Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has departed her home port of Portsmouth, bound for the USA to land fast jets on deck for the very first time. Eight years since a British aircraft carrier last flew a fast jet from her decks, the 65,000-tonne carrier will embark two F-35B test aircraft, from the [тАж]
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Defence Ministers Tobias Ellwood and Stuart Andrew have toured Scotland, visiting some of the UKтАЩs most important military bases. Minister for Defence People & Veterans, Tobias Ellwood, visited RAF Lossiemouth where he saw progress being made on the ┬г132 million invested in the site ahead of the arrival of the 9 new P-8A Poseidon aircraft. [тАж]
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Deployed personnel from the RAF have been involved in a joint exercise alongside military personnel from the US Forces, including the US Black Hawk Squadron, to realistically simulate a downed aircraft involving mass casualties. Personnel from 135 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) have been deployed to Romania to conduct the NATO тАШEnhanced Air PolicingтАЩ mission. The [тАж]
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