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Photo: Royal Navy. THE Forth is set to host elements of a major UK-led multinational exercise next week when Exercise Strike Warrior gets underway. One of the largest military exercises of its kind in Europe, Strike Warrior 21 which incorporates Exercise Joint Warrior 21-1, will run from May 8 to 20 with a few of the participating vessels departing from ports on the East Coast of Scotland.  For this exercise, port visits will be kept to a minimum, however vessels are expected to arrive at Rosyth and Leith before joining the exercise. Joint Warrior 21-1 is integrated with Exercise Str...

Nine U.S. Marine Corps And Eight RAF F-35Bs Have Embarked On HMS Queen Elizabeth Nine U.S. Marine Corps And Eight RAF F-35Bs Have Embarked On HMS Queen Elizabeth 17 F-35Bs have already landed aboard British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth ahead of CSG21 deployment. As already reported 10 USMC F-35Bs aircraft, belonging to the VMFA-211 Wake Island Avengers, based at MCAS (Marine Corps Air Station) Yuma, Arizona, have arrived at RAF Lakenheath, UK between Apr. 26 and 28, 2021 to embark on HMS Queen Elizabeth, for UK’s new aircraft carrier’s first operational cruise, named CSG21. On her...

Marine F-35Bs Land Aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth for Strike Warrior Exercise, Deployment May 4, 2021 3:07 PM F-35B Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 21 The ‘Wake Island Avengers’ conducts carrier qualifications in an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Lightning II aboard Her Majesty’s Ship (HMS) Queen Elizabeth at sea off the coast of the United Kingdom (UK) on May 2, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo The Marine fighter squadron that will be part of the largest F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter deployment to date landed aboard the U.K. Royal Navy aircraft carrie...

03 May 2021 (Last Updated May 3rd, 2021 14:46) The UK’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has left its homeport in Portsmouth to participate in the final exercise off Scotland ahead of its maiden deployment. Share Article HMS Queen Elizabeth sails from Portsmouth. Credit: PO Dave Jenkins. The UK’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has left its homeport in Portsmouth to participate in the final exercise off Scotland ahead of its maiden deployment. The aircraft carrier will lead the UK Carrier Strike Group. Other members of the strike gr...

Two of the Royal Navy’s “Premier League” warships have left Portsmouth bound for Scotland for exercises ahead of a tour of the Indo-Pacific region. The destroyers HMS Defender and HMS Diamond left the naval base in Hampshire on Saturday morning ahead of the first deployment of the UK’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) next month. Exercise Strike Warrior 21 will run from May 8 to May 20 in Scotland, with 10 nations taking part and with 31 warships, three submarines, 150 aircraft and around 13,400 military personnel involved. HMS Defender’s ship’s company lined the deck to wave to family ...