Naval Air Brigade (Brytene)

Naval Air Brigade
File:9th naval air.png Badge of the Naval Air Brigade
Active	1910 (first founded) 1933 (current form)
Allegiance	Brytene
Branch	Template:Country data Confederate Brytisc Fleet
Type	Naval aviation Military aircraft
Role	Air force
Size	3011
Garrison/HQ	Fort Mjolnir
Nickname(s)	The Wings
Motto(s)	"Touch The Sky"
Commanders
Bretwalda	Cenwulf Teorell
Command Staff	Brigadier Teoweald Falconer 1st Battalion Colonel Alfred Swearengen 2nd Battalion Lt. Col. Brigthwyna Sadler 3rd Battalion Lt. Col. Ayane Matsushita 4th Battalion Lt. Col. Andreas Brindisi 5th Battalion Lt. Col. Guillermo Cabrera

The Naval Air Brigade, (9th, abbreviated NAIR), is a brigade of the Confederate Brytisc Fleet, with a recruiting area covering the entirety of Brytene. It is consists of five battalions, and contains all fixed-wing military aviators of Brytene.

Structure

The Naval Air Brigade is split into five battalions, with a total strength of 3011 active-duty personnel.

General Staff

• Brigadier Teoweald Falconer (commanding)
  • Colonel Alfred Swearengen (1st Battalion)
  • Lt. Col. Ayane Matsushita (2nd Battalion)
  • Lt. Col. Brigthwyna Sadler (3rd Battalion)
  • Lt. Col. Andreas Brindisi (4th Battalion)
  • Lt. Col. Guillermo Cabrera (5th Battalion)

1st Battalion (Falcon)

The 1st Battalion (Falcon) is commanded by Colonel Alfred Swearengen and contains 212 qualified aviators. All fighter aircraft and strike aircraft operators are a part of the 1st battalion.

2nd Battalion (Eagle)

The 2nd Battalion (Eagle) is commanded by Lt. Col. Ayane Matsushita and contains 821 qualified aviators. All bombers and gunships of the Brytisc Fleet.

3rd Battalion (Albatross)

The 3rd Battalion (Albatross) is commanded by Lt. Col. Brigthwyna Sadler and contains 842 qualified aviators. It shares responsibility for the Fleet's transport aircraft with the 4th Battalion.

4th Battalion (Canada Goose)

The 4th Battalion (Canada Goose) is commanded by Lt. Col. Andreas Brindisi and contains 811 qualified aviators. It shares responsibility for the Fleet's transport aircraft with the 3rd Battalion.

5th Battalion (Cuckoo)

The 5th Battalion (Cuckoo) is commanded by Lt. Col. Guillermo Cabrera, and is the training and reserves battalion, typically numbering between 300 and 400 personnel.

Regimental history and tradition

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Brigade parade uniform, including aviator cap

Aerial combat developed in the early 20th Century, and Brytene's first military aircraft were biplanes used for reconnaisance. The Company of Royal Aviators was formed in 1910 to take advantage of this new technology, consisting initially of twenty-two men and six planes.

By the mid 1920s, Fleet Command had begun to appreciate the true value of airplanes in warfare and their potential applications and began working on the possibility of carrier-launched aircraft.

By 1932 the first viable carrier had been developed and the new Naval Air Brigade was formed. Today, the Brigade has expanded to contain all-fixed wing aviators of the Confederate Brytisc Fleet.

Campaign honours

• First Great War - (1910-1911)
• Pepper Atoll Intervention - (1986-1992)
  • Battle of St Joseph (1986)
• First Dhechnian War - (2004-2005)
• Brytisc-SACTO conflict (2015)

Equipment

Note this list is not exhaustive

• 12x Spearfighter
• 101x VeK-29
• 381x Heavy Revelator
  • 41x HR-G20
  • 18x Skeleton HR005

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