Originally Posted by
SLXOwft
There is supposed to be a second aircraft carrier participating, it was reported in some sources in January this was going to be the USS Harry S Truman but that seems highly unlikely as she was due to transit the Suez Canal until CSG8 was retasked last December to remain in in the Med to allow CAW-1 to support NATO enhanced Air Policing in response to the tensions between Russia and Ukraine. I would have expected this second carrier to be providing the fixed wing element.
Is it possible that the second carrier is HMS Queen Elizabeth? I note she is scheduled to leave Portsmouth tomorrow.