USAF F-35s arrive in Japan

Headlines A USAF F-35A from Hill AFB taxies for take-off at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on October 13. USAF/Tech Sgt Heather Redman THE US Air Force announced plans for the F-35A’s first official operational overseas deployment on October 23. Around 300 personnel and 12 Lightning IIs from Hill Air Force Base, Utah’s 34th Fighter Squadron (FS) began to arrive at Kadena Air Base, Japan on October 30, when the first two jets touched down. They will remain there for