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2 Carrier Strike Groups ✅ 21 Ships ✅ 41 Jets ✅ 3 Submarines ✅ #MedStrike #CSG25

The UK Carrier Strike Group participated in Ex Med Strike off the coast of Italy with @NATO allies. F-35B Lightnings onboard @HMSPWLS played a vital role. #CSG25 will now engage in further exercises and operations alongside a dozen allied forces during its eight-month mission.

It's International Top Gun Day!🛩️ 🎬Paying homage to our Naval Aviators @RoyalNavy we've recreated this iconic scene from the Carrier Strike Group #CSG25 #TopGunDay 🕶️

That’s a wrap to MedStrike!

Senior Commanders from the @RoyalAirForce,@RoyalNavy and Joint HQ, visited MEDSTRIKE to witness the combined training Exercise.🤝 
Putting the #CSG25 through its paces with Air Defence, Anti-Submarine Warfare and damage control scenarios to test the ships companies.💪

As part of the eight-month mission to the Indo-Pacific, Operation Highmast will see #CSG25 collaborate with 13 nations, with the first Exercise, Exercise Med Strike, happening in the Ionian Sea this week. #FlyAndFight #StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO

“It is with great pride that we begin operations in the Mediterranean." The UK Carrier Strike Group, with flagship @HMSPWLS at its heart, has begun a week-long exercise alongside NATO allies in the Med.

Our F35B’s lining the flight deck of @HMSPWLS ready to begin exercise #MedStrike with @ItalianNavy tomorrow in the Mediterranean sea. #OpsReady #CSG25 #sunset 🇬🇧🇮🇹🌅

Two aircraft carriers, 21 warships, three submarines, 41 fast jets, 19 helicopters, ten patrol aircraft and more than 8,000 personnel "sends a strong message" says the Royal Navy's Commodore Blackmore. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-italia…

Amazing footage shows @HMSDauntless receiving an F-35B flypast✈️ The Daring-class Type 45 destroyer completed an air defence exercise on her deployment with #CarrierStrikeGroup25. Read more👇🔗 forcesnews.com/csg25/hms-daun…

F-35 jets on board @HMSPWLS conduct day into night flying operations to qualify pilots at the start of #CSG25 deployment.

🇬🇧 British air and sea power on full display as @HMSPWLS leads the UK Carrier Strike Group into the Mediterranean — joined by allies and captured in stunning images. #RoyalNavy #highmast #CSG25

The UK Carrier Strike group has now joined NATO exercise #NeptuneStrike #CSG25 @STRIKFORNATO @JFC_Naples

Picture perfect📸🛳️ Take a look at the @RoyalNavy's breathtaking images of the @COMUKCSG in formation near the Strait of Gibraltar⚓ More here 🔗👇 brnw.ch/21wSinu

📸 The 2025 Carrier Strike Group at sea, led by HMS Prince of Wales 🇬🇧 An 8-month, 4,500-strong task group—supported by @NATO & allies—has entered the Med and will sail to the Western Pacific, reaffirming the UK’s commitment to Med & Indo-Pacific security, trade & industry.

Put through my paces in the pre-dawn gym group by the crew of HMS Prince of Wales as they begin their deployment. The Carrier Strike Group supports thousands of jobs and- joined by allies - strengthens our partnerships and global security. Fair winds and following seas.

Wizards, cats and lightning. 🧙‍♂️🐯⚡️ Not the ingredients of a Harry Potter spell but the magic which makes up the impressive air wing aboard on #CSG25. F-35B Lightnings have now joined Wildcat and Merlin helicopters on @HMSPWLS. royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/apri…

First F-35s and Merlin Mk2s for #CSG25 embarked on HMS Prince of Wales yesterday afternoon.

The air wing embarked on HMS Prince of Wales will grow significantly during the deployment, heres what we know. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/a-briefing-on-…

Today is the day #CSG25 sets sail 👋 🌎 12 Nations 🤝 Multiple Exercises with allies ⚓ Support ships, frigates, destroyers & submarines ✈️ Air power from F-35B, Typhoon, Voyager, C-17, P8, A400, Merlin, Wildcat helicopters, Malloy T-150 drones 🫶🏽 One Defence working together