809 Naval Air Squadron jets embark on aircraft carrier for the first time
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- Four F-35 jets of 809 Naval Air Squadron begin pilot carrier qualification sorties flying from HMS Prince of Wales in the North Sea.
This is the first time 809 Squadron has embarked on a carrier since the squadron was disbanded 1982. “The Immortals” were stood up at a ceremony at RAF Marham in Dec 2023. The 809-badged jets are shared in a pool with other squadrons and jointly operated by both RN and RAF personnel.
Additional aircraft from 617 Squadron will embark later for exercise Strike Warrior 2024.
About bloody time too!
Just in Time
Crosswinds and heaving deck
It would be nice to see an 809 sq aircraft, it maybe a joint pool, but the Squadrons operate there own Squadron mark aircraft.
But the question that going through my mind, is what ship does Singapore expected their F-35Bs to fly normally from? And why didn't they just buy the F-35As?
I'm sure the average RAF techie didn't sign up to work on an airfield that can potentially sink.
No thats and thats probably why they are all Royal Navy crews.
Having said that RAF ground staff worked on carriers in 1982....
@@1chish A stupid idea having an airfield that can sink.
@@jjsmallpiece9234 Oh well you better get in touch with the Yanks who have twelve, the Chinese who have 1 1/2, the Indians who have two and the French who have one then ...
Oh wait ... these airfields move ... 🤦♂
@@1chishRAF and RN personnel work on the carriers together
@@Orbital_Inclination I am sure I said that ....
Great to see.
Great to see, congratulations!
Can't help but notice they don't half come down rough onto the deck on landing mind! Is that the computers controlling that?
Lots of deck movement, you can see the horizon in the background.
@@DrawnInk1 True, I just thought the flight computers would be able to slightly better compensate for such things with all the big talk people have been giving them.
That's deliberate. The rate of descent is automated, the pilot just holds full forward stick in STOVL mode and the aircraft judges the rate of descent to remain within the tolerances of the landing gear, whilst landing as expeditiously as possible.
@@Orbital_Inclination As I suspected, thanks. I guess it might look a bit rougher of a landing than it actually is then!
617 squadron on aircraft carrier's ? Learn something new all the time 🤔
617 and 809 are the two F-35 squadrons!
@@Oxley016 thanks I have learnt something new
Easier to get to the dams
@@cedhome7945 You're quite welcome!
Marham ello
Windy and rough seas.
Cheers for the forecast
809 ello. 617sqn ello
Exactly how many F35’s are fully operational ? Not many I would say ! I thought each carrier wing was gonna have at least 24 !
So far we have 34 of the ordered 48, and the budget to take us up to 72 is already with the MOD.
There's no fixed size for embarked air wings, they're scaled as required, balanced against other taskings by 1 Group.
I still think our ground crews need to be more "Top Gun"
Soon to be diverted to the gulf ?
Does anyone know how many jets are in each squadron?
It varies depending on need, its not a fixed number, like many of the Typhoon squadrons that also routinely move jets around as needed.
🐦🔥Phoenix🎉
Nice.
We should have never got rid off the harrier jump jet 👍💯
I’ve been summoned…
They are a bit old now, everybody else is replacing theirs with F-35s. We could have held on to ours for a bit longer though.
So dumb 🤦🏻♂️
We should have never done that ridiculous one-sided deal with the Americans to sell them the entire Harrier force for less than the price of one F-35B, but then again when did we ever get a good deal off the Americans?
We should still be using Spitfires then
All that and we can't stop some rubber boats.
Best you start voting for Reform 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@simonbird1973why? For some pointless, zero-substance xenophobic policies with nothing to actually back them up?
What exactly would we use the military for in that case, that civil agencies aren't already doing?
Sure you can, but it would kill a lot of people.
@@la_old_salt2241I fear that's what these people seem to want, even if they don't state it outright
The British royal navy sails away from the danger of the Middle East or Taiwan.
The last time time the UK carrier group was near Taiwan, it sent a ship through the Taiwan strait. Hardly sailing away.
No such thing as the British Royal Navy cock.....it's the Royal Navy.
They’re 617 squadron Lightenings of the RAF rather than 809 Royal Navy. Anyways, we move on…..
I can't be certain about the jets but the personnel are certainly of both squadrons.
Did you not read the description - "The 809-badged jets are shared in a pool with other squadrons and jointly operated by both RN and RAF personnel." They are both based using the same aircraft at RAF Marham.
F-35s are operated like the Harriers - the aircraft are not assigned to specific squadrons or ships. And as it happens RAF and RN pilots fly as required although they are attached to Squadrons.
FunFact: RAF 617 Squadron was once commanded by a Royal Navy officer ...
You can’t even spell Lightning…..and you’re wrong.
@@1chish Fun Fact 617's squadron's new CO is a Bootneck!!! The Royal Marines have a Quaffed Fighter Pilot!!
Just the two then?
No, there are more than that visible in this video.
013, 016, 026 and 027 are all legible on the sides of the various aircraft, with more tethered in the back of shot
Well that's a relief. For a moment there I thought we'd be really stuffed in the event of a war.
Crap plane. Should have had catapult launch system heavier load could have been carried.
The F35b can take off with its maxed loadout from a QE class carrier, so what more would catapults add??
@@Markus117d the ability to lay siege to a medieval castle.
@@Markus117d Nothing for F-35 as you are right about that. A catapult would allow us to operate a true fixed wing dedicated AWACS though.
@@Oxley016the RN will be getting a fixed wing dedicated AWACS without needing the enormously costly EMALS catapults.
@@Bob10009 Is this the drone one? Will the radar be as powerful as on a full sized manned aircraft?