Editing Charles III (section)

===Military training and career===
Charles served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy in the 1970s. His military training began in 1969, during his second year at Cambridge, where he received Royal Air Force training, learning to fly the [[De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk|Chipmunk]] aircraft with the [[Cambridge University Air Squadron]],<ref>{{Harvnb|Brandreth|pp=169–170|2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Military Career of the Prince of Wales |url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/the-prince-of-wales/biography/military-career#na |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514194400/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/the-prince-of-wales/biography/military-career#na |archive-date=14 May 2013 |access-date=19 April 2013 |publisher=Prince of Wales}}</ref> and was presented with his [[Aircrew brevet|RAF wings]] in August 1971.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vintage plane King learned to fly in takes to the sky for Coronation air show|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/coronation-prince-charles-raf-bedford-prince-b2334640.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120211942/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/coronation-prince-charles-raf-bedford-prince-b2334640.html|first=Alana|last=Calvert|date=8 May 2023|access-date=27 May 2024|archive-date=20 January 2024|url-status=live}}; {{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-53435538|title=Prince Charles attends RAF Cranwell ceremony|work=BBC News|date=16 July 2020|access-date=5 October 2022|archive-date=5 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005223308/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-53435538|url-status=live}}</ref>

After the [[passing out parade]] that September, Charles embarked on a naval career and enrolled in a six-week course at the [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]]. Following his naval training he then served from 1971 to 1972 on the guided-missile destroyer {{HMS|Norfolk|D21|6}} and the frigates {{HMS|Minerva|F45|6}}, from 1972 to 1973, and {{HMS|Jupiter|F60|6}} in 1974. That same year, he also qualified as a helicopter pilot at [[RNAS Yeovilton]], and during his training to be a helicopter pilot underwent commando training at [[Commando Training Centre Royal Marines]] at Lympstone.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2024 |title=King Charles III revisits Devon commando base where he trained |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86qvd6y82go |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Charles subsequently joined a [[Royal Marines]] air support squadron of the Fleet Air Arm, [[845 Naval Air Squadron]], operating as a pilot, from {{HMS|Hermes|R12|6}}, flying the Royal Marines commando variant of the [[Westland Wessex#Variants|Westland Wessex]] helicopter.{{Sfn|Brandreth|p=170|2007}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2023 |title=The Pilot King |url=https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbird-articles/the-pilot-king.html |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref> 

Charles spent his last 10 months of active service in the Navy commanding the coastal minehunter {{HMS|Bronington|M1115|6}}, beginning on 9 February 1976.{{sfn|Brandreth|p=170|2007}} He retired from active military service in 1976 at the rank of [[Commander (Royal Navy)|Commander]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2023 |title=King Charles III: A look at the Commander-in-Chief's time in the forces |url=https://www.forcesnews.com/king-charles/king-charles-iii-look-new-forces-commander-chiefs-military-career |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=www.forcesnews.com }}</ref> Two years later he took part in the parachute training course at [[RAF Brize Norton]] after being appointed colonel-in-chief of the [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] in 1977, and was a member of Parachute Course 841a.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 July 2021 |title=Prince Charles: Video shows 'upside down' parachute jump |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-dorset-57852894 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008065553/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-dorset-57852894 |archive-date=8 October 2022 |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=His majesty King Charles III {{!}} ParaData |url=https://www.paradata.org.uk/people/his-majesty-king-charles-iii#:~:text=The%20King%20holds%20honorary%20rank,Forces%20on%208th%20December%202008. |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=www.paradata.org.uk}}</ref> Charles gave up flying after crash-landing a [[BAe 146]] in [[Islay]] in 1994, as a passenger who was invited to fly the aircraft; the crew was found negligent by a board of inquiry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Occurrence # 187927 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=187927 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027130641/https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=187927 |archive-date=27 October 2017 |access-date=3 May 2023 |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}; {{Cite news |last=Boggan |first=Steve |date=20 July 1995 |title=Prince gives up flying royal aircraft after Hebrides crash |work=The Independent (UK) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/prince-gives-up-flying-royal-aircraft-after-hebrides-crash-1592247.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324085302/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/prince-gives-up-flying-royal-aircraft-after-hebrides-crash-1592247.html |archive-date=24 March 2017}}</ref>