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Eglin AFB F-35s Surpass 5,000 Combined Sorties

Part Of Over 15,000 Sorties Flown By All Variants Of The Aircraft

The 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB in Florida etched another mark on the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter program by logging its 5,000th combined sortie, May 28. 

The F-35 Integrated Training Center, or ITC, flies a third of all the sorties in the Department of Defense program. More than 15,000 sorties have been flown across all variants of the fifth generation multirole stealth fighter.

"Our team knows they are leading the way in putting the F-35 through its paces and developing the cadre that will establish the F-35's role in air dominance," said Col. Todd Canterbury, the 33rd FW commander. "The men and women here advance the ball down the line every day, and we see that in the number of sorties generated and students trained."

The maturity of the F-35 program at Eglin AFB was echoed this week, he said.

Also this week, the 58th Fighter Squadron welcomed its 26th and final F-35A delivery, scheduled in the current environmental impact study.

The F-35 ITC is responsible for F-35 A/B/C Lightning II pilot and maintainer training for the Marine Corps, the Navy, the Air Force and, in the future, at least eight international partners.

(USAF image)

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