* US planes haven't flown combat missions from a foreign warship since 1943, when they took off from Britain's HMS Victorious in the South Pacific during World War II
* US F-35B jets took off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth this weekend, itself the first aircraft carrier of Britain's to see combat action in a decade
* The mission against ISIS is part of the US's Operation Inherent Resolve, as well as the UK's Operation Shader * Military officials did not specify the location or target of the combat strikes
* Royal Navy carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, a $5billion ship, is taking on the 'lion's share' of operations in Iraq
* Commodore Steve Moorhouse said the UK is carrying out most of the missions to wipe out remnants of ISIS
* US forces are instead focusing on withdrawing its remaining troops from Afghanistan after two decades
* Russian warplanes have also been keeping tabs on state-of-the-art F-35 jet aboard the 65,000-tonne ship
US warplanes have flown their first combat missions off a foreign aircraft carrier since World War II, as Marine Corps fighter jets launched from the UK's HMS Queen Elizabeth for operations against ISIS.
Ten F-35Bs from the Marines' Fighter Attack Squadron 211 are aboard the Royal Navy's new flagship, joining eight RAF F35B jets from the Royal Air Force's 617 Squadron.
It is the most 35Bs ever deployed together on one ship, and air operations over the Middle East began on June 18.
US planes haven't flown combat missions from a foreign warship since 1943, when they took off from Britain's HMS Victorious in the South Pacific during World War II.
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Symbolic yes, but a message to everybody.
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