The United Kingdom's HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has embarked the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning and AgustaWestland-Boeing WAH-64 Apache AH1 aircraft types for the first time, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced.

F-35B pilot, Squadron Leader Will, stands in front of his aircraft aboard Prince of Wales . (Crown Copyright)

A single F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter from the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) 207 Squadron (the Operational Conversion Unit based at RAF Marham), and three British Army Air Corps (AAC) Apaches from 4 Regiment, 656 Squadron, arrived aboard the second Queen Elizabeth-class carrier in early June for ship/aircraft integration trials.

“Operating together as part of Sea Acceptance Trials, [the F-35B arrival] is the first time a fixed-wing aircraft has landed onboard HMS Prince of Wales ,” the MoD said on 9 June. The day prior, the ministry had noted of the Apache embarkation, “The training with Prince of Wales

The United Kingdom's HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has embarked the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning and AgustaWestland-Boeing WAH-64 Apache AH1 aircraft types for the first time, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced.

F-35B pilot, Squadron Leader Will, stands in front of his aircraft aboard Prince of Wales . (Crown Copyright)

A single F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter from the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) 207 Squadron (the Operational Conversion Unit based at RAF Marham), and three British Army Air Corps (AAC) Apaches from 4 Regiment, 656 Squadron, arrived aboard the second Queen Elizabeth-class carrier in early June for ship/aircraft integration trials.

“Operating together as part of Sea Acceptance Trials, [the F-35B arrival] is the first time a fixed-wing aircraft has landed onboard HMS Prince of Wales ,” the MoD said on 9 June. The day prior, the ministry had noted of the Apache embarkation, “The training with Prince of Wales

The United Kingdom's HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has embarked the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning and AgustaWestland-Boeing WAH-64 Apache AH1 aircraft types for the first time, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced.

F-35B pilot, Squadron Leader Will, stands in front of his aircraft aboard Prince of Wales . (Crown Copyright)

A single F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter from the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) 207 Squadron (the Operational Conversion Unit based at RAF Marham), and three British Army Air Corps (AAC) Apaches from 4 Regiment, 656 Squadron, arrived aboard the second Queen Elizabeth-class carrier in early June for ship/aircraft integration trials.

“Operating together as part of Sea Acceptance Trials, [the F-35B arrival] is the first time a fixed-wing aircraft has landed onboard HMS Prince of Wales ,” the MoD said on 9 June. The day prior, the ministry had noted of the Apache embarkation, “The training with Prince of Wales

The United Kingdom's HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has embarked the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning and AgustaWestland-Boeing WAH-64 Apache AH1 aircraft types for the first time, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced.

F-35B pilot, Squadron Leader Will, stands in front of his aircraft aboard Prince of Wales . (Crown Copyright)

A single F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter from the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) 207 Squadron (the Operational Conversion Unit based at RAF Marham), and three British Army Air Corps (AAC) Apaches from 4 Regiment, 656 Squadron, arrived aboard the second Queen Elizabeth-class carrier in early June for ship/aircraft integration trials.

“Operating together as part of Sea Acceptance Trials, [the F-35B arrival] is the first time a fixed-wing aircraft has landed onboard HMS Prince of Wales ,” the MoD said on 9 June. The day prior, the ministry had noted of the Apache embarkation, “The training with Prince of Wales

The United Kingdom's HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has embarked the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning and AgustaWestland-Boeing WAH-64 Apache AH1 aircraft types for the first time, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced.

F-35B pilot, Squadron Leader Will, stands in front of his aircraft aboard Prince of Wales . (Crown Copyright)

A single F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter from the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) 207 Squadron (the Operational Conversion Unit based at RAF Marham), and three British Army Air Corps (AAC) Apaches from 4 Regiment, 656 Squadron, arrived aboard the second Queen Elizabeth-class carrier in early June for ship/aircraft integration trials.

“Operating together as part of Sea Acceptance Trials, [the F-35B arrival] is the first time a fixed-wing aircraft has landed onboard HMS Prince of Wales ,” the MoD said on 9 June. The day prior, the ministry had noted of the Apache embarkation, “The training with Prince of Wales

The United Kingdom's HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has embarked the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning and AgustaWestland-Boeing WAH-64 Apache AH1 aircraft types for the first time, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced.

F-35B pilot, Squadron Leader Will, stands in front of his aircraft aboard Prince of Wales . (Crown Copyright)

A single F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter from the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) 207 Squadron (the Operational Conversion Unit based at RAF Marham), and three British Army Air Corps (AAC) Apaches from 4 Regiment, 656 Squadron, arrived aboard the second Queen Elizabeth-class carrier in early June for ship/aircraft integration trials.

“Operating together as part of Sea Acceptance Trials, [the F-35B arrival] is the first time a fixed-wing aircraft has landed onboard HMS Prince of Wales ,” the MoD said on 9 June. The day prior, the ministry had noted of the Apache embarkation, “The training with Prince of Wales