Pictured are F-35B Lightning Jets embarked on HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first Carrier Sea Training. 
<p>Pilots, engineers, cyberspace and mission support staff from 617 Squadron, the UK’s operational strike squadron, embarked the carrier during a quick stop in Portsmouth for supplies before the aircraft themselves landed on board.
</p><p>The event marked the first time 617 Squadron – famously known as the Dambusters –fully joined HMS Queen Elizabeth as the UK prepared to deploy the next generation squadron of fighter aircraft to operate from the sea.
</p><p>The F-35 jets that landed on board will be the same aircraft that will sail in 2021 with the ship for her maiden Global Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment.
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<ul><li>Organization: Royal Navy</li>
<li>Object Name: AX200029</li>
<li>Keywords: Ramp, NAS, Lightning, Flight Operations, Flight Deck, Surface Fleet, Dambusters, Carrier Sea Training, Carrier Strike Group, CSG, F35-B Lightning Jets, FOST, Operational Sea Training, Royal Navy, Equipment, Carrier, CVF, Queen Elizabeth Class, QE Class, HMS Queen Elizabeth, R08, Royal Air Force, RAF, Aircraft, Combat, F-35B, Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Squadron, Sqn, Offensive Support, 617 Squadron, 617 Sqn, Fleet Air Arm, FAA, Naval Air Squadrons, F-35B Lightning II Squadron, Fixed Wing, 5th Gen, Multi-Role, Short Take-off and Vertical-Landing, STOVL, Lockheed Martin F-35, Take Off</li>
<li>Country: At Sea</li></ul>
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