Italian AV-8B Harrier Takes Off From Kearsarge....Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryre Arciaga

Still think this is nonsense on a stick.  Think about it like this.  Russia is a landpower.  So if we're pushing interoperability with the Europeans then the question is why.  To project power along the shores of Europe?  Doesn't seem necessary.  Naval assets assigned to Europe are beyond what is necessary to handle any emergency there.

But we see little of this in the Pacific.  That's where we could POSSIBLY use allied airpower aboard ship to bolster our own but its hardly seen there.

This is further subsidization to float European defense at the expense of our realigning our forces to deal with the real threat....China!