U.S. Air Force: Record-Setting First Sortie for Wing's Newest F-35A
August 07, 2019
August 07, 2019
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news:
By Micah Garbarino
The 388th Fighter Wing set a speed record for bringing online a newly-delivered aircraft last week, flying a local sortie less than five hours after accepting delivery of its 68th F-35A Lightning II.
Aircraft tail number 5261 left Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas, production facility a little after 8 a.m. Aug. 1, landed at Hill Air Force Base at 10 a.m., . . .
By Micah Garbarino
The 388th Fighter Wing set a speed record for bringing online a newly-delivered aircraft last week, flying a local sortie less than five hours after accepting delivery of its 68th F-35A Lightning II.
Aircraft tail number 5261 left Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas, production facility a little after 8 a.m. Aug. 1, landed at Hill Air Force Base at 10 a.m., . . .