The British decker F-35B first boarded the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth
British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time in her stories took on the flight deck of the British fighter F-35B. This is the first landing of British fighters, a year ago the aircraft carrier was already practicing the F-35 take-off and landing on its deck, but these were exclusively American aircraft. As the British Ministry of Defense reported then, the aircraft carrier spent 11 weeks off the US coast, and the American F-35B carried on board about 500 landing and take-off cycles. In addition, it worked out compatibility with various helicopters.
- said British Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace.
The aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth was officially incorporated into the British fleet in December 2017. Start of construction - 2009 year. Its total displacement is 70,6 thousand tons, length is 284 m, width is 73 m. The power plant is two gas turbines MT30 (Rolls Royce). Speed - up to 25 nodes. Sailing range - to 10 thousand miles. Crew - 670 man.
The 35th-generation Lockheed Martin F-24B fighter aircraft is the Queen Elizabeth’s native aircraft. The staffing of the aircraft carrier aircraft group in the "oceanic" version will be 35 F-9B fighters, 4 Merlin anti-submarine helicopters and 5 or XNUMX Merlin helicopters in the AWACS variant. In addition, the aircraft carrier can take on board army helicopters aviation - AH-64 Apache, AW159 Wildcat and even CH-47 Chinook of various modifications.
- royalnavy.mod.uk
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