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Pentagon says F-35 program on right track
By Mitch Shaw
Hilltop Times correspondent
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah —
Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon’s
F-35 Joint Program Office say they’ve fin-
ished delivering jets for 2015, increasing
their yield from last year by 25 percent.
Joe DellaVedova, a spokesman with
the F-35 office at the Pentagon, said 45 F- good news for Hill Air Force Base, which
35s were delivered, which met Lockheed
and the program office’s delivery goal for
the year and exceeded last year’s deliver-
ies by nine jets.
“Meeting aircraft production goals is a
critical stepping stone in demonstrating
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significant production ramp up,” Lt.
Gen. Chris Bogdan, the F-35 program’s
executive officer, said in a press release. two each month until they receive their
Lorraine Martin, Lockheed’s F-35
program general manager, said the 2015
deliveries were “a clear demonstration
of our growing maturity and stability.”
The performance boost represents
accepted its first two jets in September
and will continue to count on a steady
income of fighters until 2019 to fill three servist with the 466th Fighter Squadron,
F-35 squadrons.
Base spokesman Rich Essary said it
has received a total five jets so far, with
of the year, the AFMS provided valu-
able assistance treating the wounded
and standing up the Afghan military’s
medical service.
The Craig Joint Theater Hospital at
Bagram Airfield treated both wounded
and sick patients, boasting a 98 percent
survival rate. Critical Care Air Transport
Teams from the 455th Expeditionary
Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flew
wounded service members to Ramstein
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the next one scheduled to arrive in Janu-
ary. Essary said the plan is for Hill AFB to lion’s share has gone to the Air Force,
continue to accept jets at a rate of one or
full allotment of 72.
By August 2016, the base hopes to have
15 jets in place in order to reach what
the Air Force calls “initial operational
capability,” which means Hill AFB has
met the minimum goal to use the jets for
normal operations.
On Dec. 11, Maj. Jayson Rickard, a re-
flew the 100th F-35 sortie at Hill AFB
since the first combat aircraft arrived in
September.
Air Base, Germany; Al Udeid AB, Qatar;
and other locations for higher care.
Throughout July, advisors with the
Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air
provided weekly training to the Afghan
national army and Afghan air force to
further develop and grow their flight
medics’ capabilities.
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Of the 45 jets delivered in 2015, the
which has received 26 F-35As. The
Marine Corps received eight F-35Bs
and the Marines and the Navy each
accepted four F-35Cs, which can take
off and land vertically from aircraft
carriers.
DellaVedova said 154 operational F-
35s have been delivered to the Depart-
ment of Defense and partner nations
since the program’s inception. The fleet
has more than 45,000 flight hours. The
multirole fighter will eventually replace
the Air Force’s entire fleet of F-16 Fight-
ing Falcons and A-10 Thunderbolt IIs.
Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas W. Travis retired
after a distinguished career. As his last
official act he visited the 59th Medical
Wing, Wilford Hall Ambulatory Center
at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. On
June 8, Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Mark A. Ediger
was promoted as the 22nd Air Force
surgeon general at the Defense Health
Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia.
He had been the deputy surgeon general
since July 2012.
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