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Only 15 F-35s? Well, 10 USMC F-35s arrived at RAF Marham, so how many from 617 Sqn? I was expecting about 20 or more to embark aboard HMS QNLZ...
Choose your news sources more carefully. All is explained here:
International By Design - The Royal Navy and USMC F35 Embarkation
The Daily Mail has reported that the Royal Navy is looking at plans to deploy HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH to sea carrying more US than British F35 jets. This is reportedly due to the speed of planned procurement, and could see 20 US jets embarked to a smaller number of UK ones. This has led to criticism from MPs that the Royal Navy must not make the ship an multi-national one.
Is this reasonable, and is this something that people should be concerned about?
The plan for the carriers since their inception has been to build over a long period of time two aircraft carriers, supported by an F35 force, able to put to sea with supporting elements and deliver the Carrier Strike Group concept...
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