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Hill’s 4th FS/AMU receives first F-35A
Members of the 4th AMU drag chocks as Lt. Col Yosef Morris prepared to deplane after he flew the jet to Hill AFB from the Lockheed Martin factory on September 27th, 2017. This is the 4th FS/AMU first F-35 assigned. [USAF photo by Todd Cromar]
Sep 29, 2017 - Hundreds cheered the historic arrival of the 4th Fighter Squadron’s and 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit’s first F-35A as tail number 5133 landed on base Wednesday and taxied into Hotel Row. [Read more...]
Classified aircraft crashed in Nevada, F-35 pilot killed
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]
Sep 06, 2017 - Some news agencies are reporting two days after the crash stating that the mission was a classified training sortie over the Nevada Test and Training Range from a USAF press release. [Read more...]
F-35As fly in weapons evaluation
USAF F-35A #14-5091 from the 34th FS drops a 2,000-pound GBU-31 bomb over the Utah Test and Training Range on August 10th, 2017. [Photo by Scott Wolff]
Aug 14, 2017 - Airmen from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings supported and flew F-35A Lightning II aircraft during Combat Hammer, the first operational air-to-ground weapons evaluation for the Air Force’s newest fighter jets. [Read more...]
First Japanese built F-35A officially unveiled at Nagoya facility
The first F-35A (of 38) to be assembled in Japan at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) F-35 Final Assembly & Check-Out (FACO) facility in Nagoya was unveiled on June 5th, 2017. [Lockheed Martin photo by Thinh Nguyen]
Jun 05, 2017 - The first Japanese-assembled F-35A was unveiled at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Komaki South F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility on June 5th. The Japan F-35 FACO is operated by MHI with technical assistance from Lockheed Martin and oversight from the U.S. Government. [Read more...]
JASDF pilots graduate Luke’s F-35 program
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.]
May 31, 2017 - Two Japan Air Self-Defense Force pilots “Koku-Jieitai,” become the first from their country to graduate the F-35 program on May 20. [Read more...]
Hill Airmen generate 3,000th F-35A sortie, adopt upgraded ALIS
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]
May 31, 2017 - 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. [Read more...]
F-35 complete first European training deployment
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]
May 08, 2017 - Eight F-35A Lightning IIs from the 34th Fighter Squadron, along with supporting units and equipment from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, completed the first F-35A training deployment to Europe, May 7, 2017. [Read more...]
First Italian-Built F-35B 'Rolls Out' of Cameri Production Facility
The first F-35B built at the Cameri Final Assembly & Check-Out (FACO) facility rolls out on May 5th, 2017. [AMI photo]
May 05, 2017 - The first Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing version of the F-35, or F-35B, assembled outside the United States rolled out of the Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility at Cameri, Italy. [Read more...]
F-35s forward deploy to Bulgaria
USAF F-35A #14-5091 assigned to the 34th FS prepares to be refueled during a flight to Graf Ignatievo AB on April 28th, 2017. Eight F-35s deployed to RAF Lakenheath on April 15 and two forward deployed to Bulgaria for a brief time. [USAF photo by SSgt. Kate Thornton]
May 01, 2017 - Two F-35A Lightning IIs and about 20 supporting Airmen arrived at Graf Ignatievo Air Base April 28 from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. [Read more...]
F-35A stealth brings flexibility to battlespace
USAF F-35A #13-5075 piloted by Lt. Col. Yosef Morris, 388th FW, taxis during Red Flag 17-1 at Nellis AB on February 3rd, 2017. Morris flew the 2,000th sortie during the Air Force's premier air-to-air combat training exercise. This is the first deployment of the F-35A to a Red Flag. [USAF photo by R. Nial Bradshaw]
Feb 13, 2017 - Stealth isn’t new in the Air Force; but, stealth combined with the multirole capabilities of the F-35A Lightning II is proving to be a game changer in the Nevada desert. [Read more...]
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