“That really increases the flexibility and the potential lethality of both nations.”
senior national representative to the U.K.’s carrier strike group, told Marine Corps Times in October. “Imagine a world where you’re agnostic as to whether the ship you are operating from has USS or HMS on it,” Col. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the First of Class Aircraft Carrier, and the largest and most powerful surface warship ever built for the Royal Navy, is currently undertaking sea trials ahead of receiving the RAF's £9 billion stealth fighter the F-35 Lightning IIs later this summer. PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND - JUNE 08: Britain's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is seen anchored in the dockyard on Jin Portsmouth, England. The inclusion of Marine combat jets on the warship has long been planned by the two governments, not least because Britain has a modest numbers of F-35Bs available.
The exercise was designed to enhance the interoperability between the U.S. In September, 10 Lightning IIs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 21, known as the Wake Island Avengers, participated in a joint, multinational exercise with the Queen Elizabeth and the United Kingdom’s Joint Squadron 617, the Dambusters. military has been regularly flying its short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing F-35Bs from the deck of the 65,000-ton Queen Elizabeth as the new carrier tests its capabilities.
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The Marine Corps said in the fall that a full deployment with U.S. The carrier strike group is expected to reach full operating capability in December 2023. 4 that the carrier strike group had reached initial operating capability for all naval and air elements. The official agreement comes after the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence announced on Jan.
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