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We were privileged to welcome our Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP on board - and to show him some British lightning 🇬🇧⚡
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Today, we stand shoulder to shoulder with our US colleagues as they remember their fallen.
#MemorialDay
#WeWillRememberThem
#HonorThem
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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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Double the fun at this double RAS! No queuing for fuel here, @RFATidespring can top up @HMSDefender and us at the same time ⛽ #CSG21
@RFAHeadquarters @RoyalNavy
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#BigDeckFastJets
Check out the F35-B in action onboard 🇬🇧 biggest and most technologically advanced Warship.... ever!
Video: @LockheedMartin
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Yep, this is the game we want to play in. #BigDeckFastJets
65,000 tonnes of #5thGen air superiority surrounded by a formidable ring of grey steel.
This is a @NATO #CarrierStrike Group with a 🇬🇧 heartbeat.
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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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How far has HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH come on in the last 16 weeks?
90 seconds of us working our way back to carrier strike, able to protect 🇬🇧 and our allies interests worldwide. From the sea, on land and in the air.
And this is only one of our roles.
#GlobalBritain #bombsaway
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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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We are now through the Luzon Strait and into the Philippine Sea 🇵🇭 🌏
Another iconic transit ticked off! #CSG21
🇬🇮 Strait of Gibraltar ✅
🇮🇹 Strait of Messina ✅
🇪🇬 Suez Canal ✅
🇩🇯🇾🇪🇪🇷 Bab al-Mandeb Strait ✅
🇸🇬 Malacca Strait ✅
🇵🇭 Luzon Strait ✅
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And count them back in 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣
Reconnaissance mission complete.
Friday nights are quite alright in the North Sea at the moment ⚡⚓🇬🇧
#F35Friday #CarrierStrike #F35 #FlyFriday #FridayFunDay
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Our last night together as we are scheduled to head out tomorrow for #Groupex and @NATO #JW202.
@HMSPWLS will soon head out also to conduct Her first part of @FOST sea training.
British Sea Power reborn⚓ #GlobalBritain 🇬🇧 #CarrierAlley
📸 @MaritimePhotos
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🚨Hostile Aircraft Inbound🚨
#StrikeCarrier daily business as one of our pairs take off in Alert 5 Mode using the stream launch technique.
#DoubleTrouble then practiced air combat dogfighting against #Typhoon and other #F35s.
#TopGun? Yeah, but 🇬🇧 & better 👊🏻
🔊🆙️
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For those who are still unsure who or where we are; we are the 4.5-Acres of 🇬🇧sovereign territory in the Hudson River, visible from space. #QEinNY #GlobalBritain
Photo Credit: @planetlabs
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That awkward moment when you realise our ship dwarfs the town that is hosting us. #Invergordon pop.4075 QNLZ 700 RN & 200 contractors.
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Thank you for your questions! ありがとうございました 🎌
Watch as we answer questions from children in Japan 👀
In this 'virtual reception' we tell them all about life on board our ship.
@tradegovuk @tradegovukEvent @UKinJapan @RoyalNavy #CSG21 @FLEACT_Yokosuka @JuliaLongbottom
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Our thought go out to fellow Mariners on the Admiral Kuznestov.
Sailors are sailors and warships are inherently dangerous no matter what flag flies.
independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…
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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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3 cheers for Her Majesty The Queen, from Your Strike Carrier, HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH.
Hip Hip..... 🎉
@RoyalFamily #QueensBirthday
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Whilst we conduct fixed wing flying, it seems a feathered wing flyer has also joined us.
Please RT so we can find the owner - meanwhile she is being well looked after by our aircraft/avian handlers.
#PauleyTheCarrierQueen 👑
#RacingPigeons #Pigeons .@Natures_Voice #Pauley
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Our friends from across the pond have landed in the UK.
They will be working with @OC617Sqn at @RAF_Marham before they both join us later in the month as we embark the most aircraft on a @RoyalNavy carrier since HMS Hermes.
#WelcometotheUK 🇬🇧🇺🇸 #F35Friday's are back!
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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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How it started; how it's going....
#ThrowbackTuesday
The @RoyalNavy's flagship and first Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier. ⚓️🇬🇧