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

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Air Force ‘Extremely Happy’ With F-35A’s First Overseas Training Deployment
Two F-35A Lightning IIs from the 388th Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah, and three F-15C Eagles from the 493rd Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England, fly in formation during a training sortie over the United Kingdom, April 27, 2017. The F-35As first arrived at RAF Lakenheath on April 15, 2017, which marked it's first flying training deployment to Europe. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Roidan Carlson)

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 Dutch…

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