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The F-35 and The Transformation of the Power Projection Forces

“I am looking forward to the next phase when the new pilots join the program directly from their initial training
and the F-35B will then be their first operational aircraft. That will be a very exciting development”

Finally, he discussed the impact of the f-35 as a fleet on combat operations and how different this concept of
operations will be for the force.

“It is too easy to fall back to what you know when you talk about the airplane.

“With the F-35 you have to get to the next step.

“You need to understand it is not just a single airplane…

“The common airplane can deliver shared data across the fleet of F-35s and with other assets as well.

“We need to learn to use that capability of a group of airplanes, regardless of where they took off from or what
insignia is outside the aircraft.”

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And if you are in the F-35 program, and start with As can you add Bs later down the line.

The pilot training is common in many respects, and as Col. Novotny, the 48th Wing Commander (at RAF
Lakenheath) recently highlighted:

“So from the beginning, there is great synergy and opportunity to learn from each other.

“Obviously, they are primarily responsible for working the airspace issues, which will in turn shape how a basic
element of how we will train and operate together as well.

“We’re talking about exchange opportunities across the logistics enterprise, and among the pilots as well. If you
can fly the A you can fly the B; and vice versa; it is an adjustment, not a whole new training process.

“We are looking to have RAF pilots flying USAF jets and vice versa.”

In short, “Turbo’s” forecast is coming true.

AIRPOWER IN CONTESTED AIRSPACE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TRILATERAL
COMBAT EXERCISE

By Robbin Laird, Ed Timperlake and Murielle Delaporte

As former Chief of Staff of the USAF “Buzz” Mosley once stated about the USAF:

“There is not a place on the face of the earth that the USAF will not fight their way into.”

This core objective has been challenged by the combat learning, training and operations for nearly decade of
combat with significant expenditures in counter-insurgency.

Skill sets for technology and training for U.S. Air and Naval forces for National Defense embracing offensive
global power projection have atrophied. Land combat focused budgeting priorities have been prioritized for
slow motion “human terrain mapping” Counter insurgency focused nation building operations.

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