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VIRIN: 210212-N-ET093-0008 ITS Cavour participated in a sequence of operations with U.S. assets and the 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. “I am very proud for the success of ITS Cavour’s ‘Ready for Operations’ campaign,” said Italian Navy Capt. Giancarlo Ciappina, commanding officer of ITS Cavour. “Our allies will soon perceive the Italian Navy and the Italian Armed Forces as a whole, as enhanced cooperative partners thanks ...

-- The flight deck crew casts no shadows; the low, dark cloud ceiling completely covers the sun. The aircraft marshaller, donned in a yellow life preserver, raises the bright orange collar of his Marina Militare jacket to shield his neck. Rain collects in the pad eyes (padeyes). Some miles away, above the gray blanket, an F-35 pilot is preparing to recover aboard the currently out-of-sight rectangle of real estate that he is sure is below in the middle of a vast ocean. Mother Nature is agnostic to the mission at hand or the platform employed. Naval aviators and air traffic controllers can�...

-- A container marked “PAX Flight Deck Gear CAVOUR DET 2021,” tri-wall boxes for the work centers, shipping containers with massive aircraft air & power units, engine trailers, and other aircraft support equipment (SE) were craned aboard, forklifted through the hangar, and positioned aboard Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) moored here the last week of February. The Italian navy flagship arrived here Feb. 13, 2021 as part of the Italian navy’s Ready for Operations (RFO) campaign to certify the recently upgraded ship’s compatibility with F-35 Lighting II aircraft and prep...

F-35Bs with special instruments are testing whether the advanced jet can operate on the Italian navy flagship insider@insider.com (David Cenciotti) © US Navy/Capt. Cassidy Norman Italian navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour arrives at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, February 13, 2021. US Navy/Capt. Cassidy Norman Two US F-35Bs have landed on the Italian Navy aircraft carrier Cavour. In the coming weeks, the pilots and test team will collect data to certify that the ship can conduct carrier operations with Italy's own F-35s. Two specially instrumented US F-35Bs from Air Test an...

US Navy/Capt. Cassidy Norman Two US F-35Bs have landed on the Italian Navy aircraft carrier Cavour. In the coming weeks, the pilots and test team will collect data to certify that the ship can conduct carrier operations with Italy's own F-35s. Two specially instrumented US F-35Bs from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAS Pax River), Maryland, landed aboard Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour, off the US East Coast, on March 1, 2021. The flagship of the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) had left Naval Station Norfolk (V...