ITS Cavour (Italian: portaerei Cavour) is an Italian aircraft carrier launched in 2004. She is the flagship of the Italian Navy.

Service history
On 19 January 2010, Cavour was dispatched to Haiti as part of Operation White Crane, Italy’s operation for 2010 Haiti earthquake relief.[12] This was the first mission of the aircraft carrier, where it supplemented international efforts to provide relief for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[13]

It is reported that modernization works on the Cavour has been completed. In May 2020, it was announced the Italian aircraft carrier will undertake a preparatory training before sailing to the U.S. where the ship will conduct trials with the F-35B STOVL.[10]

Cavour (foreground) operating with Harry S. Truman (middle) and Charles de Gaulle (background) in the Gulf of Oman, 2013

In February 2021, Cavour deployed to the United States for its initial period of flying trials with the F-35B. This saw the ship engage in four weeks of verification to determine the performance envelope of the aircraft when operating from the flight deck, using a pair of aircraft from VX-23, the US Navy’s Test and Evaluation Squadron. Once these trials are complete, and the ship is passed for operation of the F-35B, it will move to the next phase of fixed-wing flying trials, which will see Italy’s own aircraft begin operating from the carrier.[14] On 9 March 2021, USNS John Lenthall replenished her in the western Atlantic Ocean.[15] Then on 20 March, she operated alongside USS Gerald R. Ford in the Atlantic Ocean.[16] On 26 March, she was in Norfolk, Virginia when the F-35B trial was completed.[17] She left Norfolk on 16 April and returned to homeport Taranto on 30 April.[18]

Initial operating capability is expected for 2024.
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