Air Force reservists will play a significant role in the service's plan to establish a cadre of qualified, experienced maintainers to stand up the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. An experienced maintainer force is crucial to support initial operational capability for the F-35, which is slated for next summer, and the service had planned to meet that requirement by retiring the A-10 Warthog and shifting experienced maintainers to the F-35. But Congress opposed the move in fiscal year 2015 and appears...
