UK Carrier Group Begins First Deployment, Heads To Indo-Pacific

HMS Queen Elizabeth
Credit: UK Royal Navy
LONDON—The first of the UK’s two new aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has set sail on its initial deployment. The 65,000-ton ship departed the naval base at Portsmouth on May 22 as part of the seven-month-long Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment, which will take the ship and its UK, U.S. and...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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