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Nondestructive inspection Airmen inspect an F-35A Lightning
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USAF Cartoon - Flight Training
Pope's Puns #984 -- Sequential art humor of cell phone usage, while flying a C-5 the pilot is using the simulator app on his phone to fly a F-35.
Youngest maintainer at Red Flag, launches America’s youngest jet
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An F-35A Lightning II fighter jet flies over Luke Air
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An F-35A Lightning II fighter jet assigned to the 388th
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Revamping the corrosion control section
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Lance Cpl. Caleb Sebastion, a bulk fuel specialist
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A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender boom operator assigned
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A pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 1st
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The 749th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepares the
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Lt. Col. Brad Bashore, 58th Fighter Squadron commander,
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LEMOORE, Calif. (Jan. 25, 2017) Jeff Babione, Executive
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An AH-1Z Viper assigned to the Marine Operational Test
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Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, Air Education Training Command
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An F-35A Lightning II awaits permission to taxi May
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OAHU - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Eren Brashford, a machine
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Six U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II's from the 56th
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180917-N-WI365-2006 PHILIPPINE SEA (September 17, 2018)
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William Paap, 33rd Fighter Wing pilot for a day, walks
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An F-22 Raptor pilot from the 27th Fighter Squadron
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Airmen at the 33rd Fighter Wing Change of Command ceremony
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Lt. Col. Benjamin Harrison, 466th Fighter Squadron
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A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor with the 154th Wing Hawaii
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The new Department of Defense aircraft, the F-35 Lightning
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Chief Petty Officer Ben DeWitt, of the Strike Fighter
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The Avengers assembled outside of the 33rd Maintenance
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U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121
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Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter met Israeli Minister
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An F-15 fighter jet pilot, assigned to the 433rd Weapons
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Two F35A Lightning II stealth fighters from the 31st
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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Michael Lippert, test pilot
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An F-35A Lightning II flies over Luke Air Force Base,
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Maj. Rachael Winiecki, 461st Flight Test Squadron F-35
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A pilot assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, 158th
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Senior Airman Javon Sweatts, 310th Aircraft Maintenance
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A maintainer from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel meets a 33rd Fighter
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A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine
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A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft arrives
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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Michael Rountree, commanding
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A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the
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Three F-16C Fighting Falcons taxi along the flight
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An Airman closes a pintle hook on a bobtail May 8,
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Twelve U.S. Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcons, 12
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U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Tyler Bonnett an F-35B Lightning
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An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
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Two F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack
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U.S. Air Force General David L. Goldfein, Chief of
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A monsoon blows dust near a Royal Australian Air Force
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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Michael Lippert and Royal Air
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Royal Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gray, test pilot with the F-35
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrew "Dojo" Olson, F-35 Demo
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U.S. Air Force Captain Kristin "BEO" Wolfe, F-35A Lightning
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Sgt Anthony Delgado and Cpl Charlton Hale with Marine
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Aircraft assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing and 168th
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Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501),
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Rifle-bearing Airmen stand at parade rest prior to
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Marines hook up support equipment before a weapons
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U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Shea, 58th Fighter Squadron
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The 33rd Fighter Wing held the 23rd Khobar Towers memorial
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Maintainers with the 421st Fighter Sqaudron prepare
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristin “Beo” Wolfe, F-35 Demonstration
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Katie M. Yetter, a collateral
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Antonio Rodriguez,
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96th Test Wing firefighters carry a simulated helicopter
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Senior Airman Deneen Clark, 466th Aircraft Maintenance
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Mariusz Blaszczak, Republic of Poland Minister of Defense,
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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Nathaniel Gray, 33rd
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Two F-35A Lightning IIs taxi before takeoff April 26,
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F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter crew chief,
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U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121,
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Staff Sgt. Brett Rosales-Carr, Staff Sgt. Mekai Stewart
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Deploying pilots with the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings
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Capt Jacob Slaughter with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
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The Honorable Ambassador Robert W. Johnson IV, Ambassador
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Two U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt IIs and an F-16
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U.S. Air Force Col. Jon Wheeler, incoming 33rd Fighter
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Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 conduct
Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 conduct a foreign object debris (FOD) walk alongside their United Kingdom counterparts on the flight deck aboard Her Majesty's Ship (HMS) Queen Elizabeth at sea o... More
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, Commanding General of
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F-35 Lightning fighter jets have conducted their first
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristin "BEO" Wolfe, the F-35A
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F-35 Lightning fighter jets have conducted their first
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A U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress with 36th
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A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II flies over the U.S.
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Three F-35A Lightning II jet fighters stand ready to
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F-35A Lightning II’s from Hill Air Force Base, conduct
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Capt. Kristin "BEO" Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration
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An F-35A Lightning II with the F-35 demonstration team flies Hill Air Force Base, Utah, during a training flight January 7, 2020. The F-35 demonstration team is now located as part of the 388th Fighter Wing und... More
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor performs a vertical climb
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