On Nov. 9, during the Armed Forces Day celebrations (see also: November 4th 2008 – 90th Anniversary of the end of WWI) I went to Civitavecchia to visit the brand new Italian aircraft carrier Cavour.

The Italian navy flagship, aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550), arrived at Naval Station Norfolk Feb. 13 for a series of operations alongside U.S. military assets to attain the Italian navy’s “Ready ...

Cavour (550) ("Portaerei Cavour" in Italian) is an Italian aircraft carrier (CVH) of the Marina Militare, the Italian Navy. She is named after the Italian statesman and politician Camillo Benso, conte ...

From top left clockwise USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), FS Charles de Gaulle (R91), HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), ITS Cavour (CVH 550), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) U.S. aircraft carriers USS George H.W.

Unlike the Italian Navy’s flagship carrier, ITS Cavour (550), ITS Trieste serves as an amphibious assault ship capable of carrying up to 600 troops—or a Ferrari. There is apparently a Guinness World ...

ABOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER ITS Cavour (550), Changi Naval Base, Singapore – The Itatlian Navy’s extended deployment to the Pacific resulted in its sea-based F-35B Lightning II fighter achieving initial ...

Giovanni Maduli sent me this picture of the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour (550) he took recently in Fincantieri’s shipyards in Muggiano, near Genoa. The ship, that will be delivered to the Marina ...