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Field footage · At sea (location not stated)

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Italian Navy and Air Force F-35Bs fly long-range missions in NATO's Neptune Strike 26

Text poster only. The source photos show an aircraft carrier glowing orange at sunset with two Harrier jets and a grey F-35B flying low above it, an F-35B lifting off a carrier's ski-jump ramp, a deck crew member in a helmet signalling to a parked F-35B under storm clouds, and four F-35Bs flying in formation beside a carrier on dark blue sea.

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NATO Maritime Command (@NATO_MARCOM), watch at source · Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted)

Photos posted Oct. 20, 2026 by NATO Maritime Command. MARCOM says F-35B jets from the Italian Navy and Italian Air Force flew long-range missions during NATO's Neptune Strike 26, linking fifth-generation air power with maritime operations, and tags the post to its Arctic Sentry and Eastern Sentry activities. The photos show an aircraft carrier at sunset with two Harrier jets and an F-35B flying over it, an F-35B launching off a ski-jump, a deck crew member signalling to an F-35B, and four F-35Bs in formation beside a carrier.

What
Italian Navy and Air Force F-35Bs fly long-range missions in NATO's Neptune Strike 26
Where
At sea (location not stated)
When
2026-10-20
Source
NATO Maritime Command
Credit
NATO Maritime Command (@NATO_MARCOM), watch at source
License
Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted)
Details
Official release · NATO Maritime Command (@NATO_MARCOM) · At sea (location not stated)

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Sources and credit

  1. NATO Maritime Command
  2. Field footage: the full record

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