A1C. Michael Wilkins, a crew chief assigned to the 34th AMU, walks toward a sun shade after launching an F-35 Lightning II aircraft (#13-5079) at Hill AFB on May 22nd, 2017. In addition to the sortie being the 3,000th in an operational F-35 at Hill AFB it also turned out to be Wilkens’s first solo launch. [USAF photo by Paul Holcomb]
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News: Hill Airmen generate 3,000th F-35A sortie, adopt upgraded ALIS [2017-05-31]
The 3,000th F-35A Lighting II sortie departed Hill Air Force Base generated by maintainers from the active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve’s 419th FW May 22, 2017.
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