UK, U.S. F-35 Carrier Team Building Block To Operational Deployment

VMFA-211 was the first Marine Corps F-35 unit to use the aircraft in anger; its extensive experience has helped the UK prepare for the first operational cruise of its new carrier.
Credit: LPHOT Mark Johnson/Royal Navy
British military commanders are hoping they can finally put criticisms of the country’s two new aircraft carriers behind them following the joint embark of British and U.S. Marine Corps F-35s. The 65,000-ton Queen Elizabeth-class warships have been often described as “carriers without planes,” in...

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