U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron VMFA-211 (the “Wake Island Avengers”), alongside the United Kingdom’s 617 Squadron, are conducting combat sorties in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the first combat operations launched from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.

A U.S. Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron VMFA-211 (the “Wake Island Avengers”), Carrier Strike Group CSG-21, prepares to launch an F-35B Lightning II from the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth, under way in the Sixth Fleet area of operations, June 18th, 2021.

First Lieutenant Zachary Bodner/USMC