Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Is that sidewinder on the marines F-35?
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Janes is reporting the first missions were ISR sorties and no weapons employed ... yet
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A very interesting interactive 360 degree video of an Apache operating from POW:
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First one to spot "our nipper" get a free ride on Philly's first hand made boat ..
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(Forces News) 2nd July 2021
F-35 jets operating from aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth have flown 90 sorties as part of Operation Shader – the fight against so-called Islamic state. The Carrier Strike Group spearheaded by the carrier is in the eastern Mediterranean where she's currently docked in Cyprus. Sian Grzeszczyk has been onboard.
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Very good Ron, sadly he is not on board at the moment so it depends when this pic was taken.Ron5 wrote:First one to spot "our nipper" get a free ride on Philly's first hand made boat ..
After spending over a year alongside at Pompey it was deemed that after a few weeks at sea to boat transfer him off and get a train back home to do a 4 week course on gunnery and the Phalanx!
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Must be a recent pic because of the 3 Wildcat which were only onboard a short while ago.
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I have a good pic of him and his warfare group with a Dave and Apache on flight deck, unless it gets an official release I'm afraid I cannot post it here but it's quite a shot.Ron5 wrote:Must be a recent pic because of the 3 Wildcat which were only onboard a short while ago.
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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:
Meanwhile, HMS Prince of Wales has arrived in Gibraltar on her first overseas port visit:
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So close to having 2 carriers in the med
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Meanwhile, PoW has arrived in Gibraltar!
(Retro Bob The Gamer) 6th July 2021
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HMS Prince of Wales arrives in Gibraltar approximately 10:30 am local time on 06/07/2021
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So what happened with all those claims that the RN couldn't man two carriers at the same time?
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I don't think the issues was manning two Carriers at the same time, it was having an air wing for both carriers available at the same time. If QE is operating the F-35 then PoW is basically a Helicopter Carrier, a big one though.
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That will hardly satisfy the “Carriers without Planes” brigade, will it?
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(GBC) 6th July 2021
Meanwhile, QE and the CSG21 fleet have passed through the Suez Canal....The UK's new flagship aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales arrived in Gibraltar this morning on her maiden overseas voyage.
Along with her sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth, which passed through the Strait in May, she's the largest and most powerful surface warship ever built for the Royal Navy.
Her flight deck has capacity for 36 F35-B Lightning II fighter jets.
Royal Gibraltar Police and the Gibraltar Defence Police secured the area prior to her arrival with around 700 crew, for a period of trials and training, to establish her lethality and ability to sustain operations.
(Navy Lookout) 8th July 2021
HMS Queen Elizabeth and ships of the Carrier Strike Group transit the Suez Canal 6/7/21. Also seen in this video: USS The Sullivans, RFA Fort Victoria, HMS Defender, RFA Tidespring and HMS Kent. Footage: MoD
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At about 3.30 mins in is the Merlin landing or on plane guard?
Awfully expensive chopper for that. Maybe should have kept some Lynx for that.
Awfully expensive chopper for that. Maybe should have kept some Lynx for that.
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The live HMS Warrior webcam stream can now be watched via Youtube!
(The National Museum of the Royal Navy)
(The National Museum of the Royal Navy)