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Air Force ‘Extremely Happy’ With F-35A’s First Overseas Training Deployment

By Marc Selinger

Friday, May 19th, 2017

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The U.S. Air Force’s first overseas training deployment of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A Lightning II went smoothly and provided an opportunity to test the new fighter jet’s procedures and logistics and interact with allied forces, according to representatives of the units that conducted the mission.Eight F-35As from Hill Air Force Base in Utah recently traveled to Royal Air Force Lakenheath in England, where they flew with other fighters, including U.S. Air Force F-15Cs and F-15Es, British Eurofighter Typhoons, and…

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