Director Operations for Defence and Chair of @RNRugby
Oct 15, 2020 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
THREAD. With my staff set to disembark @HMSQNLZ following the successful completion of Exercise Joint Warrior, what have we achieved? Some thoughts… 1. We embarked the largest air group of 5th generation fighters ever put to sea – finally silencing those who harp on about ‘carriers without jets’. UK F-35B numbers will grow, but the ability to operate UK & US jets interchangeably from a British deck offers massive flexibility.