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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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Hello Guam! 🇬🇺
A rainy arrival into this beautiful tropical island in the western Pacific Ocean. Very excited to be here! 🌴🌏 #CSG21 #Guam
@nbguam @louleonguerrero @JoshuaTenorio2 @USNavy @UKdefUS
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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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Sun, sea, ships! 📸👋
Today we met JS Ise and JS Asahi and the USS America and USS New Orleans, along with our #CSG21 escorts 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 🇳🇱
Great to be working with @JMSDF_PAO @jmsdf_pao_eng @USNavy @USMC
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78 years ago, 617 Squadron undertook the daring raid that earned them the title The Dambusters.
Today we remember them.
@OC617Sqn
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It has been great to work with Japan, a nation with so much naval heritage. ⚓
See below for parallels between 2 great Admirals 🇬🇧 🇯🇵 #CSG21
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Count them out 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣
1st ever 🇬🇧#F35 '4-Ship package' departs for a reconnaissance mission ⬇️
#F35Friday #CarrierStrike
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We were honoured with a very special send off:
Her Majesty The Queen was briefed on our plan by Commodore Moorhouse - and met the sailors, marines and aviators who will make it happen on her behalf.
@smrmoorhouse
#CarrierStrike
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More than satisfied with our present this year.
Merry Christmas everybody!
#UKF35🇬🇧 #BeastMode #MerryChristmas
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The @RoyalNavy's greenest Warship @hms_tamar capturing us emerging from the morning mist.
Cracking 📷
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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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The second day of our countdown sees a picture of us leaving #Gibraltar after our first overseas port visit.
A sure sign that there is 4.5 Sovereign acres poised to protect 🇬🇧 interests 🌏
#bigdeckfastjets #SovereignProtection #BritishSeaPower
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Want to see a busy flightdeck? Enjoy this great video by Leading Photographer Dan Shepherd, of @USMC #F35 pilots from VMX-1 carrier qualifying on our deck. Preparations for our first operational deployment with 🇬🇧& 🇺🇸Lightnings embarked in 2021 are in full swing #WESTLANT19
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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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These are 🇬🇧 #F35 fighter jets, flown by Operational Pilots & maintained by an Operational Crew.
Fused with UK Carrier Strike Battlestaff on a 🇬🇧 Aircraft Carrier operated by a trained crew.
This is final training on how we will fight; and win.
This is #CarrierSeaTraining⚡🇬🇧
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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 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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Hello Italy 🇮🇹👋
Our first port stop of #CSG21 - we've been welcomed to the Port of Augusta in Sicily - to resupply, reset and replenish.
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How could we not share this shot of this thing of beauty?! Qualifying MV-22 Osprey to land on our decks in both day and night gives us so much more flexibility. Great skills @USNavy Did you know that RN phots aren't allowed to photoshop their images, BTW? Just saying! #WESTLANT19
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Nature and technology meet in the stunning Scottish scenery.
📷 @iain_masterton
The @RoyalNavy's flagship and first Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier. ⚓️🇬🇧