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Maintainers from the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conduct preflight checks on an F-35A Lightning II during Red Flag 17-1 at Nellis AFB, Nev., Jan. 24, 2017. The F-35A will be participating in Red Flag 17-1, making it the first iteration to incorporate the fifth-generation fighter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes)


F-35A maintenance sparks Red Flag 17-1

Maintainers from the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conduct preflight checks on an F-35A Lightning II during Red Flag 17-1 at Nellis AFB, Nev., Jan. 24, 2017. The F-35A will be participating in Red Flag 17-1, making it the first iteration to incorporate the fifth-generation fighter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes)

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A 33rd Fighter Wing F-35A Lightning II takes off Feb. 27, 2017, to conduct sorties at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The F-35’s helmet mounted display system is the most advanced system of its kind. All the intelligence and targeting information an F-35 pilot needs to complete the mission is displayed on the helmet’s visor. This provides the pilot with unsurpassed situational awareness, positive target identification and precision strike in all weather conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kristin Stewart)
An F-35A Lightning II from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, takes off from Nellis AFB, Nev., Feb. 2, 2017, during Red Flag 17-01. This is the first F-35A deployment to Red Flag since the Air Force declared the jet combat ready in August 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)
Senior Airman Matthew Nielson, a logistic specialist assigned to the 28th Logistic Readiness Squadron, coordinates with another Airman while loading a platform onto a truck Jan. 17, 2017, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Platforms, generators, flood lights and other equipment will be used at Red Flag 17-1, an Air Force-wide exercise testing air-to-air combat. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Randahl J. Jenson)
An Air Force weapons load crew assigned to the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron loads a live GBU-12 into an F-35A Lightning II Jan. 18, 2017, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 33rd Fighter Wing loaded and released the Air Education and Training Command’s first live bombs from an F-35A. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Peter Thompson)
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James speaks during the F-35A Lightning II initial operational capability ceremony Aug. 5, 2016, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker July 18, 2016, while taking part in exercise Red Flag 16-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag 16-3 is one of four Red Flag exercises at Nellis AFB, with this iteration focusing on multi-domain operations in air, space and cyberspace. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri)
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James speaks during the F-35A Lightning II initial operational capability ceremony Aug. 5, 2016, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)
A HH-60 Pave Hawk returns from an exercise mission July 12, 2016, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., as part of Red Flag 16-3. The exercise is one of four Red Flags at Nellis AFB, with this iteration focusing on air, space and cyberspace operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri)
An Eglin Air Force Base F-35A Lightning II receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to MacDill AFB approximately 100 miles off the Gulf Coast March 2, 2016 following the 58th Fighter Squadron's first successful munition employment at a nearby range. Airmen from the 33rd Fighter Wing were able to complete modifications to the aircraft ahead of schedule to enable the use of inert munitions instead of simulated weapons, advancing the fifth-generation fighter’s syllabus and ensuring pilots receive the most comprehensive training before they support a combat-coded F-35A unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Capt. Hope R. Cronin)
Lt. Col. Jon Snyder, the 58th Fighter Squadron director of operations, sits in the cockpit of an F-35A Lightning II before takeoff Dec. 8, 2016, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The 33rd Fighter Wing deployed six F-35As and 95 personnel to Checkered Flag 17-1. Checkered Flag is a combat rehearsal where 15 aircraft platforms take to the skies to fly realistic and large-scale operations to prepare for contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Peter Thompson)
Airmen assigned to the 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron perform hot refueling operations on an F-35 Lightning II fighter jet Nov. 8 at Hill Air Force Base. F-35s are flown and maintained by Hill Airmen assigned to the active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and its Reserve component 419th Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)
An F-35A parks for the night under the sunshades at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Feb. 18, 2016. The F-35s tested their combat capabilities through an operational deployment test at Mountain Home AFB range complexes.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jeremy L. Mosier)
Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes
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