Commodore Steve Moorhouse

To date we have delivered diplomatic influence on behalf of the UK through a series of exercises and engagements with our partners -- now we are ready to deliver the hard punch of maritime-based air power against a shared enemy, the involvement of HMS Queen Elizabeth and her air wing in this campaign also sends a wider message. It demonstrates the speed and agility with which a UK-led carrier strike group can inject fifth-generation combat power into any operation, anywhere in the world, thereby offering the British government, and our allies, true military and political choice.

Commodore Steve Moorhouse