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    HMS Prince of Wales has embarked 18 British F-35Bs for CSG25
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    HMS Prince of Wales has embarked 18 British F-35Bs for CSG25

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    1. MGC91 on

      Credit to LPhot Kevin Walton

      HMS Prince of Wales has an embarked air wing of:

      * 18x F-35B (rising to 24 later on in the deployment)
      * 3x Merlin HM2
      * 3x Merlin HM2 (Crowsnest)
      * 3x Merlin HC4
      * 2x Wildcat

      The UK Carriers Strike Group consists of:

      – HMS Prince of Wales
      – HMS Dauntless
      – HMS Richmond
      – RFA Tidespring
      – Astute Class SSN

      With the following allied vessels also part of it:

      – HMCS Ville de Québec
      – HNoMS Amundsen
      – HNoMS Maud
      – ESPS Méndez Núñez

    2. pppppppppppppppppd on

      What a cracking photo. I haven’t much interest in ships, but that’s impressively high quality.

    3. Think_Ad_4798 on

      Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
      Britons never, never, never will be slaves.

    4. Little-Attorney1287 on

      Worth saying this is the biggest British naval embarkation since the Falklands War.

    6. JGG5 on

      “My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We’re bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We’re coming in from the north, below their radar.”

      “When will you be back?”

      “I can’t tell you that. It’s classified.”

    7. Habsin7 on

      If you’re a baddie – here comes trouble.

      Just to add that the folks I have met in my life that joined the armed services and learned a trade were all first rate at it when they went back to civilian life. It can be a great career choice for some not sure about what they want to do.

    8. grumpsaboy on

      Currently carrying more 5th gen aircraft than any other individual carrier has done and is due another 6 to fly to the ship as the CSG25 progresses bringing it to 24. Not even the US supercarriers have carried 18 f35 yet on one carrier. But they do actually fill up their wings and fit the 70 aircraft on a carrier so we still need some aircraft. The QE can fit 70 aircraft at capacity.

    9. No_Foot on

      Do they carry soldiers or special forces on board incase a situation arose that called for it?

    10. ThatGuyFromBraindead on

      I feel like there is a token Airstrike on Houthis coming during this High Mast op.

    12. alwayswrongnever0 on

      Be interesting to know factually how many rn ships are laid up due to crewing that monster.

    14. LostInTheVoid_ on

      Expected to embark 24 F-35Bs during the CSG. Which to my knowledge will be the most any Navy has fieled to date. I think the US has maxed at 20 on their carriers to date. Obviously, the US will certainly embark more than 24 eventually but it’s a great sign from us that the UK can field more active F-35s on our carriers than the US has to date.

    15. oh_no3000 on

      It’s a floating runway….. that can embark or disembark more.

      By the end of deployment it’s expected to be closer to 24

    18. ImpressNice299 on

      Politics and valid criticism aside, she is beautiful. And what a great picture.