Italian AV-8B hitches a ride aboard USS Iwo Jima

Posted on July 29, 2018 by alert5

An Italian AV-8B Harrier needs to travel to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, for a scheduled preventative maintenance inspection (PMI). Instead of flying across the Altantic, the jet will hitch a ride aboard USS Iwo Jima.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 18, 2018) An Italian AV-8B Harrier lands aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), in the Mediterranean Sea, July 18, 2018. The Harrier and its crew will return to the United States for scheduled maintenance at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jon Sosner/ Released)