Oman: UK aircraft carrier joins exercises using logistics base in Duqm


Issue 1136 - 11 Nov 2021 | 1 minute read

 The British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth II, returning with escorts from its deployment to the Far East, has conducted joint training exercises with the Royal Navy of Oman off the Batinah coast. As Exercise White Shark concluded on 4 November, deputy prime minister for defence affairs Sayyid Shihab Bin Tarik Al-Said visited the aircraft carrier and watched as F-35 aircraft were launched.

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