Italian Carrier Hosts U.S. F-35s For First Sea Trials

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Credit: Italian Navy via Twitter
Italy’s aircraft carrier Cavour has embarked F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for the first time in a milestone towards qualifying the ship to support the combat aircraft. Two instrumented short take-off and vertical landing F-35Bs from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s VX-23 test unit...

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