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In considered one of its ultimate deployments, it demonstrated its capabilities alongside the US Navy off the east coast of the United States throughout Exercise Auriga in 2010. Following the exercise, the captain of Ark Royal remarked: "Today was an awesome alternative for us to exhibit among the capabilities that the UK Carrier Strike Group has, particularly the GR9 Harrier and Merlin ASW helicopters working from HMS Ark Royal". Whilst in the Mediterranean, the carrier strike group exercised with the Italian Navy and Air Force, the French aircraft service Charles de Gaulle and its accompanying strike group, as well as different NATO navies during Exercise Steadfast Defender. The exercise saw the most important variety of aircraft on a British aircraft carrier since 1983, in addition to the most important number of F-35Bs at sea across the globe. As of 2024, the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary had been experiencing appreciable challenges conserving satisfactory numbers of destroyers, frigates and support ships at sea due to both personnel shortages and due to the age of some vessels.
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