https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwRD_wgvPvk (Forces News) 18th November 2023 The largest unmanned aircraft ever launched from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier has successfully taken off from HMS Prince of Wales. The Mojave unmanned aircraft system is a modified version of the General Atomics MQ-1C Gray...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d4CaCfyqio (Forces News) 15th November 2023 Ajax, the British Army's new armoured vehicle, has been put through its paces on the Salisbury Plain training area, with its crews delighted by its firepower, features, reliability and performance. The Army resumed training...

High Down (Isle of Wight) - Britain's (former) Secret Rocket Base

(Jago Hazzard) 17th November 2023

Please stop requoting requotes. You typed three lines, yet your post produced a further 22 lines that take up website memory and page space.

Why NASA Relies On A 1950's Aircraft Design To Track 21st Century Spacecraft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFUc0GAg9iE (Scott Manley) 15th November 2023 Parked at an uncontrolled rural airfield in Northern California a 70 year old British Jet Bomber which was once used to carry experiments for NA...

SpaceX Starship IFT 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF2C7xE9Mj4 (Scott Manley) 18th November 2023 SpaceX finally got to fly their second integrated flight test of the fully reusable Starship & Superheavy system, the launch was spectacular, excitement had been guaranteed and excitement was del...

Just had a peek into the naval base, QE is at PRJ now. She got in just after 00:30.

Digger22 wrote: ↑14 Nov 2023, 20:05 Here's a question. Is it time we dropped the F from CVF?

Yes, years ago. The F in CVF was an early 2010s acronym for CV "Future" when the QEC was a future project.

RAF Jupiter thread: https://www.ukdefenceforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=1002

QE has been sighted at Loch Long and at the munitions jetty at Glenmallen. The eight F-35B's might be below in the hangar, or have they been flown off? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzjv74y0UzI (whatthomassaw) 12th November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AZwJLHcr-U (St Andrew Pics) 12th Nov...

Monday 13th November 2023: 1. Home Secretary, Suella Braverman is SACKED. 2. James Cleverly moves from Foreign Office to replace Suella Braverman as the new Home Secretary. 3. Former Prime Minister DAVID CAMERON replaces James Cleverly as the new Foreign Secretary. Cameron isn't an MP and has no sea...

Last Surviving WW2 Heavy Bombers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqyzb2ZBIZ0 (Mark Felton Productions) 11th November 2023 In this video, we examine how many iconic WW2 Allied and Axis heavy bombers still exist and how many are still flying. Of the 7,377 Avro Lancasters ever built, 17 still exist in...

How Many WW2 Fighters Survive in 2023? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY-pv1Am2V4 (Mark Felton Productions) 6th November 2023 In this video, we examine how many iconic WW2 Allied and Axis fighter planes still exist and how many are still flying. Of 20,351 Spitfires ever built, 240 still exist in 2...

I think the QE/PoW hangars contain more virtual aircraft (containerised simulators) than real ones.

QE has already had a retired Harrier on her flight deck in July 2019. And there's still a Sea Harrier acting as a 'Jetty Guardian' on Princess Royal Jetty in Portsmouth. PoW too has had a partial Harrier aboard. It was used for pilot evacuation training in September 2021. https://pbs.twimg.com/media...

The thread title specifically says it's a Type 26 Frigate (RN) News Only thread.
It does not say it's an Australian Hunter Class speculation and fantasy thread.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRSeMWtXyfM (Navy Lookout/Portsmouth Proud) 3rd November 2023 QE, HMS Somerset (F82) and HMS Severn (P282) departing Portsmouth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tSEE3lek3E (CobraEmergency) 3rd November 2023 Britain's flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, dep...

Departing on a Friday is just asking for more bad luck..

I do know that QE can accommodate 470 double decker buses, or 1234 Rolls Royce Phantoms on her flight deck if that's any help?!

Eight more takeoffs from Portsmouth pretty please...?(!)


^ 16th December 2019

Biggerised

Don't forget steam catapults and arrestor gear...

John Bowen (1932-2021) passed away on 10th January 2021 aged 88.

Wasn't the Dauphin II one of them? https://twitter.com/HMSPWLS/status/1706673996417085759 Correct! But the Yanks don't know what "Dauphin" means (the eldest son of a French King), so they call the "Dauphin" a "Dolphin" instead. :lol: See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Ranger Regiment soldiers have a blast with plastic explosives training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c54nvgITaNY (Forces News) 24th October 2023 Soldiers from the Ranger Regiment have been having a blast in Somerset as they undergo training and practice to sharpen their demolition skills. Manoeuv...