Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is due to depart HMNB Portsmouth this weekend for Exercise Strike Warrior, hosting F-35Bs from 809 Naval Air Squadron and 617 Squadron. This will be the first time that 809 NAS F-35s operate from an aircraft carrier.
The Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09) will depart from its homebase of HMNB Portsmouth this weekend, subject to weather conditions. The ship will embark F-35B Lightning II aircraft from RAF Marham’s 617 Squadron and 809 Naval Air Squadron (NAS). This will mark the first deployment of 809 NAS on board a ship, only weeks after the squadron undertook their first independent sortie.
This comes following a work-up period where the ship completed Operational Sea Training off the UK’s southwestern coast, testing the crew’s abilities in navigation, seamanship, damage control, firefighting, and other basic operational tasks. Prince of Wales was seen anchored in St Ives Bay, Cornwall, for a brief period before returning to Portsmouth on Sept. 20, 2024.
The massive Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales anchored off St Ives at sunrise this morning. pic.twitter.com/LyEdGPYg8J
— Greg Martin (@photogregmartin) September 15,…
Source theaviationist.com
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