As relief from the grim state of affairs in Afghanistan a couple of lighter tweets from a CSG21 ship.
HMS Defender performed RAS(F) from USS America on 20AUG21
https://tinyurl.com/6r8vacr8
Also performed the first 'type' landing for a Crowsnest equipped Merlin on a T45 a week earlier. Hardly suprising given T45s are designed to take a Merlin, but it does suggest a partial solution to the relative myopia of RW ASAC/AEW
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https://tinyurl.com/v7hdzktx