Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria, USAF Warfare Center commander, steers his F-35A Lightning II along the yellow taxi line prior to a hot pit refueling session during his final flight qualification on September 26 at Eglin AFB. Silveria became the first general officer in the Department of Defense to qualify in the fifth generation fighter. He completed his training with back-to-back flights and hot pit refueling. [USAF photo by Samuel King Jr.]
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News: First DOD general officer completes F-35 qualification training [2014-09-30]
When the wheels of his F-35A Lightning II touched down around 13:00hrs, Sept. 26, Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria became the first Department of Defense general officer to complete qualification training in the joint strike fighter.
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