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Air Force F-35As Arrive In U.K. For Inaugural Deployment

Monday, April 17th, 2017

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Air Force F-35As Arrive In U.K. For Inaugural Deployment

Hill Air Force Base F-35As fly in formation over the Utah Test and Training Range, March 30, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)

The first Europe-bound training deployment of the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A Joint Strike Fighter was made official Saturday when several of the jets touched down at Royal Air Force base Lakenheath, England.It is the aircraft’s first overseas training deployment to Europe, though short-takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) versions of the aircraft flew across the Atlantic to participate in the Farnborough Air Show in 2016. The F-35As are from the 34th Fighter Squadron, 388th Fighter Wing and the Air Force…

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