Originally Posted by
Davef68
Didn't a USMC AV-8B unit deploy to Illustrious in about 2007/8 whilst our Harriers were busy somewhere hot and high?
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in July 2007, Illustrious took part in a US-led Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFX) off the eastern coast of the United States (for which she hosted 14 US Harrier jets and 200 US Marines) before returning to Portsmouth the following month"
So yes but you don't want to get in the way of a good press release do you?