The QE offers an extremely broad beam compared to the Harrier generation, the F-35 Brave has an extremely luxurious existence, and a much more stable platform to depart or "come aboard"!
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The QE offers an extremely broad beam compared to the Harrier generation, the F-35 Brave has an extremely luxurious existence, and a much more stable platform to depart or "come aboard"!
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
What a shot
I remember the land based mock up models showing the impact of waves and simulations between QE and Tide class
UK/US CSG
HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Dragon, HMS Northumberland, RFA Tideforce and a Tico and a Burke....(sorry don't know which ones)
HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Dragon, HMS Northumberland, RFA Tideforce and a Tico and a Burke....(sorry don't know which ones)
EDIT - The Tico is USS Philippine Sea and the Burke is the USS Truxton
Jura The idiot
General
Oct 3, 2019
Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Fixed, Set to Deploy Soon
by the way yesterday was thinking about
after hoopla
CNO thankful for carrier dynamic force employment success
(well that CNO gone, together with Mad Dog Jul 17, 2018
and
Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Fixed, Set to Deploy Soon
by the way yesterday was thinking about
after hoopla
CNO thankful for carrier dynamic force employment success
(well that CNO gone, together with Mad Dog Jul 17, 2018
)
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HMS Prince of Wales is due in Portsmouth at Friday lunchtime, she's currently south of the Isle of Wight in the channel.
She has recently met up with the USS Gridley and HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl. Quite an evocative picture.
She has recently met up with the USS Gridley and HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl. Quite an evocative picture.
A PRINCE AWAITS FIRST ARRIVAL AT A NEW HOME! - 14 NOV 19
R09 HMS Prince of Wales pictured recently at the end of her Builder's sea trials as she set sail south for her first Homeport entry - now scheduled at high tide (circa 1300) on Saturday 16 Nov 19. A flypast will help welcome R09 home for the first time!
R09 still flies the Blue Ensign reflecting her civilian ownership until the Nation's 2nd QE class carrier is Accepted off contract and then commissioned into RN service. Commissioning Day is anticipated for 10 Dec 19 - a date very significant for an RN warship named Prince of Wales.
R09 HMS Prince of Wales pictured recently at the end of her Builder's sea trials as she set sail south for her first Homeport entry - now scheduled at high tide (circa 1300) on Saturday 16 Nov 19. A flypast will help welcome R09 home for the first time!
R09 still flies the Blue Ensign reflecting her civilian ownership until the Nation's 2nd QE class carrier is Accepted off contract and then commissioned into RN service. Commissioning Day is anticipated for 10 Dec 19 - a date very significant for an RN warship named Prince of Wales.
Meanwhile across the pond, here's an additional excellent pic collection taken from an 845NAS Merlin of A139 RFA Tideforce, R08 CV HMS Queen Elizabeth & T23 F238 HMS Northumberland undergoing a double RAS (Replenishment At Sea). In some an F35B can be seen hover landing concurrently.
Superb skill, teamwork and professionalism proving what can be done to keep worldwide UK CEPP on tap 24/7 anywhere on the worlds oceans.
Superb skill, teamwork and professionalism proving what can be done to keep worldwide UK CEPP on tap 24/7 anywhere on the worlds oceans.
A couple more views of QE, we've all seen pictures of a Nimitz and Ford class making high speed turns, well here's proof we know where the handbrake is too! Also a view of the flight deck awash with Lightnings:
UK F-35B Operations on HMS Queen Elizabeth
