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Personnel from all three Services, and our #UKF35 jets, formed up on deck this week, to pay our respects to our war dead. This weekend and always, we will never forget those who served before us .
@PoppyLegion @RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce @BritishArmy @17SqnRAF #WeWillRememberThem
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Now this is the way to travel to work! What a fantastic viewpoint of the ship - what you can’t see is the queue of excited matelots wanting to have a go! From one type of jet #UKF35 to another @takeonGravity #WESTLANT19
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What a beautiful morning for our entry. It’s hard to believe just weeks ago we were flying #UKF35 from these decks for the very first time. Home is in clear view 👀 #WESTLANT19
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🌂's team?
Sometimes our flight deck crews get a suntan ☀️, other times, well, slightly wet 🌊.
With our final #UKF35🇬🇧 landing today, they now have 1️⃣5️⃣ fast jets and 8️⃣ helicopters to manage and manoeuvre.
#FlightDeckLife #Groupex #JW202
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We have flown our first #UKF35 multi-ship, launching 4 jets in quick succession and recovering on completion of their ‘mission’. Absolutely awe inspiring to watch, hear and feel! #WESTLANT19 @RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce @17SqnRAF @OC617Sqn
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History continuing to be made here on #WESTLANT19 - the first ever take off by a UK Lightning from our British carrier. @RAF_Marham even brought the weather with them! We ❤️the 🇬🇧 on the 'scoop' @RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce @17SqnRAF #FlyNavy #bigdecksfastjets #QNLZatSea #UKF35
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More than satisfied with our present this year.
Merry Christmas everybody!
#UKF35🇬🇧 #BeastMode #MerryChristmas
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We will never get bored of seeing these on our decks. Look at those skies....I hear rumbling....could even more ⚡️ be forecast for #WESTLANT19 today? 🤔@RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce @17SqnRAF @OC617Sqn #UKF35 #QNLZatSea #bigdecksfastjets
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Our #UKF35 Lightning’s have flown their carrier nest - marking the end of this historic phase of #WESTLANT19 operational tests. If you like this teaser, click here youtu.be/wXmnnFcGVSE for the full video, and come back here to tell us what you think! @RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce
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A huge day for all of us here at #WESTLANT19, and the nation, as we landed on UK F35 Lightnings for the very first time. Here is to the start of 50 years of this incredible joint capability for UK Defence @RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce #UKF35 #bigdecksfastjets twitter.com/DefenceHQ/stat…
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Our most frequently asked question, since starting trials with UK F-35, is: "what is that open door?" AKA the 'scoop' or 'toilet seat', the Upper Lift Fan Door is explained by one of our embarked F-35 pilots, Wing Cdr Adam Curd RAF #WESTLANT19 @RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce #UKF35
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❗BREAKING NEWS❗
⚡LIGHTNING IS FORECAST⚡
#Portmouth apologies for the noise: Standby for the first alongside fixed wing flight from us - and indeed the first launch of a #UKF35🇬🇧 in UK waters. Planned launch at 1230 subject to conditions. #BX14
@HMSPWLS #MondayMotivation👊
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Welcome to the Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group, USS Philippine Sea and USS Truxtun @USNavy. The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser and Arleigh Burke-class destroyer have joined us as #UKF35 jet trials continue in the USA #WESTLANT19 #jointcapability @RoyalNavy
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#Portmouth at night is quite alright at the moment.
Our 2020 sea legs are itching though as we continue our preparations to sail in order to conduct #UKF35 flying in UK waters for the first time.
#CarrierAlley #BritishSeaPower🇬🇧
Photo Credit @MaritimePhotos
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Another key milestone achieved on our journey to #CSG21 as jets fly to a 🇬🇧 carrier in 🇬🇧 waters for the first time in a decade #UKF35
This @OC207Sqn training comes ahead of exercises with our operational squadron @OC617Sqn later this year.
@RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce @DefenceHQ
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We suddenly have a lot of people wearing these roaming the decks (mostly looking a bit lost....) what could this possibly mean??? #WESTLANT19 #UKF35 #bigdecksfastjets @OC617Sqn @RAF_Marham @17SqnRAF
⚡️ is forecast.......
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#UKF35🇬🇧 ZMI45 was on #TopGear strutting its stuff last night on @BBCTwo
Here it is in its 'day job' conducting carrier qualifications for our new @RoyalNavy and @RoyalAirForce pilots.
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The operational test tempo continues to build here at #WESTLANT19 as we launch and recover pairs of UK Lightnings, within seconds of each other. This enables us to generate sorties at a much faster rate. @RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce @17SqnRAF @OC617Sqn @RAF_Marham #FlyNavy #UKF35
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You've seen him by day, now you can see him by night as he ramps up his moves with glow sticks! Flight Deck Officer, Lt Cdr Richie Turrell keeps it safe on the deck as we night qualify our #UKF35 pilots #WESTLANT19 @RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce @17SqnRAF @OC617Sqn
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Enjoy this fantastic shot by Leading Photographer Kyle Heller, Royal Navy #WESTLANT19 @RoyalNavy @RoyalAirForce @OC617Sqn @17SqnRAF #QNLZatSea #UKF35
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#F35Friday's will soon be back as we will again welcome @OC617Sqn Dambusters and for their maiden appearance @3rdmaw @USMC.
This will be the first time two operational #F35 squadrons have operated simultaneously from a 🇬🇧 carrier.
Meanwhile #UKF35🇬🇧s are warming up @RAF_Marham.
