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816 Squadron is a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron. 816 Squadron was first formed as a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron in 1939 embarked in HMS Furious. The squadron has been reformed multiple time during its history, most recently in 1992. 816 is currently active as a helicopter squadron equipped with S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopters. The Squadron is based at HMAS Albatross (NAS Nowra) and primarily operates from the Navy's Adelaide class frigates.