadrons all over the world.
The Culdrose-based Military Aviation Support Force (MASF), which provides the expertise and facilities for the operation of aircraft from ships and land bases abroad, sailed with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ship Largs Bay on Wednesday 3 February from the UK with equipment and supplies for Haiti.
A fisherman from the Spanish fishing vessel Bogavante Segundo was airlifted and flown to the Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske by a rescue Sea King helicopter from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose on Wednesday 20 January 2010.