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Seeing it from both sides

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Escher, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-101) operations officer, walks across the flightline before flying and Air force F-35A Dec. 6, 2016, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. For only the second time at Eglin AFB, a Naval Aviator has been selected to dual qualify in the U.S. Navy’s F-35C and the Air Force’s F-35A. Escher plans to use what he learns from his experience with the 33 FW to help the F-35 enterprise grow. He looks to join a group of test pilots at Edwards AFB, California, where he will have the opportunity to be the Navy’s voice for the aircraft weapons and vehicle system development. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Peter Thompson)
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Seeing it from both sides

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Escher, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-101) operations officer, completes a walk-around prior to flying an Air Force F-35A Dec. 6, 2016, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. For only the second time at Eglin AFB, a Naval Aviator has been selected to dual qualify in the U.S. Navy’s F-35C and the Air Force’s F-35A. Escher plans to use what he learns from his experience with the 33 FW to help the F-35 enterprise grow. He looks to join a group of test pilots at Edwards AFB, California, where he will have the opportunity to be the Navy’s voice for the aircraft weapons and vehicle system development. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Peter Thompson)
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Seeing it from both sides

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Escher, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-101) operations officer, dawns his helmet prior to flying an Air Force F-35A Dec. 6, 2016, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. For only the second time at Eglin AFB, a Naval Aviator has been selected to dual qualify in the U.S. Navy’s F-35C and the Air Force’s F-35A. Escher plans to use what he learns from his experience with the 33 FW to help the F-35 enterprise grow. He looks to join a group of test pilots at Edwards AFB, California, where he will have the opportunity to be the Navy’s voice for the aircraft weapons and vehicle system development. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Peter Thompson)
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Seeing it from both sides

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Escher, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-101) operations officer, completes a walk-around prior to flying an Air Force F-35A Dec. 6, 2016, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. For only the second time at Eglin AFB, a Naval Aviator has been selected to dual qualify in the U.S. Navy’s F-35C and the Air Force’s F-35A. Escher plans to use what he learns from his experience with the 33 FW to help the F-35 enterprise grow. He looks to join a group of test pilots at Edwards AFB, California, where he will have the opportunity to be the Navy’s voice for the aircraft weapons and vehicle system development. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Peter Thompson)
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Seeing it from both sides

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Escher, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-101) operations officer, follows Col. Lance Pilch, 33rd Fighter Wing commander, prior to flying a check ride sortie Dec. 6, 2016, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. For only the second time at Eglin AFB, a Naval Aviator has been selected to dual qualify in the U.S. Navy’s F-35C and the Air Force’s F-35A. Escher plans to use what he learns from his experience with the 33 FW to help the F-35 enterprise grow. He looks to join a group of test pilots at Edwards AFB, California, where he will have the opportunity to be the Navy’s voice for the aircraft weapons and vehicle system development. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Peter Thompson)
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Assignment Night

2nd Lt. Jeffrey Teufel and mom Kim Teufel celebrate during Class 16-08 assignment night festivities at the base club at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 15. Teufel had just been informed that he will spend his follow-on training competing to fly the F-35, America’s newest joint strike fighter. He is just the second Air Force undergraduate pilot training student to be extended this opportunity. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Poe)
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Operation Kids

Members of the first ever F-35 Lightning II heritage flight team from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. participate in the Heritage Flight Conference at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., March 4-6, 2016. The heritage flight program features modern USAF fighter aircraft flying alongside World War II, Korean and Vietnam era aircraft in a dynamic display of our nation's air power history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Staci Miller)
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Weapons load

58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew members secure a GBU-12 to a jammer for transport to an F-35A Lightning II in the early morning March 3 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. This is the first time Airmen from the 33rd Fighter Wing loaded the munition into the F-35A for a weapons drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt Jenny Hyden)
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Weapons load

A 33rd Fighter Wing F-35A Lightning II is loaded with a GBU-12 March 3 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Airmen from the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons section munitions inside several aircraft in preparation for a late Thursday morning mission that allowed Eglin F-35A pilots to drop munitions for the first time at nearby ranges. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt Jenny Hyden)
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Weapons online: F-35A train syllabus advances ahead of IOC

An Eglin Air Force Base F-35A Lightning II receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to MacDill AFB approximately 100 miles off the Gulf Coast March 2, 2016 following the 58th Fighter Squadron's first successful munition employment at a nearby range. Airmen from the 33rd Fighter Wing were able to complete modifications to the aircraft ahead of schedule to enable the use of inert munitions instead of simulated weapons, advancing the fifth-generation fighter’s syllabus and ensuring pilots receive the most comprehensive training before they support a combat-coded F-35A unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Capt. Hope R. Cronin)
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F-35 Weapons Loading

Airman 1st Class Matthew Wolfel, 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, prepares to load an F-35 Lightning ll during the 4th quarter weapon's loading competition Dec. 18 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. This quarter featured the first time the F-35 was used in the competition against the F-16 Fighting Falcon at Luke. Three man crews from the 61st AMU, 309th AMU, 310th AMU, and the 425th AMU went head to head to earn this quarters win. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Staci Miller)
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F-35 Weapons Loading

(left to right) Airman 1st Class Matthew Wolfe and Staff Sgt. Amy Zmakl, 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew members, prepare to load an F-35 Lightning ll during the 4th quarter weapon's loading competition Dec. 18 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. This quarter featured the first time the F-35 was used in the competition against the F-16 Fighting Falcon at Luke. Three man crews from the 61st AMU, 309th AMU, 310th AMU, and the 425th AMU went head to head to earn this quarters win. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Staci Miller)
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F-35 Weapons Loading

Weapons load crew members from the 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit load an F-35 Lightning ll during the 4th quarter weapon's loading competition Dec. 18 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. This quarter featured the first time the F-35 was used in the competition against the F-16 Fighting Falcon at Luke. Three man crews from the 61st AMU, 309th AMU, 310th AMU, and the 425th AMU went head to head to earn this quarters win. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Staci Miller)
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F-35 Weapons Loading

Staff Sgt. Cally Hatrick, 310st Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, prepares to load an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the 4th quarter weapon's loading competition Dec. 18 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. This quarter featured the first time the F-35 Lightning ll was used in the competition against the F-16 at Luke. Three man crews from the 61st AMU, 309th AMU, 310th AMU, and the 425th AMU went head to head to earn this quarters win. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grace Lee)
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F-35 Weapons Loading

309th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew members, prepare to load an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the 4th quarter weapon's loading competition Dec. 18 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. This quarter featured the first time the F-35 Lightning ll was used in the competition against the F-16 at Luke. Three man crews from the 61st AMU, 309th AMU, 310th AMU, and the 425th AMU went head to head to earn this quarters win. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grace Lee)
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Norwegian F-35 flies for first time under Norwegian command

Norwegian Maj. Morten Hanche, 62nd Fighter Squadron F-35 student pilot, smiles as he enters the cockpit of a Norwegian F-35 for the first time, Dec. 14, 2015, at Luke Air Force Base. Hanche made history as the first Norwegian to ever pilot an F-35. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ridge Shan)
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Norwegian F-35 flies for first time under Norwegian command

Norwegian Maj. Morten Hanche, 62nd Fighter Squadron F-35 student pilot, prepares to taxi his Norwegian F-35 out onto the runway for takeoff, Dec. 14, 2015, at Luke Air Force Base. This F-35 is one of the first two F-35s that have been produced specifically to meet the needs of the Norwegian Royal Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ridge Shan)
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Norwegian F-35 flies for first time under Norwegian command

One of the first two Norwegian F-35s soars through the air under the control of Norwegian Maj. Morten Hanche, 62nd Fighter Squadron F-35 student pilot, Dec. 14, 2015, at Luke Air Force Base. Hanche engaged in simulated close air support in coordination with ground forces as an exercise during the sortie. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ridge Shan)
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Norwegian F-35 flies for first time under Norwegian command

Maj. Gen. Per-Egil Rygg, Chief of Staff of the Royal Norwegian Air Force, conducts an interview for members of the press, Dec. 14, 2015, at Luke Air Force Base. Rygg discussed the significance of the first flight of a Norwegian F-35 by a Norwegian pilot, Maj. Morten Hanche. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ridge Shan)
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Norwegian F-35 flies for first time under Norwegian command

An F-35 taxis from the runway onto the flightline after successfully completing a sortie, Dec. 14, 2015, at Luke Air Force Base. The F-35 Lightning II is the most advanced fighter aircraft ever fielded, and is being adopted internationally by the United States and eight partner nations including Norway, Italy, and Australia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ridge Shan)
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