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🇬🇧⚡️GIVEAWAY ALERT⚡️🇺🇸
To celebrate reaching 50k followers we are going to giveaway one F35-B model; courtesy of @LockheedMartin
Just give this post a ❤️ & a Re-Tweet commenting #Westlant18 and #F35ondeck for entry.
Winner will be drawn on 24 Sep 18. T&C’s threaded.
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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH departing her homeport for #Westlant18 and #F35ondeck 🇬🇧🇺🇸 pscp.tv/w/bkhFbjFkdkVP…
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Four-Acres can fit @RoyalNavy @RoyalMarines @RoyalAirForce @BritishArmy personnel in dress uniform.
#HeartsofOak played by the @RMBandService is an excellent way to march onto it 🇬🇧⚓️
#Westlant18 #F35ondeck🇬🇧
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🇺🇸Hello #USA🇺🇸
Delighted to announce we have safely transited the pond and are proceeding alongside Mayport Florida for our first port call on #Westlant18 to re-supply before beginning final preps for #F35ondeck🇬🇧
Time to break out Tropical uniform; and the sunscreen☀️
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Our first line is secure, HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH is now alongside Mayport Florida; and what better way to announce our arrival than with a nod to our Lady Sponsor performed splendidly by the @RMBandService #GodSaveTheQueen #GreatBritain #Westlant18
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#commandomerlin has landed! 3 Merlin Mk4 from 845 NAS @RNASYeovilton are now on deck ready for @42_commando insertion training and deck quals. @CO845NAS said they were beasts, we have to agree; they are an impressive sight and bring another angle to our capability. #Westlant18
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🌊 The Sea is calling us 🌊
We are absolutely ecstatic to announce we will sail for #Westlant18 tomorrow @ 1800.
Come and give us a 👋 as we depart for 🇺🇸 to get #F35ondeck If that’s not an option, we will be live streaming from the Ship onto @HMSQNLZ
#SuperCarrierSaturday
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Couple of aerials of us leaving yesterday thanks to @ShaunRoster What a fantastic send off for #Westlant18 and #F35ondeck
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Well that is #Westlant18 officially over.
Most of the Ships Coy have met their loved ones today.
Others will keep the Ship safe over the festive period before we return to start the planning process for #Westlant19
Thank you for all your well wishes today; #R08isback
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With warm weather trials successfully drawing to a close, we are heading to pick up the logistics required to land #F35ondeck🇬🇧 We may have been through the hurricane but #lightning is still very much forecast. ⚡️#Westlant18⚡️
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Good Morning #NewYork Good Afternoon #GreatBritain
@nycgov @RoyalFamily @WhiteHouse @UKinUSA @UKinNewYork @RoyalNavy
#QEinNY #Westlant18
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This weekend brings the last opportunity for most of our Ships Coy to see their loved ones before we deploy. It’s a heart wrenching moment to say goodbye however making them, and 🇬🇧 proud is what we must do. Keep the home fires burning 🔥#Westlant18 #F35ondeck
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365 days ago we left Rosyth, since then:
We came home✔️
Raised the White Ensign✔️
Went Overseas✔️
Sailed 16,000 nautical miles✔️
Operated Chinook & Merlin✔️
Conducted a RAS✔️
Cooked 394,200🥚’s 😳
Next?
🇬🇧 #Westlant18 🇺🇸
🇬🇧 #f35ondeck 🇺🇸
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Hello Twitter 👋
Early morning #ThursdayThought view on the pond captured by @BrettDickinson9
#Westlant18 #lifeisgreatonR08
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Well this is it; the last time we will head into a port as a Ship without having had @thef35 on our flight deck.
🇬🇧🎶Still more majestic shalt thou rise🎶🇬🇧
Good Morning #Norfolk Good Morning #Virginia
#Westlant18🇺🇸 #F35ondeck🇬🇧
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Did you enjoy #BritainsBiggestWarship Series 1? If so, we are excited to announce that @ChrisTerrill will be back onboard filming #Westlant18 and #F35ondeck for Series 2 to be aired on the @BBC Reminds us of watching Sailor back in the day though we can’t promise a marriage!
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A City so good, they named it twice.
We are proud (and fairly excited!) to be the first UK Aircraft Carrier in New York for nearly a decade. Until we arrive; here is a photo of HMS ARK ROYAL in the Hudson Jun '57
#QEinNY #Westlant18 #FridayFeeling @nycgov @UKinUSA @UKinNewYork
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The busiest week of the year begins!
So much going on to get #BritainsBiggestWarship to sea for #Westlant18 and to achieve the aim of #F35ondeck
But in true Navy tradition; approximately 40,000 onions 😂
⚡️ is getting real!
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Meet #F35 and #Lightning two baby ‘carrier’ pigeons found in one of the boat bays after we sailed. After some TLC and a tour of the Ship, they were dispatched safely to @RNASYeovilton to be handed to the @RSPCA_official Some story to tell when they get back! #Westlant18
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Brilliant to have @RFATidespring as part of the #Westlant18 task group.
There are now over 150,000 tonnes of British Naval power in the Eastern seaboard.
A true sign of #GlobalBritain🇬🇧
@RoyalNavy @GavinWilliamson @DefenceHQ @RFAHeadquarters @HMS_MONMOUTH
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#tbt to Rosyth just over two years ago; two #F35 fly over an unfinished flight deck. In just over two months this will be a familiar sight over a fully prepared flight deck. #F35ondeck⚡️ #Westlant18 🇬🇧🇺🇸
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It is most definitely British weather out there so we must nearly be home. 💨☂️🌊
Today we disembark our resident flight, 820 NAS and the one that has furthered our capability during #Westlant18 with #CommandoMerlin
845 NAS
Safe home to @RNASCuldrose @RNASYeovilton
