Lightning strikes at Nellis

F-35A 13-5072, the 388th Fighter Wing ‘flagship’, returns from a Red Flag 17-1 sortie on February 1. Nate Leong RED FLAG 2017-1 saw the US Air Force’s F-35A Lightning II participate in the exercise for the first time. While the US Marine Corps debuted the F-35B at Red Flag 2016-3, that edition of the exercise saw exclusively US participation. However, while Red Flag 2016- 3 was in progress, the 34th Fighter Squadron (FS) at Hill Air Force Base, Utah became