First F-35C pilot to earn the Britannia Award

Lt. Thorys Stensrud II from VFA-147 is the first F-35C pilot to earn the Britannia Award from the Royal Navy.


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Since 1956, the award – consisting of a scroll and a trophy – has been given to Navy or Marine Corps student naval aviator graduate of the Strike Pipeline who demonstrates the highest overall weapons score and performance in the strike phase of Advanced Strike Training during the previous calendar year.

Stensrud won the 2018 award during his time with VT-21 in 2017.

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