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8th November 2025 | 01:35

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Originally Posted by ORAC

Required deploying the entire OCU. I don't think there are any jets left at Marham apart from hangar queens....

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/20...-nato-exercise

The largest number of UK F-35B Lightning jets ever assembled on either of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers has been deployed to the Mediterranean for a major allied exercise.

Flagship HMS Prince of Wales now carries 24 British F-35 jets as she leads the UK Carrier Strike Group in the Med after five months operating in the Indo-Pacific.

That is the highest number of the fifth-generation fighters ever seen on either of the Royal Navy’s Queen-Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.

The jets – from 809 Naval Air Squadron and 617 Squadron – are there for Italian-led drills – named Exercise Falcon Strike, which will see allied work together on a large-scale air and maritime exercise supporting NATO......

Various spotter sites reporting RAF F-35B Lightning movements along with call signs at Marham today and yesterday would seem to contradict this claim.

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