Italian aircraft carrier cleared by joint program office to operate F-35Bs
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U.S. Sailors, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, standby to bring the Italian Navy flagship, aircraft carrier ITS Cavour, which was certified last Friday as safely capable of landing and launching F-35B aircraft, into port at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia in February. File Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Curtis Burdick/U.S. Navy
April 20 (UPI) The U.S. F-35 Joint Program Office has delivered a flight clearance recommendation to the Italian Navy for the safe operation of fifth-generation F-35B fighter aircraft, the Navy announced on Tuesday.
USS Vella Gulf forced to return to port after fuel oil leak
The cruiser is part of deployed Eisenhower CSG
and last updated 2021-03-14 22:01:44-04
NORFOLK, Va. - The USS Vella Gulf is back underway on deployment following its return to port after suffering a fuel oil leak while crossing the Atlantic Ocean on deployment.
The Vella Gulf is part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group that left Hampton Roads on February 18 for what s known as a double-pump deployment - their second in a year.
A spokeswoman for U.S. 2nd Fleet confirms to News 3 that the Vella Gulf reported a fuel oil leak in of the ship s engineering spaces while crossing the Atlantic in heavy seas.