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The UK Carrier Strike Group (UKCSG) is a carrier battle group of the Royal Navy.It has existed in various forms since the mid-2000s. [1] [2] Between 2006 and 2011, the formation centred around the Royal Navy's Invincible-class aircraft carriers until the retirement of their Harrier GR9 strike aircraft in 2011 as a result of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
Britain’s other aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, led a carrier strike group to the Indo-Pacific region in 2021, and the Royal Navy maintains a permanent presence in the region through ...
Later in 2025, the UK’s carrier strike group will visit Japan as part of a deployment to the Indo-Pacific. The group, which includes the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, will work alongside ...
The UK had plans to order 138 F-35Bs for the FAA and RAF. The financial crisis led to the decision taken in the 2010 SDSR to immediately withdraw the Harrier GR9 force in late 2010 along with HMS Ark Royal, to reduce the total number of F-35s planned for purchase by the UK, and to purchase the F-35C CATOBAR version rather than the STOVL F-35B ...
Both task groups also joined the UK Carrier Strike Group led by the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for Exercise Strike Warrior. The exercise involved 20 ships, three submarines and 84 aircraft and validated NATO's ability to coordinate a carrier strike group with an amphibious task group. [23]
HMS Queen Elizabeth will depart for Asia accompanied by six Royal Navy ships, a submarine, 14 naval helicopters and a company of Royal Marines.
CGS21 will demonstrate a fully sovereign UK carrier strike group comprising: [50] HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), HMS Diamond (D34), HMS Defender (D36), HMS Kent (F78), HMS Richmond (F239), an attack submarine of the Astute class, RFA Fort Victoria (A387) and a Tide-class tanker. Also accompanying will be a U.S. Navy destroyer USS The Sullivans
A British aircraft carrier that had been set to lead the largest NATO exercises since the Cold War will not set sail Sunday after a problem with its propeller was discovered during final checks ...