ORLANDO, FL -- Air Combat Command chief Gen. Herbert Carlisle believes the Air Force can muster the 300 to 400 F-35 maintainers it needs to declare the first Joint Strike Fighter unit at Hill Air Force Base, UT, operational in 2016, but growing the operational fleet beyond the numbers required for that initial unit be will far more difficult since the A-10 attack aircraft community remains the primary source for those technicians. "I think we have found ways to get...
