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    USMC Lt. Col. Chad Vaughn, commander of VMFA-211, signals to ground crew after returning from live air-to-air missile testing during Combat Archer on the Tyndall flightline on September 16th, 2016. During Combat Archer VMFA brought four F-35s and 112 Marines to accomplish their mission. [USAF photo by SrA. Solomon Cook]
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    Rear Adm. Roy Kelley, director, JSF Fleet Integration Office, speaks at a ceremony marking the arrival of the F-35C Lightning II JSF at NAS Lemoore on January 25th, 2017. [USNvay photo by MC3. Zachary Eshleman]
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    F-35A pilot, Lt. Col. Brad Klemesrud, prepares for takeoff during a Red Flag mission at Nellis AFB on February 2nd, 2017. Klemesrud and eight other Reserve pilots from the 419th FW are participating in the Air Force’s premier air-to-air exercise to hone their skills and test the F-35A’s capabilities in a variety of simulated combat scenarios. This marks the first year the F-35A has participated in the exercise. [USAF photo by Bryan Magaña]
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    USMCs Maj. Aaron Frey, 461st FLTS, speaks with Jim Kristo, 461st FLTS, while seated in an F-35B on January 6th, 2017 during tests of a chemical/biological pilot ensemble. [USAF photo by Brad White]
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    USMCs Maj. Douglas Rosenstock, 461st FLTS, is inspected by contractor Dr. Angela Theys during a chemical/biological pilot ensemble test on January 6th, 2017. [USAF photo by Brad White]
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    UMCSs Maj. Aaron Frey (center) prepares to board a Marine F-35B JSF in a chemical/biological ensemble. All components of the CB ensemble are in addition to the pilot’s sleeved flight jacket and G-suit. [USAF photo by Brad White]
  • F-35
    Student pilots in the Air Force’s first F-35 basic flight course class took to the skies for the first time as they entered the live flying portion of their training on February 8th, 2017 at Luke AFB. The B-course students, training under the tutelage of the experienced instructor pilots of the 61st FS, will become the first purely operational combat F-35 pilots in the Air Force. [USAF photo]
  • Nakano
    Lt. Col. Nakano, JASDF F-35A national representative pilot to Luke AFB, sits in the cockpit of one of three F-35s on the 944th FW's ramp area on February 7th, 2017 before departing on his first solo sortie at Luke AFB. [USAF photo by TSgt. Louis Vega Jr.]
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    Lt. Col. Nakano, JASDF F-35A national representative pilot to Luke AFB, sits in the cockpit of one of three F-35s on the 944th FW's ramp area on February 7th, 2017 before departing on his first solo sortie at Luke AFB. [USAF photo by TSgt. Louis Vega Jr.]
  • F-35
    Lt. Col. Scott 'Gaucho' Charlton (left) and Maj. John 'Rocky' MacRae stand in front of the F-35A at Eglin AFB on January 24th, 2017. Gaucho and Rocky are both F-35 instructor pilots with the 58th FS based at Eglin and are responsible for teaching pilots how to fly the Department of Defense’s newest aircraft. [USAF photo]
  • 34FS
    An F-35A pilot from the 34th FS, assigned to Hill AFB, completes pre-flight checks prior to departing RAF Lakenheath on May 7th, 2017. Eight F-35A aircraft from the squadron, along with supporting units and equipment from Hill AFB, completed the first F-35A training deployment to Europe. [USAF photo by MSgt. Eric Burks]
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    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]
  • Japan
    Members from the 944th Operations Group Detachment 2 'Ninjas' and JASDF pose for a photo on May 18th, 2017 after the graduating JASDF F-35 pilot’s final flight at Luke AFB. [USAF photo by TSgt. Louis Vega Jr.]
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    USAF Captain Eric Schultz became the twenty-eighth pilot to fly the F-35 when he took off from Edwards AFB, California, in F-35A AF-1 for a 1.3-hour test mission on 15 September 2011. [Photo by Darin Russell]
  • 4AMU_001
    Lt. Col Yosef Morris, 4th FS Commander, and MSgt. John Horton of the 4th AMU exchange a salute as Cheyenne Clement, 4th AMU OIC looks on. Morris flew the first F-35A assigned to the 4th FS/AMU to Hill from the Lockheed Martin factory on September 27th, 2017. [USAF photo by Todd Cromar]