French fighter jets used by American and British aircraft carriers that the Navy cut the Armed Forces
>> Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Under the strategic defense and security review, the Navy supports the reduction of costs: it five warships and 4,000 staff will lose it, Harrier jump jets will be deleted, and the flagship aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, will be removed immediately.
The first of two new carriers will enter service in 2016, but will be configured to transport helicopters - not jets - before being put on hold indefinitely, or sold by the second carrier in service.
But even when the second carrier arrives, the only aircraft capable of being able to use it will be American or French, with a striking new Joint Strike Fighter due in service until 2020.
This means that the British Navy aircraft are aircraft carriers for about 10 years, foreign pilots to fly foreign planes will be essential to the protection of Great Britain. But even that may not be able to come from the British aircraft carrier until 2016 at the earliest.
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