UK Front-Line F-35 Squadron Embarks On British Carrier

F-35B
Credit: USAF
LONDON—Britain’s first front-line F-35 squadron has embarked on the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier for the first in a series of workups to prepare for the first deployment of the ship to the Far East in 2021. Four F-35Bs from the Marham, England-based 617 Sqdn. landed on the 65,000-ton ship on...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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