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A week of Engagement and exercising with Indian Armed Forces has come to an end. What better way to say goodbye to the @indiannavy than with a traditional cheer ship. Thank you India, we will be back soon 🇮🇳🇬🇧👋
#CSG21
#GlobalBritain
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Rainbows on the aft-island! 🚦🌈
This unique light show on the flight deck marks a series of inclusion events held this week as part of Deployment #Pride. @RNCompass @RoyalNavy 📸
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A year ago today we entered our Homeport @HMNBPortsmouth for the first time.
With not much notice, Pompey and 🇬🇧 still managed to fill the Round Tower, Southsea Seafront and the water to set the benchmark for 50 years of homecomings; and what a sight it was.
#TeamPortsmouth
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Few can lay claim to having an 'office' as cool as the one this @RoyalNavy F-35 pilot is snapped walking away from here today. Kudos too though to the hundreds of engineers, mechanics and scientists we have onboard, who keep these tremendous aircraft flying #FlyNavy #WESTLANT19
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🇬🇧 🇮🇳 🇺🇸
Some more photos from our exercise with the Indian Navy. 📷
Here you can see INS Satpura, INS Ranvir and INS Jyoti on our starboard side 🟢
(Other ships from #CSG21 were on our port side 🔴)
@UKinIndia @UKDefenceIndia
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We proceed back alongside today without, understandably, our usual well received welcome
Here instead is something that still makes our hairs stand on end to this very day . For your viewing pleasure:
First Entry Portsmouth 🇬🇧
#Home #PompeyProud
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#MondayMotivation in abundance as we fly into the last week of #JW202.
The potent mix of sustained land, sea and air domination projected by the 🇬🇧 led @NATO #CarrierStrike Group means victory is near.
#WeStrikeFromTheSea ⚡️⚓️
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Confirmed Deck Landings:
F35-B ✅
Merlin Mk 2 ✅
Merlin Mk 4 ✅
Chinook ✅
Wildcat ✅
Osprey ✅
Sea Dragon ✅
Seahawk ✅
Millennium Falcon 🤔
#MayTheFourthBeWithYou #StarWarsDay #StarWarsDay2019 #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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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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There are some great lighting conditions for our @RoyalNavy photographers as we night qualify our F-35 pilots here off the East coast of the USA. Rotary wing flying continues too as we pound the decks around the clock #WESTLANT19 @RoyalAirForce @17SqnRAF @OC617Sqn @CdrBobBond
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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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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⚓
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We took a break in our training to join the rest of the Nation in showing our appreciation for #keyworkers
#clapforcarers #InThisTogether
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A beautiful sunset before the nation, our families & friends watch our first entry to our new homeport #Portsmouth #CarrierHome
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It has been an incredibly busy period for the #WESTLANT19 Carrier Strike Group, since we left the UK in August. Here is a video by Leading Photographer Dan Shepherd, summarising what we have achieved so far. Keep coming back to see what excitement is still to come! ⚡️ #QNLZatSea
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🇬🇧 Soft Power
🇬🇧 Hard Power
Both whilst seamlessly working with our closest ally 🇺🇸
What a truly brilliant time to be part of the UK Armed Forces.
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Home for the holidays 🎊
A week ago today we returned to base port 🇬🇧
Whilst some have started to enjoy a well deserved rest, others have been busy with off-load and duties. Thank you @HMSQNLZ Ship’s Company for your continued hard work and commitment.
#CSG21
#homecoming
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And that’s us safely home in @HMNBPortsmouth
Thank you to all who came out to watch and those who make it possible @MODPolice @SercoGroup @BAES_Maritime
Special thanks to @CaptDavidGeorge @PortsmouthProud and @TugmasterRob
#SuperCarrierSaturday
Photo Credit: @Matronmamma
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"Everyone, man or woman, has done their best. Everyone has tried. Neither the long years nor the dangers, nor the fierce attacks of the enemy, have in any way weakened the unbending resolve of the British nation". Churchill 9th May 1945.
Proud & thankful 75 years on.
#VEDay75
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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH
🌊 42 Metres 🌊
RFA TIDESPRING
Capability further increased ✅
#replenishmentatsea
Details and video: bit.ly/2K6amKz
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Some say Monday’s blue, but we woke up this morning feeling fine!
After 115 days of hard work promoting #GlobalBritain and developing Carrier Strike, today is all about standing proud for our friends & families.
We couldn’t do it without you; see you all soon ❤️
#R08isback
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On the eve of welcoming our Sister Ship @HMSPWLS into the Fleet we think of how, over the last 10 years, British industry and the MoD have cohesevely produced a modern day feat of engineering.
🇬🇧Designed
🇬🇧Engineered
🇬🇧Built
Carrier Alley is born ⚓
#QECCarriers
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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.
The @RoyalNavy's flagship and first Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier. ⚓️🇬🇧