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Sea trials for F-35B, Italian aircraft carrier confirm readiness to operate fifth gen fighter

Posted on March 28, 2021
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Air, All news, Sea

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 on the upgraded Italian Navy flagship aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550).

F-35Bs Begin Sea Trials Aboard Italian Navy Aircraft Carrier

Posted on March 2, 2021
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Two F-35B Lighting II jets landed aboard Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) this afternoon. Test pilots flew the specially instrumented U.S. F-35Bs from Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAS Pax River), Maryland, to the Italian Navy flagship, which got underway Sunday, February 28. The F-35B is the short take-off and vertical landing variant of the F-35.