ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 15, 2021) A U.S. F-35B Lightning II aircraft takes off from the ski jump of the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) March 15, 2021, in the Atlantic Ocean. The aircraft, loaded with inert weapons, was conducting flight test to expand the safe flying envelope with external stores during sea trials for the fifth generation fighter aircraft and the upgraded Italian Navy flagship. Cavour just completed phase one of its two-phase Ready for Operations campaign. U.S. Navy photo by Dane Wiedmann
ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 7, 2021) A U.S. F-35B Lightning II performs a vertical landing aboard the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) in the Atlantic Ocean March 7, 2021. The aircraft was conducting flight test to expand the safe flying envelope during sea trials for the fifth generation fighter aircraft and the upgraded Italian Navy flagship. Cavour just completed phase one of its two-phase Ready for Operations campaign. U.S. Navy photo by Dane Wiedmann
ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 15, 2021) A U.S. F-35B Lightning II performs an aft-facing vertical landing aboard the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) in the Atlantic Ocean March 15, 2021. The aircraft was conducting flight test to expand the safe flying envelope during sea trials for the fifth generation fighter aircraft and the upgraded Italian Navy flagship. Cavour just completed phase one of its two-phase Ready for Operations campaign. U.S. Navy photo by Dane WiedmannATLANTIC OCEAN (March 15, 2021) A U.S. F-35B Lightning II performs an aft-facing vertical landing aboard the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) in the Atlantic Ocean March 15, 2021. The aircraft was conducting flight test to expand the safe flying envelope during sea trials for the fifth generation fighter aircraft and the upgraded Italian Navy flagship. Cavour just completed phase one of its two-phase Ready for Operations campaign. U.S. Navy photo by Dane WiedmannATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2021) A U.S. F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the Lightning II aircraft sits on the aft section of the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) as the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) passes in the Atlantic Ocean March 20, 2021. The fifth generation fighter is aboard Cavour for sea trials as part of the Italian Navy’s Ready for Operations (RFO) campaign for its flagship. U.S. Navy photo by Dane WiedmannATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2021) A U.S. F-35B Lightning II sits on the forward elevator during logistics testing aboard the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) in the Atlantic Ocean March 20, 2021. The testing was part of flight test to expand the safe flying envelope during sea trials for the fifth generation fighter aircraft and the upgraded Italian Navy flagship. Cavour just completed phase one of its two-phase Ready for Operations campaign. U.S. Navy photo by Dane Wiedmann
