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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - US planes haven't flown combat missions from a foreign warship since 1943, when they took off from Britain's HMS Victorious in the South Pacific during World War II
- US F-35B jets took off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth this weekend, itself the first aircraft carrier of Britain's to see combat action in a decade
- The mission against ISIS is part of the US's Operation Inherent Resolve, as well as the UK's Operation Shader
- Military officials did not specify the location or target of the combat strikes
- Royal Navy carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, a $5billion ship, is taking on the 'lion's share' of operations in Iraq
- Commodore Steve Moorhouse said the UK is carrying out most of the missions to wipe out remnants of ISIS
- US forces are instead focusing on withdrawing its remaining troops from Afghanistan after two decades
- Russian warplanes have also been keeping tabs on state-of-the-art F-35 jet aboard the 65,000-tonne ship
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Operation Inherent Resolve: 2021-06-11 Global Coalition supplies the Peshmerga with multimillion dollars worth of weapons
Operation Inherent Resolve: 2021-06-11 U.S. offers $3 million for information on attacks against its interests in Iraq
Operation Inherent Resolve: 2021-03-27 The Pentagon is investigating whether special operators have committed war crimes, and if their commanders have even been checking
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Operation Shader: 2019-06-26 UK begins using new F-35 stealth fighters in Syria and Iraq
Operation Shader: 2018-11-24 Hero RAF Typhoon pilot obliterates four ISIS trucks a mile apart in same blitz
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Operation Shader: 2019-06-26 UK begins using new F-35 stealth fighters in Syria and Iraq
Operation Shader: 2018-11-24 Hero RAF Typhoon pilot obliterates four ISIS trucks a mile apart in same blitz
Operation Shader: 2016-10-13 RAF may, or may not, be allowed to shoot down Rooshins in Syria
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HMS Queen Elizabeth: 2021-05-05 UK dispatches a warship loaded with 18 jets to help eradicating ISIS remnants
HMS Queen Elizabeth: 2021-06-22 HMS Queen Elizabeth takes on ISIS: Royal Navy flagship is 'taking on the lion's share' of operations against fanatics in Iraq - while its F-35 jets engage in 'cat and mouse' games with Russian pilots
HMS Queen Elizabeth: 2021-06-01 NATO squares up to Russia: Britain's £3bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth leads war games with US and 9 other nations in Atlantic as they practise deploying to the Black Sea - days before Biden meets Putin
HMS Queen Elizabeth: 2021-05-05 UK dispatches a warship loaded with 18 jets to help eradicating ISIS remnants