F-35s train for lethality

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Yosselin Perla
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Yosselin Perla

F-35s train for lethality

by 1st Class Yosselin Perla
18th Wing Public Affairs
March 15, 2022

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Sydney Hultz, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 117th Air Refueling Squadron, Forbes Field Air National Guard Base, Kansas, flies over the Indo-Pacific, March 10, 2022. The crew refueled several F-35A Lighting IIs assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, as part of routine operational training to ensure a lethal force able to respond anytime, anywhere. 

 

 

 

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