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U.S. Air Force 57th Wing to Receive Two F-35As This Summer, As Service Moves to Reactivate 65th Aggressor Squadron

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, January 5th, 2021

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U.S. Air Force 57th Wing to Receive Two F-35As This Summer, As Service Moves to Reactivate 65th Aggressor Squadron

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron performs tactical manuevers during a training mission, Nov. 18, 2020, at Luke AFB, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The 57th Wing at Nellis AFB, Nevada is to receive two Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35As this summer, as the service prepares to re-establish the 65th Aggressor Squadron to help provide training to Air Force flight crews on the aerial combat tactics of potential adversaries' fifth-generation aircraft. "We're in the middle of a little bit of a transition right now," Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael Drowley, the commander of the 57th Wing, said Jan. 5 during an Air Force Association (AFA)…

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