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Commodore Utley described Westlant19 as another element of the ‘Crawl-Walk-Run’ approach to re-establishing full carrier strike capability, expanding on the work done during Westlant18. [11], Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group, "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships", "Portsmouth Navy Officers Honoured For Typhoon Relief", "Royal Navy hands over command of NATO task group in Portugal", "F-35 pilot makes history with revolutionary method of landing jets on HMS Queen Elizabeth", "Surface fleet awarded for outstanding performance", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike_Utley_(Royal_Navy_officer)&oldid=982879266, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 10 October 2020, at 22:50. At the heart of our naval prowess is an impressive fleet that includes destroyers, frigates and aircraft carriers. The landing of the first UK jets onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth would be another landmark in the programme. This time around it’s about planning sorties, arming the aircraft using the carrier’s weapons handling system and debriefing on the success of each phase. Now they are on board, the aim is to get them ready for operations from the carrier, which will become fully operational in 2021.

[6], Utley became commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in June 2017,[7] Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group in October 2018,[8] and Commander United Kingdom Strike Force in December 2019.


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Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. He went on to become Commander Sea Training in 2010 before being appointed the … Our ability to overcome adverse conditions means we’re often the first to respond when disaster strikes. “Once again, the support from our US Navy and US Marine Corps colleagues in the United States has been incredible and undoubtedly helped bring us to this moment: making maritime aviation history.” Connect with like-minded people and develop a peer-to-peer support network both online and at community centres. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tatyana Freeman), Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tatyana Freeman, 190927-N-XO654-0215 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 27, 2019) Commodore Mike Utley, OBE Royal Navy, Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group, observes flight operations in primary flight control aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser.

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[4] He went on to become Commander Sea Training in 2010,[1] before being appointed the last commanding officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in May 2013[5] and in that role was deployed to provide humanitarian aid in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in November 2013.