Jensy wrote: ↑22 Nov 2021, 07:59

Jets from three nations on a single aircraft carrier. Has that been done before in recent
memory?

Repulse wrote: ↑20 Nov 2021, 11:28 - Select only parts of the text to reference in a reply.

This has now been added back, albeit slightly differently.

Poiuytrewq wrote: ↑19 Nov 2021, 18:55 Still can’t attach pictures?

I'll look into it, sorry for the inconvenience.

Edit: I've increased the quota. It should work now.

This is being handled in private.

I received your PMs. We'll discuss in private.

First 7 crew members have joined the ship:

View from the flyco:

Too much speculation going on for a news only topic. Please take those sorts of discussions to the escorts general discussion topic.

Deleted the back-and-forth squabbling. Let’s keep things civil.

TheLoneRanger wrote:https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/14899 ... is-hawk-t1

Merging the topic into AERALIS - Modular Jet Trainer.

Cross-decking with the South Koreans

Stop-off in South Korea cancelled due to COVID:
https://www.forces.net/news/csg21-covid ... orean-port

As the tragedy in Afghanistan unfolds this report from Deutsche Welle effectively reminds us that international organisations (be it NATO, EU etc.) are merely instruments of foreign policy with national capitals responsible for both successes and failures. Taliban surge in Afghanistan: EU and NATO ...

First ever cross-decking for RN F-35s?

First torpedo dropped from an RAF Poseidon — a recoverable exercise variant torpedo (REXTORP):

COVID has now reached POW:

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-roy ... s-12356546

HMS Diamond has had engine failure apparently https://www.navylookout.com/hms-diamond-suffers-serious-defect-during-carrier-strike-group-deployment/ And the carrier group a covid outbreak https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15584882/royal-navys-fleet-covid-outbreak/ A sailor also died aboard HMS Kent: ht...

A nice video summary of phase 1:

HMS Queen Elizabeth is passing through the Suez Canal for the first time:



Meanwhile, HMS Prince of Wales has arrived in Gibraltar on her first overseas port visit:

A very interesting interactive 360 degree video of an Apache operating from POW:

albedo wrote:Notification

Merging this topic with the escorts general discussion one.

Deleted a few posts which were veering too far from the Type 26 specifically. Let’s keep it Type 26 news-focused from here onwards.

HMS Queen Elizabeth and Italian aircraft carrier Cavour in Sicily, Italy yesterday:



Image credit: https://twitter.com/antares01614803?s=21

Video footage of the F-35 launching from POW: