Eielson AFB welcomes F-35A

摘要

THE FIRST two F-35As for Eielson Air Force Base arrived at the installation on April 21. With the receipt of the Lightning IIs, the Alaskan base is the first within Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) to house the fifth-generation fighter. A total of 54 F-35As will be handed over to Eielson's 354th Fighter Wing (FW) by December next year. The constituent 356th Fighter Squadron (FS) was reactivated in October 2019 and the first jet for the unit -serial 18-5345 'AK/354 OG' - took to the air on March 10 (see First F-35A for Alaska Air National Guard, May, p16)