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4:30 PM May 4, 2021
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, where the USMC and Dambusters will serve
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A US Marines squadron has arrived in Suffolk to team up with the RAF s Dambusters ahead of a partnership on the HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron, also known as the Wake Island Avengers , flew to RAF Lakenheath from Arizona late last month to complete final training with the RAF 617 Squadron.
The Americans will be working alongside the Norfolk-based squadron – nicknamed the Dambusters – on the aircraft carrier which departed the UK on its maiden deployment on Sunday.
Published:
4:30 PM May 4, 2021
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, where the USMC and Dambusters will serve
- Credit: Andrew Matthews/PA
A US Marines squadron has arrived in Suffolk to team up with the RAF s Dambusters ahead of a partnership on the HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron, also known as the Wake Island Avengers , flew to RAF Lakenheath from Arizona late last month to complete final training with the RAF 617 Squadron.
The Americans will be working alongside the Norfolk-based squadron – nicknamed the Dambusters – on the aircraft carrier which departed the UK on its maiden deployment on Sunday.
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Blended U.S. Marine, U.K. Royal Air Force Air Wing Aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth Will be Largest F-35 Deployment to Date
April 29, 2021 2:03 PM
Marine F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 13 line the apron at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, April 26, 2021. US Air Force Photo
When the “Wake Island Avengers” of U.S. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 land on the United Kingdom’s aircraft carrier, it will mark the largest-ever deployment of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters in the history of the program.
USMC F-35Bs have arrived at RAF Lakenheath to deploy aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Split into two sections, each including 5 jets, a total of 10 USMC F-35Bs aircraft have arrived at RAF Lakenheath, UK. The first five jets landed on Apr. 26, 2021; the remaining ones arrived at the base in Suffolk, England, on Apr. 28, 2021.
The USMC F-35Bs aircraft belong to the VMFA-211 Wake Island Avengers, based at MCAS (Marine Corps Air Station) Yuma, Arizona, and, in the next weeks, they will depart RAF Lakenheath to head to the HMS Queen Elizabeth, for UK’s new aircraft carrier’s first operational deployment. The photographs in this article were taken by