An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 21, sits armed and ready on the flight deck aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth in Sixth Fleet area of operations on June 18th, 2021. Alongside the United Kingdom’s 617 Squadron, VMFA-211 is conducting combat sorties in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the first combat operations launched from HMS Queen Elizabeth. OIR is the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community.

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Keywords: centcom, hmsqe, marcent, oir