
F-35A Deployment. The U.S. Air Force plans to send 12 F-35A Lightning IIs to Japan in early November, marking its first operational deployment of the new Lockheed Martin-built fighter jet to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The F-35As, which are assigned to Hill Air Force Base in Utah, will spend six months at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. The F-35A made its first appearance in Asia in mid-October at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition, also known as Seoul ADEX 17,…