HMS Queen Elizabeth on the CUSP of Operations After 70-Day Test
(Source: Royal Navy; issued July 02, 2020)
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The Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elisabeth returns to her home port in Portsmouth after spending 70 days at sea to work up her capability to operate her F-35B fighters under operational conditions. (RN photo)
Future flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth has cleared her penultimate hurdle for front-line duties after ten hugely-demanding weeks around the UK, preparing for her maiden deployment in the new year.
A final package of training in the autumn – working alongside NATO and US allies – will confirm her ability to act as a task group flagship, so that she can lead a potent carrier strike force on front-line operations anywhere in the world.
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