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  • 61FS
    Capt. Michael Slotten, 61st FS F-35 student pilot, climbs into an F-35A at Luke AFB on July 7th, 2017. Slotten dropped GBU-12 Paveway II bombs for his first time from the F-35 during training at the Barry M. Goldwater Range. [USAF photo by SSgt. Jensen Stidham]
  • RoKAF
    Maj. Kiyun Jung, RoKAF F-35A pilot, prepares for his first solo mission July 20, at Luke AFB. Jung prepared for this flight through months of intensive academic, simulator, and hands-on training with the 944th OG Det. 2 and the 56th FW. [USAF photo by TSgt. Louis Vega Jr.]
  • Torch
    Col. Gina 'Torch' Sabric, commander of the 419th FW, at Hill AFB poses in front of an F-35 on August 27th, 2018. Col. Sabric is the Air Force Reserve's first female F-35 pilot. [USAF photo by Todd Cromar]
  • Torch_001
    Col. Gina 'Torch' Sabric, commander of the 419th FW, onboard an F-35A on August 27th, 2018, at Hill AFB. Col. Sabric is the Air Force Reserve's first female F-35 pilot. [USAF photo by Todd Cromar]
  • Torch_002
    Col. Gina 'Torch' Sabric, commander of the 419th FW, onboard an F-35A on August 27th, 2018, at Hill AFB. Col. Sabric is the Air Force Reserve's first female F-35 pilot. [USAF photo by Todd Cromar]
  • Gray
    Royal Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gray, test pilot with the F-35 Integrated Test Force at NAS Patuxent River, gives the thumbs up after making the first ever F-35B Lightning II jet vertical landing onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth on September 25th, 2018. [Royal Navy photo]
  • 461FLTS
    Maj. Rachael Winiecki, 461st FLTS F-35 test pilot, and A1C. Heather Rice, 412th AMXS crew chief, pose for a photo right after Winiecki landed her F-35 Lightning II on her first test mission flight in the fifth-generation fighter on December 14th, 2018. [USAF photo by Kenji Thuloweit]
  • 56OG
    Col. Matthew Renbarger, 56th OG commander (left), presents Lt. Col. Jordon Sander, 61st FS Australian Senior National Representative and new commander of RAAF (No. 2 OCU), an F-35A lithograph during the RAAF Mateship ceremony on November 22nd, 2019 at Luke AFB. During the ceremony pilots and leadership from Luke and the RAAF celebrated the end of the RAAF’s F-35A Lightning II pilot and instructor pilot training at Luke and a start of a new relationship as the Australians return to their home to start flying operational missions in the F-35A. [USAF photo by A1C. Leala Marquez]
  • Luke AFB
    RAAF pilots pose following their final training flight at Luke AFB on November 22nd, 2019. The RAAF began training at Luke with the 61st FS and AMU in December of 2014 with two F-35s. Since then 34 Australian pilots and 16 instructor pilots have completed training. As of January 2020 the RAAF owns 20 F-35s. [USAF photo by A1C. Leala Marquez]
  • Mullis
    1st Lt. Billy Mullis, 356th FS F-35A pilot, poses for a photo at Lockheed-Martin in Fort Worth on July 30th, 2020. Mullis had the privilege of flying the 354th FW flagship to its home station at Eielson AFB. [Lockheed Martin photo by Chris Hanoch]
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    1st Lt. Billy Mullis, 356th FS F-35A pilot, poses for a photo at Lockheed-Martin in Fort Worth on July 30th, 2020. Mullis had the privilege of flying the 354th FW flagship to its home station at Eielson AFB. [Lockheed Martin photo by Chris Hanoch]
  • 388FW
    Lt. Col. Jared Santos, 388th FW pilot, became the first Air Force pilot to reach 1,000 flying hours in the F-35A Lightning II after a training sortie at Hill AFB on October 22nd, 2020. Santos, a former F-15 and F-18 pilot, began flying the F-35 at Eglin AFB and has been assigned to the 388th FW for two years. [USAF photo by R. Nial Bradshaw]
  • 421FS
    Pilots and F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 421st FS return to Hill AFB following a six-month deployment to Al Dhafra AB on October 23rd, 2020. The deployment included Airmen from the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th FWs. While deployed, the 421st FS employed the F-35A in close air support missions, performed offensive and defensive counter-air and enable regional deterrence by participating in joint exercises with national partners in the Middle East. [USAF photo by R. Nial Bradshaw]