May 23, 2024 Pilot fit facility reaches milestone, outfits 1,000th F-35 pilot Leadership from the 33rd Fighter Wing, Joint Program Office, and Lockheed Martin Corporation gathered here to celebrate the facility’s significant milestone as the 1,000th F-35 pilot to be outfitted received his flight helmet and survival gear May 22.
March 1, 2024 60th Fighter Squadron Crows develop the skills and mindset for future combat The 60th Fighter Squadron and Aircraft Maintenance Unit conducted off-station training at Savannah Air National Guard Base, Georgia Feb. 2-22, 2024 where they aimed to maximize flight hours in the F-35A Lightning II by avoiding weather attrition, while learning to navigate a new airspace and working
Feb. 6, 2024 First graduating USAFA class visits Eglin AFB The first class of the United States Air Force Academy visited the 33rd Fighter Wing on Jan. 26, 2024. During their visit, the Class of 1959 alumni received a mission brief, a tour of the Academic Training Center and viewed an F-35A Lightning II.
Jan. 31, 2024 337th Air Control Squadron ABM graduate takes bronze at Pacific Games Sweat dripped from 2nd Lt. Leowell Cristobal’s brow, as he prepared himself to lift the 137 kg bar. Cristobal lifted this weight before, but the stakes were high amidst the 2023 Pacific Games competition at the Solomon Islands, Oceania.
Dec. 7, 2023 Forging the future: 33rd MXG Airmen innovate F-35 canopy cover and wash cover designs U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Andrew McCamish, 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit aircraft section chief, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Schmitt, 33rd MXG quality assurance inspector, have been developing a new canopy cover and reusable wash covers for the aircraft.
Oct. 20, 2023 F-35A Pilots Soar in ACE Training at Ebbing Air National Guard Base The 33rd Fighter Wing, along with the cutting-edge F-35A Lightning II, trained on Agile Combat Employment (ACE) tactics, techniques and procedures, at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Oct. 17, 2023.
Oct. 11, 2023 337 ACS establishes first ever joint UABMT Course The 337th Air Control Squadron is currently holding its first iteration of a joint Undergraduate Air Battle Manager Training course this year. This joint UABMT program facilitates training for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps junior officers.
Sept. 26, 2023 From recruitment to retirement: Joshua Fountain shares his story U.S. Air Force SMSgt Joshua Lee Fountain, a former 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons section chief, celebrates his career coming full circle thanks to the recruiter who helped him join twenty-one years ago.
Feb. 13, 2017 Grim Reaper finds his rage For only the second time at Eglin Air Force Base, a Naval Aviator has been selected to dual qualify in the U.S. Navy’s F-35C and the Air Force’s F-35A.