喷气式飞机
Slightly larger than her sister ships, and with a steeper ski-jump ramp, "Ark Royal" carried the STOVL (Short Take Off and Vertical Landing) Harrier Jump Jet aircraft, as well as various helicopters. With a crew complement of over 1,000 sailors and aviators, she saw active service in the 1990s Bosnian War and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.