Lightning jets line up on deck for top mission on the fly seas

AN impressive line-up of Lightning jets stands at the ready on HMS Prince of Wales -as the Royal Navy's flagship leads a multi-national eight-month mission.

- By Dean Murray

British servicemen and women from the Royal Navy, RAF and Army.

The F35B stealth fighters were snapped on deck as a Merlin helicopter, from the 820 Naval Air Squadron, took off from the aircraft carrier.