This week, for the first time in eight years, an aircraft landed on a British aircraft carrier.
The plane was an F-35B, the Marine Corps' variant of the Joint Strike Fighter that is capable of vertical take offs and landings, and the ship was the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK's largest warship.
Neither is entirely new — the UK got its first F-35 six years ago, and the carrier took to sea in 2017 — but bringing them together has been touted as a new era for British military power.
"The largest warship in British history is joining forces with the most advanced fighter jets on the planet. This marks a rebirth of our power to strike decisively from the seas anywhere in the world," British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson said in a release. "It is also a statement of Britain's determination to promote peace and prevent war."
Below, you can see the two F-35s working in tandem with crews on the Queen Elizabeth.
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