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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH ON THE CUSP OF OPERATIONS AFTER 70-DAY TEST
Britain’s biggest warship today returned home to Portsmouth for the first time as a fully-trained aircraft carrier.

UK’S OPERATIONAL F-35 JETS MARK FIRST LANDING ON HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH
The decks of HMS Queen Elizabeth are roaring with the sound of F-35 Lightning jets as the famous Dambusters squadron landed on the aircraft carrier for the first time today.

Magpie flies as survey vessel practises first aerial rescue
NAVAL aviators practised a rescue from one of the smallest vessels in the Fleet when they dropped in on survey ship HMS Magpie in the Solent.

820 Naval Air Squadron joins HMS Queen Elizabeth at sea
RNAS Culdrose based 820 Naval Air Squadron, the “Carrier Squadron”, has re-joined HMS Queen Elizabeth to take part in Basic Sea Training and Carrier Sea Training in preparation for the carrier task group’s maiden operational deployment next year.

HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH SAILS FOR OPERATIONAL TRAINING
HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from Portsmouth today to ensure she is ready to conduct her first operational deployment in 2021.
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