Special operations ground attack controllers drive
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Special operations ground attack controllers drive onto Saylor Creek Range, part of the Mountain Home Air Force Base complex, to conduct training and testing of the close air support capabilities of the F-35A at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, Feb 16, 2016. Six operational test and evaluation F-35s and more than 85 Airmen of the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, a tenant unit at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., travelled to Mountain Home AFB to conduct the first simulated deployment test of the F-35A, specifically to execute three key initial operational capability mission sets: suppression of enemy air defenses, close air support and air interdiction. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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16/02/2016
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