US fighter jets take off from foreign carrier for first time since WWII
The last time US aircraft had flown combat missions from a British foreign aircraft carrier was during a campaign in the South Pacific in 1943, stationed aboard the HMS Victorious.
F-35 fighter jets(photo credit: STAFF SGT. CHRIS DRZAZGOWSKI/U.S. AIR FORCE)ByZACHARY KEYSERUpdated: