To ask Her Majesty's Government when the UK will be able to deploy a carrier with its (1) designated, and (2) planned for, load of 36 F-35B UK aircraft, plus helicopters.
Answered on
20 June 2022
The composition and size of the embarked air group in a deploying Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) carrier will be tailored to meet the operational requirement.
The QEC carriers have been designed to be able to embark 40 aircraft, a mix of fixed wing and rotary wing.
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Ministry of Defence