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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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#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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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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Hello Twitter 👋
Early morning #ThursdayThought view on the pond captured by @BrettDickinson9
#Westlant18 #lifeisgreatonR08
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Petty Officer Matt Hicks has found a #ukulele. Not everyone is that pleased about it... royalnavy.mod.uk/queenelizabeth #QNLZatSea
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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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🇺🇸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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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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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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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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#F35ondeck🇬🇧
Cdr Nathan Gray RN touched fast jet wheels onto a @RoyalNavy flight deck for the first time in just under 8 years. We have since been flying daily introducing the @thef35 to 4.5-acres of floating Sovereign power🇬🇧
#bigdeckfastjets
⚡️#Lightning has struck⚡️
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And here they are.....
Meet our new joiners; BF-04 and BF-05. They are kind of a big deal round here!
#F35ondeck🇬🇧
Photo Credit: @LockheedMartin
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Against the backdrop of a star filled sky the @thef35 wakes up the silent night in the Eastern Seaboard as we conduct night flying trials with BF-04 and BF-05. #F35ondeck #Stars
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Plenty of #WednesdayMotivation in this; our favourite image so far of #F35ondeck
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Brilliant to see Britain's special relationship with the USA taking to the waves as USS Harry Truman visits our Homeport as we operate in US territorial waters.
@USNavy can be sure of a warm #Portsmouth welcome; but we can only apologies about the weather! ☔️ twitter.com/itvmeridian/st…
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The Sea Dragon has landed!
Today we land landed the (and the Western World's) biggest helicopter yet when a @Sikorsky MH-53E touched down on 3 spot.
Something even bigger is on the flight schedule for tomorrow though; can you guess what it is?
#CapabilityIncreased #GlobalReach
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Our F35-B's aren't the only aircraft on here today with Short Take-Off Capability.
Today we had a 'flying' visit from an MV-22B Osprey from @USMC
#CapabilityIncreased #GlobalReach
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In a Sea State 6 with winds gusting to 50 knots we continue to develop @thef35 to life at Sea.
Our Rotary Wing are also showing their metal on Search & Rescue duties. With a pitching, rolling deck; they certainly are earning their flying pay today!
#roughers #FlyNavy #F35ondeck
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Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus 85BC - 43BC
Our latest Replenishment at Sea with USNS SUPPLY shows how perilous operations become when the Sea is awoken.
#RAS #Allies #GlobalReach @USNavy
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Disk Brakes Engaged!
Yesterday one of our #F35 performed the Worlds first Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing.
With this capability @thef35 can land with increased fuel and munitions load resulting in less wastage.
Looks pretty cool too!
#CapabilityIncreased #F35ondeck @USMC
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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
The @RoyalNavy's flagship and first Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier. ⚓️🇬🇧