US F-35B Lightning II's • Launch from the Banana Ramp • UK Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth

US Military #News - Here we see, US Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 , flying F-35B Lightning II’s ,conduct operations aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth, in the Bay of Bengal Recently. #UKNews #USANews

VMFA-211 is attached to the United Kingdom’s Carrier Strike Group 21, a UK-led international strike group.

In this footage we see the F-35B Lightning II fighter planes, take-off from the inclined ramp (aka - ski ramp; banana ramp), this exercise was conducted to to display the interoperability of the F-35B and the importance of integration between the forces of the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group (UK CSG), and the US Navy Amphibious Ready Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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Credit to : 1st Lt. Zachary Bodner
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing