HMS Queen Elizabeth launches jets on first combat missions against Daesh in Iraq and Syria

Footage showing UK and USMC F-35Bs being prepared and launched. Plus air to air refuelling with RAF voyager during the missions.
Aircraft from the carrier are flying missions as part of Operation SHADER, now a mopping-up operation against what remains of Daesh/Islamic State.
More details here: www.navylookou...
#HMSQueenElizabeth #CSG21

[@LtRiot]

Our UK m8s are nothing but class. Semper Fi

[@gooner72]

🇬🇧🇺🇸💪💪✌✌

[@Tuglife912]

@LtRiot hell yeah, I agree brother! 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@Tuglife912]

Great to see our United States Marine Corps working with our great allies in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force!! The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters of VMFA-211 "Wake Island Avengers" ( "Bastion Defenders" ) of Marine Aircraft Group-13 and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona in the United States and No.617 Squadron Royal Air Force from RAF. Marham in the United Kingdom working together on a joint deployment aboard the Royal Navy's new Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier the HMS. Queen Elizabeth RO-8 from HMNB. Portsmouth, England in the United Kingdom!! This is super awesome! Hopefully soon the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm will field the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs as well for their 809 Naval Air Squadron and be able to deploy aboard HMS. Queen Elizabeth RO-8 and HMS. Prince of Wales RO-9. Hope they have a successful deployment and kick some Daesh ass! Semper Fidelis!! 🇺🇸🇬🇧🔱🍺⚓️♠️💀

[@frankmueller6522]

Go forward, Great-Britain! Long live the Nato! Long live freedom! Down with all dictatorships and terrorists all around the world! Best wishes from Germany!

[@tadasblindavicius8889]

Agreed. Under "successive" authoritarian regime, Russia has been on the wrong side of humanity since the late 19th century. The days of Peter the Great are long gone. The Russian ruling oligarchy today is obsessed with lust for power and delusion of greatness. Those oligarchs siphon wealth off Russia to fulfil their own pockets at the expense of ordinary Russian people. Russian people being run by those authoritarian cronies in the Kremlin. A few examples of recent Russian atrocities include: Shooting down of MH17 over eastern Ukraine (by Russian backed surrogates); state-sponsored doping at the Sochi Olympics; annexation of eastern Ukraine; annexation of Crimea; the war in Chechnya; killing and the poisoning of opponents; support the brutal Assad regime etc. The Russian cyber squad has been spreading disinformation and launching cyberattacks to undermine western democracies. To create an alternative reality and to spread confusion is the main aim of the Russian state today. We are all now witnessing the actions of an EVIL REGIME.

[@biddyboy1570]

Off topic but we are looking forward to hosting Germany for a certain football match next Tuesday Frank.

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

Cheers to Germany, but I do hope we give you a damn good spanking on the football 👍

[@peterebel7899]

NATO is gone, terminated by Trump.

[@ForeverEngland76]

@@peterebel7899 Not gone just trying to elbow out the non spending bunch from it.

[@scottroberts7875]

Absolutely marvellous sight,joint operations 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧💪🙌☝🏽😎

[@chuckhooks6621]

As time goes on, Allied operations are likely to get more creative. I suspect 1-2 America/Wasp-class F-35B carriers will eventually sail regularly with QE and thus a powerful Allied battlegroup built around three Allied F-35B carriers will be dominating the sea.

[@noodles9371]

The amount of footage being released, of these carriers, tell you, they are exactly what it says on the tin. No reason to hide any details. They are absolute beasts 🇺🇲🇬🇧👍

[@noodles169]

Yep. Unlike China who are afraid to bring theirs out of the Chinese smog. And sail them into the ocean. This carrier has only just been commissioned, and already it's straight into action, traveling the globe 👍

[@raywhitehead730]

Not so much, USN aviator.

[@chuckhooks6621]

Will be a sight when USS America sails with QE adding another dozen F-35Bs to the mix. China and Russia have nothing like this.

[@mukdaphansaengitram6095]

🤡👌🥳

[@ForeverEngland76]

@@mukdaphansaengitram6095 Getting mixed messages with that post?

[@355PH]

🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧 Kicking ass together 🤩😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@01bigtrev]

Great to see the u.s jets working together on the ship.

[@grahamlongley8298]

Yes agreed-- by the way-- Did Biden give permission to take off?

[@bruh949]

@@grahamlongley8298 😂 are you a muppet. These are OUR JETS. We will not be bossed around by nonce hillbilly Democrat’s or the US even if a close ally they are. Our military. Our land. Our sovereignty Northern Ireland is ours not the poor, famined, declining, broke government, inflated south. Uncle joe and the IRA bombers will never win. Also we have a new jet coming soon that will finally say bye bye to any jet in the world.

[@jwestrik9308]

@@bruh949 The USA flag was still showing on the flap on the back. And they can disable the code on those jet if they decided they want to. Which normally would not be expected to be a problem from an ally. But as we could see, good guys can turn into bad guys just like that...

[@streaky81]

@@jwestrik9308 "And they can disable the code on those jet if they decided they want to." - actually if you knew literally anything about the project you'd know that's explicitly not the case, that's why UK companies have been an integral part of the project, especially in the software. Can't say what happens with the other partners, but the tier 1 partner, i.e. the UK was heavily involved to explicitly make that not be a thing. Contract would never have been signed otherwise. Not that it should be an issue anyway, but it isn't a thing.

[@streaky81]

@@harrier331 oh the usual memes. The missile maintenance is done by them, but they're our warheads and have no control over it - no reason we could maintain them ourselves in the situation that happened. The only exception is they could boot us out of m-code GPS - the only effect that would have is the difference between being within 5 meters of target and a few hundred meters of target, which with nuclear weapons makes basically no difference.

[@kkhagerty6315]

It’s great to see that she’s finally out and operating as a carrier should. Rule Britannia

[@ticklingoscillators1852]

‘Rule Britannia’ - US flag blings on VTOL fan hatch 😂

[@itzchaos3861]

@@ticklingoscillators1852 Because they’re American jets 🤦‍♂️😂

[@mayajrj]

@@ticklingoscillators1852 On one 2 had RAF markings.

[@lerow2734]

@@ticklingoscillators1852 10 out of 18 of the F-35B jets on the HMS Queen Elizabeth are USMC jets in join strike operations 🤣

[@squiffy7058]

@@ticklingoscillators1852 hes talking about the aircraft carrier mate

[@GM-fh5jp]

The F-35s look wonderful in flight.

[@chuckhooks6621]

5th generation styling.

[@srubi1319]

When there is no thunderstorms...

[@Albertkallal]

@@srubi1319 For all intensive purposes, pilots don't fly into thunder clouds. However, Lockheed put F35 in a huge lighting chamber that could blast away and strike bolts of lightning on the F35. So that issue has much been resolved and tested.

[@srubi1319]

@@Albertkallal Until recently the F35 could not approach less than 40 km from thunderstorms, so if there were thunderstorms less than 40 km from a base, the F35s from it could not take off, I think we are both agreed that it was highly embarrassing and highly shameful coming from an aircraft that is considered by some to be the best fighter aircraft in the world (whereas it is quite the opposite...). But hey regularly we continue to discover new problems on this plane...

[@Albertkallal]

@@srubi1319 Yes,, it was a gut busting laugh as the press attempted to spin this issue and make a mountain of a issue when there was really no issue at all. I mean, really???

[@gnolan4281]

This joint cooperation between the UK & US is the essential part of an important strategy. Without these two democracies there is no one with the will and the capability to defend the world against one party states.

[@chuckhooks6621]

It gets even better when Japan's two F-35B carriers add their F-35Bs to the mix. I expect UK, Japanese and US carriers to sail together at times as one huge battlegroup plus escorts.

[@gnolan4281]

@@chuckhooks6621 Wow. Then comes India and South Korea's is already on the drawing boards. I think the UK is helping on that. It isn't about being the world's policemen but rather a balance of power wherein certain adversaries know that the cost of doing what they want to do is too great.

[@johnmknox]

@@chuckhooks6621 Don't forget South Korea too.

[@johnmknox]

One-party states like Russia, North Korea, China, Turkey, Iran, Scotland, Germany, and South Africa?

[@chuckhooks6621]

@g nolan. Agreed. The enormity of what the Allies are building won't be fully appreciated until all countries that are putting F-35Bs on carriers are seen sailing their carriers together with escorts. China and Russia barely have any Allies of note much less will have anything like this kind of Allied carrier airpower. An added bonus is that all Allies' F-35Bs can takeoff and land on each others' carriers and they all automatically network with each other giving them total air dominance. No enemy aircraft will be able to get anywhere near this networked Allied monster.

[@georgekaplan4696]

Beautiful sight 👍🇬🇧

[@huzary1092]

So when I, being a Dutchman, wrote in another video, that I am feeling a whole lot safer, now the UK has his two carriers , I was 100% RIGHT.

[@ARMY-ep6fz]

Hammer them ladies and gents.. left my right eye in that country.. Drop one for me.. I worked with the British, they are tough as nails. God bless the men and women 🙏 of the US 🇺🇸 and UK 🇬🇧 armed forces.

[@neilgriffiths6427]

Great to see US Marine jets working with the Royal Navy. This kinda answers the question: why didn't the UK go with CATOBAR launched carriers? The real answer is that we would have ended up sharing our carriers with the French!!!

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

The Royal Navy would have had to paint those ships "French White" in that case!

[@davidhollins870]

@Mac’s Jack! Try reading up on the last imperial fiasco - Suez.

[@CommonSenserules1981]

@@davidhollins870 Threats of nuclear war, its different.

[@christianvalentin5344]

The British did for a little while consider going CATOBAR and order F-35Cs. One of the reasons for switching back to the current configuration was they would have to use the same catapult type as the Ford. And we all know how much difficulty we’re having with that. And before someone mentions Steam catapults, the QE does not have steam engines so no steam for catapults.

[@oOLuNaTiC93Oo]

@Mac’s Jack! Just because the UK is not an allies ! We will never forgot the Napoleon War and our history about your country.

[@Albertkallal]

Well well well @ 0:42 we see the pilot trigger the lift fan BEFORE dead stop to save time. I have been wanting/waiting/assuming that pilots would start to do this to improve (reduce) takeoff times. Previous: Dead stop: While they drink their coffee they open up lift fan system. Then they turn on - engage lift fan (a VERY distinct sound comes from that system when engaged). Then they throttle up. Then they take off. Now, we see multiple operations occurring at the same time. Pilots are clearly getting better and more familiar with the F35. So, pilot had not even come to a stop, he had the lift fan doors open WHILE the taxi process and even triggered the clutch (engagement) of the lift fan to save time. so, this was GREAT to see, and I of course expected this to occur. So while they taxi - lift system can be setup. It takes a catapult system 120 seconds (two minutes) to launch a jet. Now that they are "starting" to press the buttons and get things all up and running WHILE they taxi to runway, then all that jazz and time is thus eliminated! Very very nice to see. That suggests a launch time down in the 15 seconds range. about 8 times the rate of a catapult. Nice!!! Example of a catapult launch: 120 seconds - one jet launched kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYiyoXd_qdxkn6s 4 Harriers in 40 seconds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJOai5-Qd6mje7M And what else did EVERYONE note about the takeoff? Why of course the LENGTH of the runway. Remember, the payload and fuel is what determines the length of the run up to the ramp. Previous? Geesh - they were almost starting their runs at the ramp!!!! (low fuel, no weapons = very short run to ramp). Now? Well with a real fuel load, and real weapons - the length the run is now MUCH longer then in previous videos. You note for security purposes - not one clip shows the full run, and that of course is to hide the payloads and fuel they are running. However, to be fair, you can much determine where on the decks they are starting these runs. (answer: a LOT longer then before!!!).

[@noodles9371]

Absolutely brilliant post. Things are definitely starting to run like a well oiled machine. Have to give a big thank you to the Americans. Their carrier knowledge, has most certainly been invaluable 🇺🇲🇬🇧👍

[@noodles169]

Great post 👍 it's incredible to see how everything is evolving and coming together. I must admit I had my reservations about these carriers a while back. But now I can see just how potent these carrier are going to be

[@Albertkallal]

@@noodles9371 The interoperations was a good idea. To be fair, they had expected to get more F35's from Lockheed (they can't keep up with orders right now). So, this deployment and sharing of training is no doubt a great opportunity for the USA pilots and vice versa. I mean do you think there was a shortage of USA pilots when asked would they join the HMS Q for a deployment? I can bet they jumped at this chance. That ship is a worlds largest STOVL ship, and it's design and layout is 2nd to none.. Also, without a full air wing, then pilots get much nicer living arrangements. If I was a pilot and had this chance? Hell ya - i would jump on this! And we do have to give credit to the brilliant Rolls Royce lift fan system. They really were the only ones with 50+ years of running STVOL jets (Harrier). This is really the first time in history that VSTOL jets can be deployed with weapons and payloads that rival super carriers with catapults. All in all, this has turned out to be a incredible ship and setup.

[@grahamlongley8298]

Don't you just love the AMERICAN flag over the cockpit canopy . What happened to the British flag. Are we ashamed of it now we are all a bunch of wokies

[@a39tortoise40]

Because they're American planes you ignoramus 🤣

[@grahamlongley8298]

@@a39tortoise40 Really needed insults. But just remember. They are on a BRITISH ship & on one hand the OP was applauding the ship, yet ignores that the fighting capability seems to be down to America. not good for the UK after all, is it?

[@iLLSHiNEz]

Semper Fi 🇺🇸

[@clarkie0708]

Truly a sight to behold, amazing 👏 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

[@lenn55]

Great to see the Red Coats and Yanks working together!

[@RJM1011]

The Navy don't wear red coats ! LOL

[@mattblom3990]

I like your description.

[@darthwiizius]

@@RJM1011 Wrong, the Marines used to wear red coats just like the regular army.

[@darthwiizius]

@Jeremy Kaleb They used to wear red for a time because in the 18th century the marines were drawn from the army, mariners in general wear blue. Right now the marines in theatre wear appropriate gear for their deployment, standard camo.

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

Royal Navy always had blue coats. The British Army had red coats

[@Lajs657]

God bless Royal Navy and his sailors. Greetings from Brazil.

[@garwhittaker3743]

Thanks hope they are now aloud to visit there friends in Brazil instead of bowing down to Argentina sir .

[@lawrencemartin1113]

Very fortunate to have been on board HMS Queen Elizabeth and stood right on top of that ramp. Had a wonderful visit looking all over the ship. Incredible. (Have also been air to air refuelling from Brize on board a Voyager with Typhoons alongside...fantastic!) Safe flying all.

[@davidgainsford6748]

I know it doesn’t help the stealthiness, but they look a lot more menacing with pointy, explody things on the wings 🤓

[@lenn55]

Yea. They also have their radar reflectors on so as to not give anyway any of their stealth secrets to the Russians in Syria.

[@ryle1683]

That is what Aladeen would say

[@GM-fh5jp]

Nah, the new internal weapons bays are like carrying a Walther PPK...in an under jacket shoulder holster. Pointy things are too draggy and RCS pigs.

[@Mako2-1]

@@GM-fh5jp lmaooo

[@Albertkallal]

@@lenn55 I was about to say, no, they are not running with the radar reflectors on. However, at 0:10 it clearly looks to be a Lindburg radar reflector mounted on the F35. So yes, it looks like they are running with radar reflectors on to reduce the stealth signature.

[@julesp1131]

Yesterday, HMS Defender; today, active air ops from HMS Queen Elizabeth. The Royal Navy really is back in business, with good kit at last. Awesome timing with it all coming properly on stream in geopolitical terms (Russia, China and crucially, not being cowed or bullied by our EU “friends and partners”). I’m not sure that we’d have any of it if Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition had been in charge. Just saying…..!

[@noodles169]

Seems like the chains are off since they left the EU

[@Moltenbramley]

HMS defender, ironically, has no anti ship missiles. It’s an AA ship and a terrible choice to send into that situation. Ironically it wouldn’t have been able to defend itself from all those Russian surface threats. The type 45s were designed to work with a carrier group. It’s embarrassing her being sent into that situation alone.

[@waynemongo]

Oh my. Labour ordered them...

[@waynemongo]

@@Moltenbramley no one's going to shoot 'at' it are they.

[@jamiekynaston9395]

@@Moltenbramley Wrong. Defender is fitted with Harpoon. Nevermind the 2 helicopters that can also launch AsHm, just saying..

[@johnnytyler5685]

LMFAO! I can't believe there are no comments about that pilot's callsign! Captain A.R. "Leaky" Johnson...LOL! I just find the fact that that was actually painted on the side of a MILITARY FIGHTER JET totally hilarious. It's certainly going to be embarrassing for whichever Chinese or Russian pilot gets shot down by an American pilot named "Leaky" Johnson.

[@donfelipe7510]

Call signs are usually the first thing a pilot picks up in flight training so I'm told and sticks throughout their career. My favourite I heard was a helicopter pilot and his call sign was "Scooby" which was kind of cockney rhyming slang for "Scooby doo" or "Hasn't got a clue"

[@iparz44z]

Nice to see the British 🇬🇧 and Americans 🇺🇸 working side by side using the same carrier to carry out missions. I hope one day both military’s will be combined

[@marksudlow5083]

God help anyone on the other end of this!!

[@DunMiCKeYZhao]

It is still a marvel to watch f35b take off and landing, what an achievement.

[@CynicalOldDwarf]

Of course the American ones need to have a great big whopping Stars and Stripes under the lift fan cover lol 😂

[@Albertkallal]

Well, I believe the Rolls Royce lift fan system was designed for a lid that opens up - it is to say hello, show your flag, and the enemy will then go home and piss their pants. So this advanced flag waving device and door has been put to good use. Pilots can now open a lid on top, and wave to each other. The door also has a great use for opening up the Rolls Royce lift fan system to enable vertical landing mode. But I suspect the advanced open the lid to show a flag technology was part of this amazing technology setup ;-)

[@weirdguy564]

Well, the Brits have a few with their flag inside the fan lid. I saw theirs first months ago. I can totally see that lid cover being a place to put more and more "nose art" on planes. Or at least tasteful artwork in this day and age.

[@chuckhooks6621]

@Albertkallal. What will be funny is the 42 Japanese F-35Bs on their upcoming carriers opening up their lids and showing the Japanese flag. China will really LOVE seeing that lol.

[@weirdguy564]

@@chuckhooks6621 Oh, that's some truth there. China hates that Japanese military flag to the point they consider it a hate symbol.

[@rajamiah3542]

WOW those F-35 look amazing sleek, but deadly..!!

[@jono3447]

Great to see the Royal Navy flying jets again from a carrier, as an Island nation trading globally it's important that we build up our navy to protect our interests and that of our friends, most experienced and best navy in the world, very proud.

[@johnmknox]

We should build a third aircraft carrier and a stealth bomber or ask the Americans about acquiring the B-21. If they say no after moaning so much for the last so many years about increasing defence spending then we should then work on our own or with allies like Sweden and Italy as we are doing with Tempest. China and Russia are both currently in advanced work on a stealth bomber and have prototypes flying. We need to plug this hole in our defences because there are certain things that only a heavy bomber can do, that a sub, carriers and F-35's, destroyers, cannot. We spend far too much on the Welfare State, NHS and benefits and far too little on defence which is insurance on the house.

[@waynemongo]

@@johnmknox why not complain about tax avoidance, before the NHS, when arguing for acquiring multi-billion pound weapon systems? I presume you pay your taxes?? And use the NHS?

[@semkaji]

U do know they were heading out to blow people in to pieces right?

[@danielwhyatt3278]

It’s so great that we again continuing footage like this. Especially with the ongoing situations happening down there, in Russia and the rest of Asia. It’s so great that we’re finally getting into the thick of it again.

[@KiwiGraggle]

lol, you are so brain washed. Sorry but you are :).

[@SupermanCrypto1]

See if the russian coast guard fires a warning shot at this warship or they dare to fly 20 warplanes around it lol

[@benanders4412]

Clearly you know nothing about Russians. They don't give a F.

[@MetaView7]

you have played too much video game. It is time to get out of your mother's basement.

[@benanders4412]

@Bow to me faithfully Bow to me splendidly Only shows that Putin is not the maniac they make him out to be. He show incredible restraint with international issues. He may be a dictator, but at least he's stable and in control of himself. Something we cant really say about Western leaders these days. But looking at this restrained as a weakness would be a mistake. The Russians are not weak, they are not cowards. And taunting them is nothing but foolish. It's time Western leaders start acting like adults and end these pointless hostilities between the West and Russia. There's no reason we can prosper together.

[@Bk6346]

@Bow to me faithfully Bow to me splendidly According to sources in the Russian private military company, Wagner Group - cited by news media as well as the Pentagon - U.S. forces were in constant contact with the official Russian liaison officer posted in Deir ez-Zor throughout the engagement and only opened fire after they had received assurances that no regular Russian troops were in action or at risk.

[@michaellim4165]

A stealth fighter with external pods. Lol

[@yopiee8342]

Using F-35 on Syria means giving away F-35 Radar Cross Sections characteristic to the Russian Radar Sites

[@vtbmwbiker]

White ones on the rails. Above them in the clouds is every passed Sea Hurricane, Seafire, Martlet, Harrier and Corsair pilot saying "Godspeed and good show..."

[@TheArgieH]

Umm....and the odd Sea Harrier or two.

[@vtbmwbiker]

I did think about them and the Phantom drivers but didn't want to turn it into a list of every bird off of a British carrier. But you're right of course. They are all looking down with approval.

[@TheArgieH]

@@vtbmwbiker I was thinking in particular of Falklands 1982 and the aircraft lost there, otherwise one could come up with Sea Mosquito, Hornet, Fury, Vampire, Venom, Hawk, and without the Sea prefix Scimitar, Buccaneer etc., etc., but your point is well taken. (Let's not count the Firebrand, their drivers had enough trouble just to fly the thing)

[@vtbmwbiker]

@@TheArgieH Copy that. Edited to reflect that salient point.

[@TheArgieH]

@@vtbmwbiker Thanks for the gracious reply. Stay safe.

[@Davidpromaster]

Respect to the soldiers defending our freedoms!

[@ColonelJohnmatrix1000]

Good bless Her Majesty.

[@SirGeorgeButtox]

🇬🇧🇺🇸 True brother's

[@gooner72]

Fantastic to see our Royal Navy Carriers doing what they do best.... launching both British and American aircraft on joint operations. 🇬🇧🇺🇸✌✌

[@MetaView7]

only if you can afford more planes . . . and don't have to borrow from the US

[@TheWuffball]

Beautiful planes on a beautiful boat.

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

A USMC F-35B also took off from the carrier but the strike mission appeared to be a 2 ship RAF aircraft. Wonder where the USMC jet went or what mission it was on. The aerial tanker is from which country / service? HMS QE should acquire V-22 tankers to support the F-35B.

[@chuckhooks6621]

At Red Flag either an F-22 or an F-35 acts as an AWACS for the overall battlespace. Possible that's what the USMC F-35B was doing. Agree on the Osprey for air refueling and COD. Japan and the US already have them for their F-35B carriers.

[@Gsmooth10455]

@@chuckhooks6621 "At Red Flag either an F-22 or an F-35 acts as an AWACS for the overall battlespace." I live 20 miles away from Nellis and I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that they were using Air Force Boeing E-3 AWACS. Is it possible that they were utilising the F-22's and F-35A's as well? Maybe, probably, but make no mistake about it, the E-3 AWACS were ub charge.

[@benitosalazar3749]

VMFA-211 Wake Island Avengers. Collected a challenge coin from the squadron at an air show a few years ago. Cool to see them on a Royal Navy carrier.

[@maliburallye350]

British F35 and Marines, excellent!!👌🏻👌🏻

[@kjdinoc]

That ski jump must be unique for the Americans. I wonder what they think of it? HMS Queen Elizabeth is just so damn cool.

[@georgebarnes8163]

The US has used ski jumps for Harriers on landing craft.

[@kjdinoc]

@@georgebarnes8163 I don't remember any US ships having that. Interesting. Doubt any of these pilots ever sat in a Harrier but who knows....I guess it's possible.

[@moonbear2130]

@@georgebarnes8163 afaik the US has never operated carriers with ski jumps

[@moonbear2130]

@@kjdinoc these are the marines and they still do operate the AV-8B, so it’s possible some of these pilots transferred from the harrier to the 35B.

[@MetaView7]

damn cool? it is a copy of the chinese carrier, which was salvaged from the ukraine junk yard.

[@bmstyle]

7 Chinese bots disliked this video

[@mrkey1003]

2:51 Capt. "Leaky" Johnson - Skills...........Kramer: “Alright, I’ll need three men up in the tower. You, Neubauer. You, Macias - ” Johnny: “Me John! Big Tree.”

[@bruh949]

Who else can’t wait for the new BAE Tempest that’s gonna annihilate all competition and May pose a greater threat to our enemy’s than any fighter ever.

[@chuckhooks6621]

2035 is a long time to wait. Meanwhile, the F-35 with constant upgrades will soon be indistinguishable from a 6th generation aircraft

[@bruh949]

@@chuckhooks6621 true but the tempest will have revolutionary features only able to implemented onto a entirely new aircraft model

[@chuckhooks6621]

@Communism is evil. Having read the list of proposed features for Tempest, I cannot see anything that is so significantly "dominating" that a constantly upgraded F-35 won't be similarly doing by 2035 or earlier.. Features such as "swarm" technology and upgrades to the helmet mounted displays proposed for Tempest are all software upgrades for the F-35 probably long before 2035. The lasers for Tempest can also be added to F-35s. F-35s already have the world's most powerful engine to fire lasers. By 2035, F-35s will have already gone through many block upgrades and be practically identical to 6th generation aircraft, including the American one whose 6th generation technology demonstrator is already flying we are told.

[@Anglo_Browza]

Chuck Hooks it’s guna have laser guns

[@chuckhooks6621]

@Anglo Browza. US expects to have laser pods ready to go on all US aircraft including the F-35 and older 4th generation aircraft by 2025. Tempest won't be ready until 2035. And that may be optimistic. Delays, politics and overall budget cuts might push the Tempest out even further.

[@acb7074]

So the British built a carrier for the Americans to use,thank you Britain you saved the US taxpayer billions. 😂

[@chuckhooks6621]

Five countries will be operating F-35B carriers. UK, US, Japan, South Korea and Italy. The point is to create a cooperative network of F-35Bs whose long range sensors will allow complete dominance of any theater. There is a far bigger picture here that you seem to completely miss.

[@jessewinter9502]

What’s one more carrier for the US taxpayer at this point? 🕶

[@marks1167]

@@chuckhooks6621 Russian defence do you want aircraft carriers NO just give me the missiles to sink them, Russian defence deliver ship killing Hyposonic missiles Land - Sea - Air - Drone killing submarines,

[@chuckhooks6621]

@marc s. Russians have a very long history of faking weapons tests and putting out fake performance numbers trying to fool the West into thinking Russians make superweapons. Inevitably, when the West gets its hands on these so called Russian superweapons, they turn out to be largely junk, often 10-15 years behind the West. You won't ever get smart reading Russian propaganda.

[@GaryCSchade]

Billions spent on "STEALTH" fighters and you have to resort to DIRTYING UP the aircraft with external weapons mounts screaming to your foe "LOOKING FOR ME? Here I am!"

[@Benjd0]

In this case they're purposefully attaching radar reflectors (Those fin type things) to increase their radar signature, they don't need or want to be stealthy here. Since they're up against an opponent with no ability to attack them, they don't want anyone else in the area collecting information on their stealth profile.

[@gusgone4527]

I assume the Voyager support came from Akrotiri, Cyprus.

[@josef596]

That base is extremely useful.

[@GAFloppa]

Yes, and the F35's could have flown from there too like the Tornados and Typhoons did/do. No carrier really needed for Op Shader specifically, but hey it looks cool and it's another milestone for them

[@Autofleet4429]

@@GAFloppa the carrier is in the region operating with allies while transiting to the middle east/Asia so why not conduct strikes from the carrier plus it gives the crews and pilots extra experience which you can never get enough off.

[@gusgone4527]

@@josef596 It certainly is.

[@gusgone4527]

@@GAFloppa Cool and good practice. I do wonder what the Russians radar boffins learned about the F35B as it flew past their Syrian base, with external stores on the wing pylons.

[@raywhitehead730]

If they did such a good job why don't the Brit s tell you what it was they did? Who and why they struck with what and why, and results. And this mission couldn't have been cheaper flying from Cyprus or Turkey? Crickets from British politicians. Shame, Shame.

[@kwlkid85]

Carrier was passing by on it's way to Asia so probably cheaper to use the carrier as it and it's air wing were already there.

[@goldenboy1803]

I think F35 is not the right choice for UK they should develop there own, UK is capable of making it without foreign help they did in past and they can do again just look at f22 Americans don't wanna share that tech it's about time UK make something better

[@chuckhooks6621]

Tempest by 2035. That is a long way off and it isn't navalized which will take even longer. Btw, you need to speak to the British government about overall UK military budget cuts, too.

[@stephenchambers5900]

We need a tanker aircraft and COD on the carrier, even Osprey would be better than nothing.

[@chuckhooks6621]

Yes, Japan and the US will use Ospreys for refueling and COD. I hope the UK buys some. They can also be used to assist in moving Royal marines.

[@Riothamus]

It would be good to have some sort of AWACS like the Hawkeye aboard too. Surface based radar won't give enough warning range. I think they were toying with an Osprey version of that too a while ago.

[@mk014a0003]

@@Riothamus It is called Crowsnest

[@MetaView7]

you can't even afford a full squadron of fighter jets, you had to borrow some from the states. and you want osprey?

[@chloejenkins1152]

we do have tankers over the middle east do some homework,i have seen many videos of allied planes being topped up by RAF tankers

[@nealmartinez1581]

No messing... about only launched new strike group, and launched into combat lol

[@nicholaszozar2709]

The Labour lefties will be spitting feathers 😂

[@ThePaperCreater]

Funny you say that about a vessel commisioned under Labour lmao

[@MG-bs5mr]

I can assure you, I'm not "spitting feathers."

[@timmurphy5541]

​@@ZXSPEX in the Arab world the lefties are secular and the right-wingers are religious. This makes you the natural pal of all those extremists. You probably don't know much about the place you want to drop bombs on or how to make the problem get smaller instead of bigger.

[@Keyswiz71]

Meanwhile despite the recent propaganda to the contrary, the Conservative "righties" are scheming behind closed doors to cut defence to save some cash. Enjoy this while it lasts as I'll guarantee one of the carriers will be laid up within ten years due to another round of defence cuts.

[@MG-bs5mr]

@@Keyswiz71 indeed, I expect the same. The type 26's will be reduced with numbers made up by the 31's.

[@donfelipe7510]

I never realised that the F-35Bs have a small transparent panel under the nose which must be at the pilots feet and used when hovering and landing vertically. I've never noticed this before so perhaps it is a recent addition based on training and real world operational experience.

[@MetaView7]

That's the Microsoft Flight Sim

[@sirethanthegreat4069]

Respect to the Uk 🇬🇧 from Vietnam 🇻🇳 and France 🇫🇷.

[@KiwiGraggle]

OK, I'll be honest and not so grumpy, but those F35s do look the part.

[@matthewspencer5086]

UK self-defence load= ASRAAM, USMC self-defence load= Sidewinder. It is always possible that Russian fighters based in the region would be tasked to interfere.

[@lenn55]

There's probably an AMRAAM or 2 in the internal bays also.

[@moonbear2130]

More than likely also for Syrian aircraft, as just a few years ago an American F/A-18 shot down a Syrian Su-22 with an AMRAAM which was attacking Kurdish forces

[@matthewspencer5086]

@@moonbear2130 ASRAAM has a longer maximum engagement range than Sidewinder, but not as long as AMRAAM or Meteor, obviously. But unless the rules of engagement allow you to shoot at something you cannot really see, that's a bit academic. If the target is actively attacking something, though, then you don't need a visual ident to know what's going on and you're probably allowed to shoot.

[@signifurbrown88]

these Brits cant even operate their own aircraft carrier without the Americans....

[@chuckhooks6621]

Will you say the same thing when American F-35Bs are similarly flying off the two upcoming Japanese F-35B carriers?

[@thinkingaloud5379]

The British are just using Iraq to practise their new jets and carrier.

[@peterebel7899]

Preparing the next war in this British motherland.

[@pdarley58]

Oh look stealthy jet just made unstealthy for combat! You couldn’t make it up…

[@Benjd0]

In some cases they actually don't want it to be stealthy, when it's not required it just gives others the chance to gather data on its radar signature. That's why they have those fin looking things attached, they're radar reflectors to make it less stealthy.

[@BernieTheBoxer]

So glad the RN have adopted some classic USN flight deck yoga poses :-)

[@michaelcampin1464]

Lol. At least the RAF do aerobatics not aerobics

[@michaelcampin1464]

@Bow to me faithfully Bow to me splendidly I was referring to another video about an airshow disaster where the commentator suggested that the US team did aerobics instead of aerobatic manoeuvre

[@skillbopster]

Very sleek sexy aircraft.

[@gazzergizmo]

Amazing to see such professionalism so quickly on a new aircraft carrier Full marks

[@philipcorr8225]

Still no British planes. Global Britain, what a joke. The whole world is laughing

[@Benjd0]

There were quite a few British planes in the video.

[@mrlegkick91]

There's RAF badges all over the place u melon

[@stevegrimes21]

Russia China look out

[@simonbird1973]

I’m 100% getting a 🇬🇧 for my toilet seat lid 💪👊👍

[@caribman210]

Dudes you need the get the air wing on these carriers to full capacity to be taken seriously

[@LeeGee]

Maybe it is. You'll never know!

[@1chish]

This just happens to be the largest 5th gen carrier deployment ever: 18 x F-35s on one carrier. Its big enough. And I suspect the Russians and ISIL are taking it VERY seriously.

[@rustintime9333]

Dude, we can't afford it. We're playing at being a World power but really we're broke.

[@caribman210]

@@rustintime9333 I was really wondering what UK had to gain by this show of force which is obviously very costly and as you say perhaps unsustainable. Perhaps there is some economic benefit I’m not seeing? Like maybe strengthening ship building industry or boosting arms exports?

[@rustintime9333]

@@caribman210 On one level, it's designed to appeal to a core of simple-minded voters who believe that the Commonwealth is Empire 2.0 in waiting. And banking before industry.

[@timscotford7837]

Now THAT is something I have been waiting for!

[@gnolan4281]

This is the manifistation of that unique bond of trust in a special relationship that so many claim is either merely one of subservience or doesn't exist at all. We belong together. It's not a stretch, it's a natural fit and a robust combo.

[@johnmknox]

The US is like a big brother but we don't belong together. We have separate families. The UK's future rests more with the Canzuk nations as we share the same head of state and are much more similar in terms of culture, economies, world view.

[@gnolan4281]

@@johnmknox Naturally you are entitled to your opinion about things and of course we Americans know that we can never replace the Canzuk nations in your affections but what just happened with those new flat tops ought to make you realize that your view is not shared by the Royal Navy in the sense that the two powers fulfill the requesite part about having the will and the capability to do what needs to be done. I have travelled the British Isles from Dover to Wick and must admit to having the overwhelming feeling that I was in the mother country. Alas, we are separate families but we are cousins and in my experience that counts for something.

[@mattblom3990]

@@gnolan4281 I'm Canadian but I agree the relationship of Britain and the USA is special. It's the parent and child that fought but came back seeing each other as equals.

[@gnolan4281]

@@mattblom3990 Well said.

[@rudelewis10]

@@gnolan4281 amen to that cousin.

[@sergioville160]

We can beat RUSSIA!!!

[@millsy1861]

Maybe not on our own, but we wouldn't be as we are after all a founder member of NATO.

[@RJM1011]

With Biden saying he is willing to use nukes on his own US people Russia now has MORE to use on the UK and Nato ! :(

[@sergioville160]

@@millsy1861 I just took a look of the Russian army, now I think we don't have a chance in a 1v1 sadly.

[@ross8474]

WoW

[@ronmka8931]

daesh be like "stop stop your are shooting at our own men"

[@ThatCarGuy]

Gotta love the F35, just wish the QE was nuclear as it's so much better, but I understand initial price was a big factor. Keep growing your fleet UK.

[@Flanker-NineZero]

No need to use a nuclear power plant in the ship. Bigger upfront cost, bigger long-term cost, zero improvement in performance. They extend operational time at sea without resupply, but the ship's operational time is also limited by food supplies. Might as well go for a conventional power plant.

[@ThatCarGuy]

​@@Flanker-NineZero Nuclear carriers are better in every way possible and even possibly cheaper do to less resupplies depending on how many missions the conventional ship goes on. A QE class has food/water to last 45 days, while the Nimitz has 90 days and that's with 5x the troops onboard. So you need to supply twice as much, which costs more as you need to fuel the ships to get to the QE class, you also need more ships to carry the diesel for the ship, jet fuel and armament. Nuclear has unlimited range, is faster, are larger, carry more aircraft, have better sortie rates, require less maintenance, have power for future laser weapons, have more room for jet fuel and armament do to the ship not needing diesel, etc. As stated above nuclear is better other then initial cost. There is no argument. If nuclear wasn't better we wouldnt be making nuclear carriers and submarines if "zero improvement in performance."

[@ThatCarGuy]

@Blob B You have over 800 US bases you can go to... Their is no excuses.

[@1chish]

@@ThatCarGuy Oh here you are again peddling the 'nuclear is better' crap. There are NO benefits to having a nuclear powered carrier. NONE. And that is before you get into the huge build price, huge mid life refuel (and 3 years loss of service) and $12 Bn extra whole life EXTRA operating costs above a CV carrier. And they still need RAS as does its accompanying ships in the Group. But I need a laugh - do try and make your case.

[@yourmybitch9126]

@@1chish "There are NO benefits to having a nuclear powered carrier. NONE." lmfao

[@rogueporpoise5119]

There's something about US and UK aircraft launching from the same carrier that makes me incredibly aroused...

[@misterwatson3337]

This is a bit of a false flag. England is really there to support Hong Kong and return the people of Hong Kong to the rule of England. As the queen promised to do when she signed over Hong Kong to china. What a wonderful day for democracy and freedom. Three cheers, god save the queen!

[@FloatingCroc]

This £7.5 billion pound ship was shut down whilst on sea trials just off the NE coast of Scotland because somebody managed to land a drone on it flight deck

[@LZE.]

Beautiful shots.

[@ronaldlasang9593]

Hello sir. I keep on watch. I saw an helicopter today. Is that from your deck.? I'm sorry the communication is very scarce.

[@ITER345]

those stills are stunning

[@stavm1909]

Wont be long before its back in dockyard to have the weak decks repaired.If ever there was a waste of public money the proof is here 7 yeears to build this is a disgrace and the list of poor quality faults is Endless

[@tonytotten408]

Oh a I am ex forces N I and Falklands 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@mpsymonds1]

If there is a space for the yanks to get the star`s and stripes in, they get the flag in. All we have is a little donut. Understating as always. 😂

[@simonlunt353]

Yes why have the stars and Stripes on that intake 🤔

[@trottheblackdog]

617 has the Union Jack on the intake too.

[@chrisdownie490]

Why... Are we/were we at war.. What is the status of Iraq and the Iraqi Government???

[@ronaldlasang9593]

I appreciate much the strength of this bird.

[@mall231]

Iam from England and love that we have all this but could we please stay away from that part of world 🌎

[@peterdixon7705]

I Like ship's and aircraft also but what did these missons over the enemy achieve.is the situation changed .what's going to happen when she leaves the Med.to go onto South Chins Sea.

[@waynemongo]

It's kind of an obscene blooding.

[@peterdixon7705]

Watch the military parades next week in China to celebrate 100 year's of the CCP. Should be quite a performance.

[@reecevince2166]

Why does the US Marine Corps have an aircraft section surely it would be easier to use their version of the Fleet Air Arm its just spending more money😂😂

[@lenn55]

What? The Brits don't have enough F-35Bs so they asked the US Marines for help which they provided.

[@reecevince2166]

@@lenn55 i know that im saying why does the United States Marine Corps have fighter aircraft as well as the U.S. Navy when they’re both doing the same job

[@slammerf16]

@@reecevince2166 The USMC is a mini set of all the services in one. Of course when I say mini, that's only when comparing with the rest of the US forces. They could stomp all over most countries armed forces by themselves. I just checked, there are about 182,000 in the USMC.

[@Flanker-NineZero]

@@reecevince2166 USMC is amphibious. Their air corps is a modern day equivalent to cavalry. They need that to support their troops when they go ashore.

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

It stemmed from their experience on Guadalcanal, where after offloaded by the Navy, they were virtually left abandoned by the Navy as USN withdrew their ships due to the threat of Japanese Navy in the area. The Marines swore that they would have their own air wing come what may to support their grunts on the ground. A Marine pilot had to be an infantryman first before he gets to fly as a pilot. Marine pilots are the most conversant in providing close air support.

[@AlphaBravoCheeseCake]

CATS and TRAPS going onboard in 2023. Gonna be an amazing 2 ships

[@jaybee9269]

Seriously? I hadn’t heard that.

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

What is the use of 5th Gen F35's & its apparent radar invisibility, when you slap a pair of AIM 132's on the end of each wing? Doesn't that defeat the object of a 5th Gen? You may as well put some Sea Gripen's on the Carriers for a fraction of the price? It's just dumb!

[@Benjd0]

It depends on the mission whether it would be required, in this case since they aren't up against anyone who could fire back, they actually want to increase the radar signature so that anyone else watching can't gather data on its stealth profile. That's why they also have those fins attached in some areas, they're radar reflectors to increase the radar cross section. I'm guessing the extra training and equipment required to operate a few other fighters would mostly outweigh the savings, especially considering they would need to modify the carrier to have an arresting gear and angled deck ideally. You also wouldn't want to just save the F-35 for stealth only missions since you want pilots to get experience.

[@danielfrancis4799]

One of the main features of the F-35 is it’s Stealth, so if this is Combat Mission, why are two AIM-9X Air-to-Air Sidewinder Missiles being carried externally on the wing tips making the planes less Stealthy to the Russian Air Force Radar in Syria?

[@chuckhooks6621]

Stealth is only necessary the first few days of a very large war. After that, they will operate as normal jets. And it is not necessary to provide the Russians and Chinese a free stealth profile to gain intelligence about.

[@stevebryce-grant1107]

Would like to know how the USMC Pilots feel about being on an RN vessel and not having the usual catapult to launch the aircraft, and they also get to be the first pilots of USMC on the new carrier HMS Queen Elizebeth, not only a huge privilege for them but the Royal Navy as well

[@richardpoynton4026]

I’m not sure, but I don’t think the US Marines use catapult launches for this version of the F35 - it’s the vertical or short take off version. It’s the US navy that uses the naval variant. Just a guess…

[@Benjd0]

@@richardpoynton4026 Yeah they don't use catapults on their LHDs, it's just a flat deck, so they'll see a performance improvement on take off with a Ski-Jump at least.

[@RJM1011]

The USMC were on Harriers before so NO catapult crap used !

[@Gsmooth10455]

Your "guess" was actually a very good one. USMC F-35B's are not flown off of catapult assisted carriers, they use amphibious assault ships and take off and land just like the British pilots. F-35C's on the other hand, which are flown by the Navy, ARE flown from conventional catapult assisted carriers.@@richardpoynton4026

[@Gsmooth10455]

@@RJM1011 True that Marine Corps pilots have always flown Harriers from Amphibious Asault ships, but what's with the "no catapult crap"? We've always used BOTH STOVL and CATOBAR. What's the difference you may ask between the F35B and the F35C? Although the F-35B can do short takeoffs and landings, it also has the disadvantage of having the smallest range of the three variants, and it is also the least maneoverable of the three. This is because the engine of the F-35B with its lift fan take up more space in the fuselage limiting its gas tanks. The F-35C on the other hand has the largest wings, enabling it to carry more fuel out of the three variants, and is the biggest of the three variants, which enables it to have the greatest range by far, although it is not as maneoverable as the F-35A. Conventional carriers like the Gerald Ford and all Nimitz class carriers besides being bigger than all Ambhibious Assault ships, also have a huge advantage over them and HMS QE and HMS POW. They can launch and recover the E2D-Hawkeyes which are the highly sophisticated Naval versions of the USAF's AWACS. Sorry but the Amphibious assault ships along with the QE and POW can't do that. Conventional carriers also utilise the EA-G18 Growlers which are solely for electronic warfare. Again sorry but the Amphibious assault ships, along with QE and POW DON'T have that capability.

[@Maurice_Moss]

How come they're carrying the missiles externally? Is that deliberately to make them 'unstealthy'?

[@nick21614]

Yes and so they can carry more bombs too

[@sladehelicoptersgaming3148]

why all the American flags ?

[@andrewhardiman2328]

As British citizen Why you wasting are money in Syria 🇸🇾? When the Syria army SAA w Russia help can do the job

[@spitfire8790]

not really they're just doing combat air patrol they won't be staying in syria for long they're just assisting the U.S CSG for a short while it's not a full on permanent deployment in syria.

[@KawaTony1964]

The USMC should replace the USS Bonhomme Richard with a Queen Elizabeth class carrier. They cost about the same as the America class.

[@chuckhooks6621]

Marines want to retain a well deck for additional amphibious operations. All America-class going forward will have well decks.

[@nathanb8721]

Enlarged version of say the Australian Canberra class they have the ski jump and the well deck 1100 to 1600 troops ~ up to 110 vehicles ~ 4 landing craft ~ 12 to 18 aircraft enlarging something like it from the 27,500 tons closer to 35,000 to 40,000 could be a very capable ship

[@KawaTony1964]

@@nathanb8721 The Canberra class is a good ship, but is it any better than the America class? I don't think it is. The Queen Elizabeth class is on another level. It's almost a supercarrier. I understand that it can't carry a large no. of amphibious landing craft, but man, it would be a major asset for the US, especially if it doesn't cost any more than the America. The USN would probably be upset to let the USMC have one, though.

[@nick21614]

@@KawaTony1964 No need for that when the USN has Nimitz and Ford class carriers and also has LHAs, LHDs, LPDs etc. Each ship has its role. The QE class is basically an American LHA.

[@KawaTony1964]

@@nick21614 The Queen Elizabeth is more like a CV than an LHA. And it only costs $3.4 billion. The USS Ford costs $13 billion. We could buy almost 4 QE carriers for the cost of a Ford. The America class costs the same as the QE.

[@JameBlack]

"Daesh" sounds like some Daedra from TES

[@richardpoynton4026]

Carrying external stores comprises the stealth characteristics, but I suppose on this mission it doesn’t matter?

[@Benjd0]

Yeah in this case they've actually got radar reflectors attached to the aircraft too, since there's no need for stealth they don't want to let anyone gather information on them while they are stealthy.

[@lecco666]

Brilliant

[@CH-bn7qb]

Money well spent

[@TT-hd3zi]

@asdwca232 do you know how much that would have cost?

[@srubi1319]

@@TT-hd3zi Quality has a price 😉

[@TT-hd3zi]

@asdwca232 incorrect. It would have cost £2 billion to refit one ship with CATOBAR. And that excludes higher lifetime operating costs.

[@TT-hd3zi]

@asdwca232 I say refit because both carriers have already been constructed. However, in actual fact, when this £2 billion figure was created it was the calculated cost to fit catapults on one of the ships before she had finished construction (with the other one being scrapped immediately to pay for it). So it wouldn't have been cheaper to construct them with catobar from the beginning. An often overlooked problem was buddy tanking. Indigenous air to air refueling is a necessity for catobar carrier operations to assist in landings. The UK would have had to pay to develop buddy tanks for the F35 or buy Super Hornets which means further costs. While the F35C is cheaper, it's not by much at all.

[@TT-hd3zi]

@asdwca232 again, it would have cost an extra £2 billion and left us with one carrier instead of two.