Page 68 - AirForces Monthly - Issue 381 (December 2019)

UK carrier strike
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The UK Lightning Force has
embarked on what is arguably its
most important mission to date,
taking a meaningful complement
of F-35Bs to the HMS Queen
Elizabeth (R08). Jamie Hunter
evaluates this major step towards
establishing the new UK carrier
strike force.

The three F-35Bs
from RAF Marham
on the deck of HMS
‘Queen Elizabeth’
shortly after they
embarked. All images
Crown Copyright unless
otherwise stated

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