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Senior Airman Ethan Verlinde, 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals an F-35A Lightning II taxis down the flight line Jan. 29, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., temporarily relocated to Hawaii to join...

Tech Sgt. Gary Wallace, 944th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief and F-35A Lightning II pilot show off their ‘Panther Claws’ Jan. 29, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., temporarily relocated to Hawaii to join...

A Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptor crew chief observes an F-35A Lightning II taxi down the flight line Jan. 30, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., temporarily relocated to Hawaii to join other flying squadrons in...

Airman 1st Class Jordan Partin, 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-22 Raptor crew chief, cheers on an F-35A Lightning II Jan. 30, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., temporarily relocated to Hawaii to join other flying...

A dedicated crew chief from the 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron helps ingress a pilot form the 63rd Fighter Squadron into an F-35A Lightning II Jan. 29, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., temporarily relocated to...

63rd Fighter Squadron pilot steps toward F-35A Lightning IIs Jan. 29, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The F-35As, assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., temporarily relocated to Hawaii to join other flying squadrons in exercise Pacific Raptor. The exercise is held to integrate...

US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, six F-16 Fighting Falcons and four Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s fly in formation off the coast of northern Japan, Feb. 3, 2020.

An F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 944th Fighter Wing takes off at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz, Jan. 13, 2020. The Total Force integration of the 944th FW and 56th FW, alongside their partner-nation counterparts, produces some of the world’s greatest fighter pilots and combat-ready Airmen...

Ten A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter aircraft, flown by pilots of the 107th Fighter Squadron, depart from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., January 21, 2020, during the Snowbird exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Terry L. Atwell)

USAF F-22A Raptor Air Dominance Fighter. Air show Air Defense Demonstration Exercise. Aviation Nation Air Show, Nellis AFB.

USAF F-22A Raptor Air Dominance Fighter. Air show Air Defense Demonstration Exercise. Aviation Nation Air Show, Nellis AFB.

Two F-15C Eagles from the 44th Fighter Squadron refuel with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron Jan. 10, 2020, during Exercise WestPac Rumrunner out of Kadena Air Base, Japan. Rumrunner represents an evolution in the capabilities of 18th Wing assets to work with joint...

The active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings conducted an F-35A Combat Power Exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Jan. 6, 2020. The exercise, which was planned for months, demonstrated their ability to employ a large force of F-35As -- testing readiness in the areas of personnel...

USAF F-35A Panther Joint Strike Fighter. Air show flight demonstration, Aviation Nation, Nellis AFB.

USAF F-35A Panther Joint Strike Fighter. Air show flight demonstration, Aviation Nation, Nellis AFB.

USAF F-35A Panther Joint Strike Fighter. Air show flight demonstration, Aviation Nation, Nellis AFB.

USAF F-35A Panther Joint Strike Fighter. Air show flight demonstration, Aviation Nation, Nellis AFB.

USAF F-22A Raptor Air Dominance Fighter. Air show flight demonstration. Aviation Nation Air Show, Nellis AFB.

USAF F-22A Raptor Air Dominance Fighter. Air show flight demonstration. Aviation Nation Air Show, Nellis AFB.

The 388th Fighter Wing received its final F-35A Lightning II Dec. 17. The delivery brings the total number of aircraft at Hill to 78. The wing's three squadrons now have all assigned aircraft. The first operational F-35As arrived at Hill in Sept. 2015 and since then the active duty 388th and...