HMS Queen Elizabeth: Take a glimpse inside Royal Navy carrier's hangar stocked with F-35B jets

HMS Queen Elizabeth’s crew have offered a glimpse inside her hangar.
Inside HMS Queen Elizabeth's hanger. Picture: HMS Queen Elizabeth/ TwitterInside HMS Queen Elizabeth's hanger. Picture: HMS Queen Elizabeth/ Twitter
Inside HMS Queen Elizabeth's hanger. Picture: HMS Queen Elizabeth/ Twitter

The Royal Navy’s future fleet flagship is currently on deployment across the Atlantic for Westlant19.

She has been carrying out trials with the F-35Bs, which has seen the first British jets take off from her deck.

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HMS Queen Elizabeth’s official Twitter took a swipe at people who criticised her prowess as an aircraft carrier.

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The post said: ‘Anyone still our legitimacy as an aircraft carrier? Peek into our hangar - this cavernous space suddenly feels a bit cramped! Still plenty of room for more but this gives you an idea of scale when 4 lighting & 5 helicopters were put to bed last night.’

A picture was also attached and showed the hangar packed with aircraft including the F-35B jets.

HMS Queen Elizabeth left Portsmouth in August to take part in advanced exercises off the east coast of the USA for her Westlant deployment.

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British defence secretary Ben Wallace has called the trials ‘another step towards’ the carrier strike capability becoming fully operational.

HMS Queen Elizabeth's first operational deployment with the 617 Squadron and a squadron of US Marine Corps Lightning jets is pencilled to take place in 2021.

Lieutenant Commander Matt Fooks-Bale was in the cockpit as the first British F-35B jet took off and landed on HMS Queen Elizabeth and the seminal moment was captured on camera.

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