Italian F-35B fighter jets operate from the ITS Cavour carrier in the Gulf of Taranto

The Italian navy (Marina Militare) has received today the first F-35B fighter being deployed on board the Cavour aircraft carrie.
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) .The Navy expects to obtain the initial operational capacity (IOC) by 2024 and, subsequently, the Final Operational Capability - FOC, after the delivery of the last F-35B to the Navy.
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[@andreasleonardo6793]

Good luck & congratulations for Italian navy in training and owning 5th generation aircrafts ( F-35) version B on Italian aircraft carrier's 👍👍👍 🇮🇹🦅⚓🤝🏽⚓🦅🇺🇸👍👍👍

[@pietrobandinellibandinelli6139]

We also have the a version, but the airforce has it. All in all we should have around 100 fifth generation aircrafts by the end of the decade (all being various versions of the f35).

[@lucaorlandi289]

Vamos Italy🇮🇹💪

[@ARW.7]

If only we kept the harriers to really help bulk out the UK carriers. Nice Italy 👏🏼

[@scottwhitley3392]

Yep. The Harrier GR9 had excelling Avionics and radar and was still a potent Ground attack aircraft.

[@met71metaldetector55]

Italian harriers are not of the English type but American

[@lisaroberts8556]

@@met71metaldetector55 Correct these are the Boeing Harriers. Similar to the ones US Marines fly 👍 😊

[@george-ev1dq]

@@met71metaldetector55 the AV8 variants are a joint British /American aircraft developed between BAE and McDonnell Douglas, the British called them GR7/9

[@steventhorson4487]

Forza 🇮🇹 Italia!!

[@canconservative8976]

Fantastic.... Would be great to see the RN Roma beside the Cavour. Italy should rebuild it.

[@frarevo]

Awesome.

[@regolith1350]

Nice soundtrack. What’s it called? Ear of the Lion? Tooth of the Leopard? Paw of the Cheetah?

[@francescoboccagna7843]

Dopo non so quanti anni è arrivato il primo F 35

[@alessandrogambetta5184]

Della marina,perché l'aviazione gli ha già da qualche anno

[@valerianocuomo996]

Ne ha 6 ora

[@scottwhitley3392]

Still operating the beautiful Harrier. Makes me jealous as a Brit.

[@danielefabbro822]

Sono otto anni che abbiamo gli F35. Quelli della Marina, gli F35C sono i più complessi da produrre e servire. Serve maggiori capacità tecniche e logistiche per poter schierare aerei da portaerei che in genere sono più robusti e potenti delle controparti terrestri.

[@lucaiervasi8515]

il primo esemplare e stato consegnato all'aereonautica militare nel 2015. ad oggi gli f35a in servizio dovrebbero essere 26 o 30. mentre gli f35b dovrebbero essere 6 o 8 al momento. la cosegna di tutti gli esemplari ordinati e prevista per il 2027.

[@alpha5449]

Maybe a small improvement of the Harrier but at what cost, waste and headacke? Beside STOVL carriers are not real carriers, they are more laike LHD. They can just give CAS but not Air Superiority. For that you need a CATOBAR carrier. Italy should join France with the PANG.

[@emilioamaranto3914]

italy please don/t be sucked into someone eles war game

[@williamjordan5554]

Italy is in NATO and obligated to defend every NATO country.

[@gabriele5719]

Like it or not, we are gonna play our part in any NATO-involving intervention. AS IT SHOULD BE.

[@solarpunk_hive1306]

Guarda, se questa nave dovesse affondare magari in un posto molto lontano come l'indopacifico, mi preoccuperei solo dell'impatto ambientale che ha sui pesci

[@fabiofunaro2582]

​@@solarpunk_hive1306ma vaffanc....

[@hirpus66]

@@solarpunk_hive1306 la tua esistenza ha un impatto devastante sull'ambiente tutto, non potresti lasciare il pianeta?

[@claudionegruzzi3262]

Here they are the American F 35 aircraft, which are very expensive and have major problems with spare parts and maintenance. At the moment they remain on the ground for 45% of their time in use to keep the aircraft in safe flight conditions in the event of war. They are screwed.