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English: Pictured is a UK F-35B Lightning II on the Flight Deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth. A Merlin helicopter can also be seen on the flight deck.

This was in November 2019 during night-time Operational Testing as part of the WESTLANT 19 Exercise off the coast of the United States.

HMS Queen Elizabeth is the biggest ship ever constructed for the Royal Navy, Westlant 19 puts this formidable warship and her embarked F-35 fighter jets through their paces on the USA Eastern Seaboard.

Along with HMS Dragon and HMS Northumberland, these ships form the Carrier Strike Group. Supported by RFA Tideforce they were also be joined by units from the United States Navy, US Air Force and US Marine Corps.

  • Organization: Royal Navy
  • Object Name: BR190040359
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: F-35, Offensive, Aircraft, Carriers, Ships, Equipment, Exercises, Operations
  • Keywords: Multirole, Submarine Hunter, ASW, Primary Anti-Submarine Warfare, MERLIN HM2, Helicopter, Rotary, Night, Low Light, Cloud, Ocean, Water, Scenery, Landscape, Environment, Terrain, Carrier Strike Group, HMS Queen Elizabeth, USA Eastern Seaboard, North Atlantic, United States, WESTLANT, Op, Operations, Royal Navy, Eastern Seaboard, Atlantic North, Action, Sailing, Equipment, Surface Fleet, Carrier, CVF, Queen Elizabeth Class, QE Class, R08, Flight Deck, Fleet Air Arm, FAA, Aircraft, Fixed Wing, F-35B, Lightning II, Naval Air Squadrons, F-35B Lightning II Squadron, 809 Squadron
  • Country: USA
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Author LPhot Kyle Heller
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