Italian Navy F-35B Lands Aboard ITS Cavour for the First Time

The Italian navy (Marina Militare) has received today the first F-35B fighter being deployed on board the Cavour aircraft carrier, which this year received the certification to operate with fifth generation aircraft in the US.

Gulf of Taranto, Ionian Sea. Today, 30 July, The first Italian Navy F-35B has landed for the first time on board the Cavour aircraft carrier, after the test and certification activity carried out with US aircraft during the "Ready for Operations" (RFO) campaign concluded at the end of April this year. This is the third aircraft assigned to the Navy and just being accepted from the assembly plant in Cameri (NO), while the previous two are in the United States to support the training of pilots for the Italian Armed Forces.