Good Morning 👋 Some nice views outside Flying Control to start your #SundayMorning. We are giving 'the enemy' a rest today during #JW202 as we conduct a no-fly day to give the upper deck and the largest deployed #5thGen Air Group some maintenance.
Yep, this is the game we want to play in. #BigDeckFastJets 65,000 tonnes of #5thGen air superiority surrounded by a formidable ring of grey steel. This is a @NATO #CarrierStrike Group with a 🇬🇧 heartbeat.
A @NATO force to be reckoned with is now assembled in the North Sea. This is #CarrierStrike, this is #5thGen power projection - headed by the 🇬🇧 #StrikeCarrier and the 🇬🇧 Carrier Strike Group. Let the games begin... #WeAreHere #WeAreNATO #JW202 🇬🇧 ⚓ 🇺🇸 ⚓ 🇳🇱 ⚡ 🇬🇧 ⚓ 🇺🇸 ⚓ 🇳🇱
In #CarrierStrike world, we have 'the rule of four'. Our #5thGen #F35 go out in fours, and return in fours - all whilst remaining socially distant. Happy #F35Friday ⚡️⚓️
News travels as fast as lightning. Another #StrikeCarrier day for us, just that we now have the largest #5thGen Air Group, at sea, in the world. With the pilots now inducted it will be busy times ahead as we head into #Groupex and #JW202. ⚡️🇬🇧Lightning has Struck🇺🇸⚡️
Taskgroup for #Groupex and #JW202 has been announced. @NATO's UK led #5thGen Carrier Strike Group will be: @hms_kent 🇬🇧 @HMSDefender 🇬🇧 @hmsdiamond 🇬🇧 @HMSNORT 🇬🇧 @RFATideforce 🇬🇧 @RFAFortVictoria 🇬🇧 HMS 🤫 🇬🇧 HNLMS Evertsen @kon_marine 🇳🇱 USS The Sullivans @USNavy 🇺🇸 Game on⚓