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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...]
JASDF flies first solo mission
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.]
Feb 10, 2017 - The first Japan Air Self Defense Force national representative to Luke took to the skies February 7 during a mission five years in the making. [Read more...]
F-35’s first B-course takes flight
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]
Feb 08, 2017 - The Air Force’s first F-35 Lightning II basic flight course class took to the skies for the first time as they entered the live flying portion of their training February 8, 2017. [Read more...]
JSF pilot ensemble designed to keep out CB agents
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]
Feb 03, 2017 - After several tests over the past six months to contaminate and decontaminate an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with simulated chemical and biological agents, the 461st Flight Test Squadron has now moved forward to testing a suit ensemble designed to protect the pilot from those threats. [Read more...]
Reservists take on 'enemy' at F-35A Red Flag debut
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]
Feb 03, 2017 - Nine Air Force Reserve F-35A pilots and 16 maintainers from the 419th Fighter Wing are taking on the world’s greatest aggressor fleet during Red Flag 17-1 held at Nellis Air Force Base. [Read more...]
F-35A proving its worth at Red Flag combat exercise
A USAF F-35A departs from Nellis AFB on January 20th, 2017 to participate in a Red Flag exercise. [USAF photo by R. Nial Bradshaw]
Feb 03, 2017 - After eight days “at war” the F-35A Lightning II is proving to be an invaluable asset during Red Flag 17-01, the Air Force’s premier air combat exercise held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. [Read more...]
Two Florida ANG pilots are forging the future of the F-35 fighter
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]
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-35A maintenance sparks Red Flag 17-1
Maintainers from the 419th and 388th FW's Hill AFB, conduct preflight checks on an F-35A during Red Flag 17-1 at Nellis AFB on January 24th, 2017. [USAF photo by A1C. Nathan Byrnes]
Jan 31, 2017 - The debut of the F-35A Lightning II at Red Flag has afforded the pilots and maintainers of the aircraft a chance to be a part of the Air Force's premier air-to-air combat training exercise. [Read more...]
First Pacific-based F-35C fighters arrive at NAS Lemoore
F-35C Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft taxi across the flight line at NAS Lemoore on January 25th, 2017. [USNavy photo by MC3. Zachary Eshleman]
Jan 25, 2017 - Four of the Navy’s newest F-35C Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, on January 25. [Read more...]
F-35B Lightning II marks an aviation first at JBER
USMC F-35B Lightening II #169293 from VMFA-121, 3rd MAW out of MCAS Yuma, stopped at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska en route to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan on January 12th, 2017. VMFA-121 was the first operational F-35B squadron in the Marine Corps. [USAF by SSgt. Mike Campbell]
Jan 18, 2017 - On any given day at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, you can hear the sound of freedom as F-22 Raptors circle the mountains and come in for landing. There was a different tone to that sound Jan. 9, as the Marine F-35B Lightning II joined the orchestration. [Read more...]
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