FIRST STRIKES

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A USAF F-35A takes on fuel from a 28th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron KC-135R on April 26 during the first combat mission for the USAF’s Lightning IIs. The first kinetic strikes followed four days later.
USAF/SrA Keifer Bowes
Early low-rate initial production F-35As are giving the operators something of a headache as they could be deemed to be prohibitively expensive to upgrade to the forthcoming Block 4 standard.
Jamie Hunter

USAF PLANS AGGRESSOR F-35 SQUADRON

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