News : HMS Ark Royal : Aircraft Carriers : Surface Fleet : Operations and Support : Royal Navy
Interoperability between the United States Navy and the Royal Navy has been the “buzz word” of the deployment.* HMS Ark Royal embarked 12 MAG -14 AV8B harriers from the USMC and, the Royal Navy will be sending twelve fixed wing pilots to the United States to be trained to fly the USN F-18 jets in preparation for the Joint Strike Fighter F35Bs, which will be embarked in the UK’s new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers.