F-35 prepares for deployment

The 33rd Fighter Wing fired the first live AIM-120 AMRAAMs from an operational F-35A during a weapons system evaluation at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The event happened on January 31, two weeks after loading and releasing the first live air-to-ground weapons in Air Education and Training Command. AMRAAMs were loaded into four aircraft and the three primary missiles were launched successfully. USAF/SSgt Peter Thompson AIR COMBAT Command chief Gen Hawk Carlisle has announced that US Air Force 388th Fighter