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New U.K. Aircraft Carrier Will Host U.S. F-35s

Friday, September 9th, 2016

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LONDON--The United Kingdom's newest class of aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, will host United States F-35s starting in 2021, U.K. Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said Sept. 7.The Queen Elizabeth-class carriers will be the biggest and most powerful warships ever constructed for Royal Navy, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defence. The other Queen Elizabeth-class carrier will be the HMS Prince of Wales, which had its final structural section lowered into place earlier this summer, according to the Royal Navy.…

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