Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"That's going to be the initial focus over the next year. Certainly in the next year-and-a-half or so, we will be far enough along in continuing (tactics development) to develop a weapons school syllabus for the F-35. ... In the next two years, we'll be transitioning pilots in the short term to get F-35 experience, but we'll also be developing the (combat air forces) syllabus."

Source: Col. Adrian Spain, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron commandant, who will be developing a weapons curriculum for the first F-35 course. 

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