CSG21: Task force integrates with allies in the Mediterranean

HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) and her Carrier Strike Group (CSG) have integrated with allies for exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, during which the aircraft carrier’s embarked F-35B Lightning IIs conducted operations with Aéronautique Navale (French Fleet Air Arm)-operated Rafale Ms. In early June, HMS Queen Elizabeth sailed and trained with the Marine Nationale’s (French Navy) FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) in the Western Mediterranean, marking the first time that the two flagship aircraft carriers had operated alongside one another. While