Cadre will grow to 280 maintainers

F-35 Maintainers At Hill AFB Preparing For Initial Operations Next Summer

/ July 30, 2015 at 3:44 PM
As the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, UT, looks ahead to the opening of the Air Force's F-35 initial operational capability window next summer, the first cadre of F-35 maintainers are working to build the foundation for the unit's maintenance program. The service expects to achieve IOC between August and December 2016, and the 34th aircraft maintenance unit (AMU) will support the Air Force's first operational F-35 aircraft. According to Lt. Col. Darrin Dronoff, chief of the...

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