Lt. Col. George Watkins, the 34th FS commander, drops a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb from F-35A #13-5071 at the Utah Test and Training Range on February 25th, 2016. The 34th FS is the Air Force's first combat unit to employ munitions from the F-35A. [USAF photo by Jim Haseltine]
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News: Hill's F-35s drop first weapons [2016-02-29]
Airmen from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings dropped laser-guided bombs at the Utah Test and Training Range the week of February 25, marking the first time an F-35 Lightning II combat unit has deployed weapons from the F-35A.
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News: 34th Fighter Squadron makes first USAF F-35 combat ready [2016-08-02]
The F-35A Lightning II fifth generation fighter aircraft was declared ‘combat ready’ today by Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the commander of Air Combat Command.
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