[Smartisan]

Ha, I know where you’re coming from, but to be fair the delay from the F35 is on your side of the pond ;)

As far as I can see, the QE will be commissioned around 2016, with the F35’s arriving probably in 2018 or so. So I guess for the intervening 2 and a bit years we will run it with Merlins, Wildcat’s, Chinook’s and Apache.

Although if the USMC wants to roll into a proper sized carrier for once, they’re more than welcome ;)

[A.A. Cunningham]

Although if the USMC wants to roll into a proper sized carrier for once

Already been there, done that nearly four decades ago.