United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 187167
HMS Queen Elizabeth: F-35 Aircraft
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26 April 2021
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29 April 2021 · Answer
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29 April 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the majority of F-35s deployed on Queen Elizabeth's voyage to the Indo-Pacific will be US Marine Corps aircraft.
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26 April 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the majority of F-35s deployed on Queen Elizabeth's voyage to the Indo-Pacific will be US Marine Corps aircraft.
Source: Commons
29 April 2021
Answer
HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH will embark 18 F-35Bs for CSG21 in two squadrons: eight from the UK's 617 Squadron RAF and 10 from the US Marine Corps squadron VMFA-211. The Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers are international by design and the fact they can ope...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-04-26/187167
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1312180
- uk · wq-1312180 · source updated 29 April 2021