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UK, US and Japanese Carrier Groups Launch Joint F-35B Drills in Philippine Sea

The exercise coincides with Japan bringing its first F-35B jets into service.

The British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, front, and the United States aircraft carrier USS George Washington, back, sail in formation in the Timor Sea on July 18, 2025.
Image released by the Royal Navy announcing the HMS Prince of Wales’ departure from Darwin, in Australia’s Northern Territory, to proceed northwards into the western Pacific. (Image credit: Royal Navy)

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