美国犹他州希尔空军基地
Photo by U.S. Air Force/Todd Cromar | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 | HL/13-5072
2015年9月2日,第388战斗机联队第34战斗机中队指挥官驾驶该联队第二架 F-35A“闪电”II 抵达希尔空军基地,依计划,总共有72架“闪电”II 分配给希尔空军基地第388和第419战斗机联队。(An F-35A Lightning II aircraft piloted by Col. David Lyons, 388th Fighter Wing commander, touches down at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Sept. 2, 2015. This and another fighter jet piloted by Lt. Col. Yosef Morris, 34th Fighter Squadron director of operations, were the first two operational F-35s to be received at the base. The rest of the fleet of up to 72 F-35s will be coming in on a staggered basis, spread through 2019. Selecting Hill AFB to host America's newest fifth generation fighter is a tribute to the active-duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings' rich heritage. It is fitting the 388th Fighter Wing becomes the first operational F-35 unit, just as it was with the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in January 1979.)