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HMS Queen Elizabeth could visit Sembawang, Singapore on 80th anniversary of the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales, Repulse

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An infographic from Navy Lookout suggests that the U.K. Carrier Strike Group will make a visit to Sembawang, Singapore during its first deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse underway with a destroyer on 10 December 1941 (80-G-413520)
Naval History & Heritage Command, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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USAF F-16s flew to South China Sea on same day China sent 14 J-16s into the area

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Photos released by the Pentagon revealed that F-16s from the 13th Fighter Squadron had rendezvous with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group on Apr. 12.

SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 12, 2021) – U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 13th Fighter Squadron fly in formation over the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) April 12, 2021. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Conner D. Blake)

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