USMC F35B's Leave HMS Queen Elizabeth

[Snoop 95]

According to the UK Defence Journal the 10 USMC jets have left the. Royal Navy carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth:https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/america ... elizabeth/

[ZackG]

Any idea when the Carrier is due back to Port?

[plmc135]

Reported elsewhere that they have gone to Rota and will not be returning to Yuma via UK.

[roger4]

Any idea when the Carrier is due back to Port?

There is a dedicated HMSQE thread under "Military Marine Monitoring" - see viewtopic.php?f=355&t=180044&start=440

According to the post by Phantom29 on Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:22 pm "CSG21 was originally announced as a 28 week deployment. Based on a 22 May departure, that might make the return to Portsmouth Sat 4 Dec."

[Contrail1958]

Soon be back to the Merlin Carrier ?

[Agent K]

Soon be back to the Merlin Carrier ?

I think you’ll find most Navies carriers depart aircraft to their shore bases when close to their home ports, including the Merlins! USN always do it with their carrier wings too.

[22A]

Soon be back to the Merlin Carrier ?

I think you’ll find most Navies carriers depart aircraft to their shore bases when close to their home ports,

Think back (for those of my age) Phantoms, Buccaneers and Gannets joined Ark Royal & Eagle when they were at sea and left before arrival back in Pompey.

[Snoop 95]

Would be rather noisy and hazardous when alongside for conventional fixed-wing jet aircraft, but I seem to recall that the F35B's did landings and take-offs from HMS Queen Elizabeth when alongside in Portsmouth in 2019 or 2020.

[ridgmeister]

I think just one F35 departed HMS QE while alongside in Portsmouth, due to being u/s when the others flew off.

[Supra]

I think just one F35 departed HMS QE while alongside in Portsmouth, due to being u/s when the others flew off.

At long last...a valid reason for NOT having Cats-n-Traps! Knew there had to be one somewhere.

[Agent K]

Soon be back to the Merlin Carrier ?

I think you’ll find most Navies carriers depart aircraft to their shore bases when close to their home ports,

Think back (for those of my age) Phantoms, Buccaneers and Gannets joined Ark Royal & Eagle when they were at sea and left before arrival back in Pompey.

My point exactly, I'm not sure what the OP was trying to highlight?

[Thunder]

The OP never highlighted or mentioned anything about carrier based aircraft leaving before or after the ship docks(except that the USMC contingent had departed).

Having read the thread back, it was yourself that first mentioned it

[Agent K]

The OP never highlighted or mentioned anything about carrier based aircraft leaving before or after the ship docks(except that the USMC contingent had departed).

Having read the thread back, it was yourself that first mentioned it

Agreed, that was unclear, by OP I meant the OP about the Merlin Carrier comment, not the thread starter, again I was (am) unclear to the comment that as the F-35's have left to go on shore, the ship will revert back to being a Merlin carrier?

[DavieB]

Thanks for that - clear as mud!