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500th F-35 pilot takes to the sky
Oct 05, 2017 - The Air Force trained and graduated the 500th F-35 Lightning II pilot across the joint and international enterprise September 19, 2017, at Eglin Air Force Base. [Read more...]
Two Florida ANG pilots are forging the future of the F-35 fighter
Jan 31, 2017 - As the skies over Valparaiso, Florida, play host to numerous aircraft from multiple branches of the Department of Defense, pilots from the Florida Air National Guard (FLANG) are training aviators on the Air Force's F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighter. [Read more...]
F-35C Det visits NAS Fallon for the first time
Sep 04, 2015 - F-35C Lightning II carrier variant aircraft assigned to the "Grim Reapers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, homeported at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, visited Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon, Nevada, on September 3rd. [Read more...]
First female F-35 pilot begins training
May 06, 2015 - The Department of Defense welcomed its first female F-35 Lightning II pilot on May 5. [Read more...]
Marines receive first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant
Jan 23, 2015 - The first F-35C Lightning II, carrier variant, for the U.S. Marine Corps touched-down on the flight line at Eglin AFB on January 13, from the Lockheed Martin plant in Fort Worth, Texas, to begin training in support of carrier-based operations. [Read more...]
First F-35A operational weapons load crew qualified
Oct 22, 2014 - Three Airmen with the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit became the first qualified operational weapons load crew for the F-35A Lightning II during a qualification load on October 10th. [Read more...]
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