1st DOD general officer completes F-35 qualification trainin

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by spazsinbad » 30 Sep 2014, 23:07

First DOD general officer completes F-35 qualification training
30 Sep 2014 Samuel King Jr. Team Eglin Public Affairs

"EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- When the wheels of his F-35A Lightning II touched down here around 1 p.m., Sept. 26, Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria became the first Department of Defense general officer to complete qualification training in the joint strike fighter.

Silveria, the commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nevada, wrapped up his seven-week training filling approximately five hours of F-35 seat time with back-to-back sorties and a hot pit refuel.

"His qualification training was seamless. He met all his requirements on the ground and in the air to be a newly qualified F-35 pilot," said Lt. Col. Matt Renbarger, the 58th Fighter Squadron commander and Silveria's trainer.

The general was chosen to become qualified based on his leadership position at the USAFWC and pilot experience. The center he leads is responsible for current and future F-35A operational testing, tactics development and eventual advanced training exercises and weapons school.

"The Warfare Center is so involved with the development and future of this aircraft that it was important for me to see and experience this new program at the lowest tactical level and bring that knowledge base back to the higher level strategic discussions with groups like F-35 program office and Air Combat Command," said Silveria, a 29-year veteran and F-15 pilot. "The training provides me insight into the entire spectrum of the F-35 program."...

..."The real upgrade is the integration," said Silveria. "The fusion of all those flight components in sync with each other was the most impressive. The communication and navigation work with the flight controls which connect to the radar. They all come together to make the aircraft that much more capable."

The data and information passing through those integrated systems is constantly being updated. Many of those updates are built at Eglin in the 513th Electronic Warfare Squadron's F-35 reprogramming lab. The lab is managed by the 53rd Wing, which reports to the USAFWC.

"The 513th is vital to this program," he said. "They are not only providing mission data to the Air Force, but for the other services and our allied partners. They are making world-wide impacts in that little building."..."

Source: http://www.acc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123426587


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