F-35 pilot training starts next month at Eglin

The F-35A pilot school is open.

Gen. Edward Rice, commander of Air Education and Training Command, announced today that Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is ready to start training pilots in the Air Force’s variant of the Joint Strike Fighter beginning next month.

With training beginning in 2013, the Air Force is tentatively planning initial operating capability by 2016 when the first operational base opens, wing commander Andrew Toth said.




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