ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 7, 2021) F-35B test pilots U.S. Marine Maj. Dylan Nicholas, BF-19, and British Royal Navy Lt. Cmdr. Barry Pilkington, BF-05, performs day envelope expansion test flights aboard the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550). The Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 pilots are embarked with the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) for sea trials on the Italian navy flagship in the Atlantic Ocean. Cavour is in phase one of its "Ready for Operations" campaign to certify its use of the fifth-generation fighter aircraft. (U.S. Navy photo by Dane Wiedmann)