Tom Cruise is shooting flight scenes for Mission: Impossible 8 in Puglia, according to witnesses who saw him board a helicopter in Bari for an unknown destination Tuesday. The Hollywood heart throb, 60, is believed to be filming a scene in which he lands on an aircraft carrier.

The action hero arrived in the Puglia capital earlier this week and several large black vans with British number plates have been seen outside a city hotel. Cruise, who is currently basking in the success of Top Gun: Maverick, is also a producer on this latest, and probably last, outing for Ethan Hunt.