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2021-06-23 Iraq
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US warplanes fly first combat missions off foreign aircraft carrier since World War II as Marine Corps F-35B jets take off from HMS Queen Elizabeth to fight ISIS in the Middle East
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.jpg) [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - US planes haven't flown combat missions from a foreign warship since 1943, when they took off from Britain's HMS Victorious in the South Pacific during World War II
- US F-35B jets took off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth this weekend, itself the first aircraft carrier of Britain's to see combat action in a decade
- The mission against ISIS is part of the US's Operation Inherent Resolve, as well as the UK's Operation Shader
- Military officials did not specify the location or target of the combat strikes
- Royal Navy carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, a $5billion ship, is taking on the 'lion's share' of operations in Iraq
- Commodore Steve Moorhouse said the UK is carrying out most of the missions to wipe out remnants of ISIS
- US forces are instead focusing on withdrawing its remaining troops from Afghanistan after two decades
- Russian warplanes have also been keeping tabs on state-of-the-art F-35 jet aboard the 65,000-tonne ship
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Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-23 3:04:57 PM||
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Posted by Vernal Hatrick 2021-06-23 15:25||
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