United Kingdom

摘要

TWO LOCKHEED Martin F-35B Lightning Ⅱ fighter squadrons - the Royal Air Force's 617 and the United States Marines Corps' VMFA-211 - have deployed with the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. VMFA-211, known as 'The Wake Island Avengers', is based at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma in Arizona, but arrived in the UK in September. Its F-35s flew to RAF Marham in Norfolk, the home of the UK Lightning Force, where 617 squadron, 'The Dambusters', is based. The squadrons worked together for Exercise Point Blank, before deploying to HMS Queen Elizabeth.