
UK Carrier Strike Group 2021: Who's Joining HMS Queen Elizabeth On Deployment?
The formation has been described as the UK's largest "signal of maritime and air power" for a generation.
The formation has been described as the UK's largest "signal of maritime and air power" for a generation.
Boris Johnson also said the formation's deployment to the Far East would not be "confrontational".
Former Royal Marine Maj Gen (Ret'd) Andy Salmon has been recalling his time protecting Kurdish refugees in Iraq during Operation Haven.
The ship entered the city with F-35Bs on her flight deck for the first time, before the Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment.
The Carrier Strike Group will visit 40 countries over 28 weeks during the deployment and will sail through the disputed South China Sea.
Tobias Ellwood MP said US President Joe Biden's foreign policy decision was "concerning" and "not the right move".
Deployments have seen British personnel work with international allies to try and stabilise the African country.
The month-long mission was part of the UK's commitment to the UN MINUSMA peacekeeping operation in Mali.
It has been confirmed that the Netherlands' HNLMS Evertsen will join HMS Queen Elizabeth and her Carrier Strike Group on the deployment.
Three RAF Chinooks are deployed to the West African country on the UK's Operation Newcombe.
The maritime patrol, featuring HMS Lancaster and HMS Westminster, is the first made up of exclusively Joint Expeditionary Force nations.
Personnel from 6 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps completed the final part of their pre-deployment training for the seven-month UN mission.
What will these changes mean for Armed Forces personnel serving abroad?
The aim is to make troops on Op Rescript feel appreciated
The bayonet is described as 'the last seven inches of failed foreign policy'.
It is only put into force once the UK's terror threat level reaches the highest point.