U.K. Carrier Strike Group on Track to Achieve Full Operational Capability 

ABOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS PRINCE OF WALES (R09) – The U.K.’s carrier force is close to achieving full operational capability as the Royal Navy’s second aircraft carrier has operated for months at sea as part of a Pacific deployment. Operation Highmast deployment has greatly advanced the U.K. Carrier Strike Group’s path to Full Operational Capability while the U.K. CSG transit through the South China Sea provided the U.K. CSG to demonstrate freedom of navigation in the region and the shared belief to uphold the rules based international order in the region, strike group commander Commodore James Blackmore told USNI NewsRead More