Italian F-35A flies with ‘Panthers’

THE US Air Force’s 63rd Fighter Squadron (FS) ‘Panthers’ was recently reactivated at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona to serve as the F-35 training squadron for the Turkish pilots that are scheduled to fly this type (see First F-35A for ‘Panthers’, May 2017, p13). However, since the squadron is not yet up to its full complement, it has often operated with Italian and Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35s. On April 7, Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) F-35A 12-5072 ‘32-01’ was