October 20, 201114 yr From Defense Aerospace [excerpt] HMS Illustrious Begins Training After £40m Refit(Source: U.K Ministry of Defence; issued October 19, 2011) Fresh from a £40m refit, helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious has begun two months of intensive training off the south coast of Britain. Once the training is completed, the Portsmouth-based warship will be the nation's on-call helicopter carrier, ready for global missions.
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