Daily Mail: Stunning moment one of 14 elite F-35 fighter jets roars into action from runway of Royal Navy’s new 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth II as she sails to North Sea for final battle-ready tests
* The 65,000-tonne carrier left Portsmouth earlier this week and is sailing for exercises in the North Sea
* Big Lizzie has 14 F-35 Lightnings aboard, the RAF's latest fighters boasting vertical take off and landing
* Jets from the RAF's famed 617 Squadron (The Dambusters) have been joined by allies from the US Marines
* Queen Elizabeth is taking part in exercises for next few weeks to prepare her for first deployment next year
Stunning footage has revealed F-35 stealth fighters roaring off the colossal flight deck of the Royal Navy's new flagship aircraft carrier the HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Fourteen F-35B Lightning stealth fighters, four from the RAF Dambusters and ten from the US Marines Wake Island Avengers, have joined Big Lizzie for drills with allies in the North Sea.
The 65,000-tonne carrier left Portsmouth earlier this week and is taking part in its final training exercises before it is declared ready for war.
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