Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal | DMA Pacific - Hawaii Media Bureau | 03.30.2016
EAST TRAINING RANGE CENTER, Hawaii – If you asked 1st Lt. Joseph Ross, Alpha Company, 29th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, what influenced his decision to join the military he would probably bring up his heritage....
Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal | DMA Pacific - Hawaii Media Bureau | 03.25.2016
EAST TRAINING RANGE, Hawaii – Maneuvering through the thick jungle, climbing up and down steep gulches, scanning for threat indicators, and searching for hidden adversaries are a few of the challenges that Soldiers and Airmen face daily at the 25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy’s Jungle Operations Training Center (JOTC). Students spent three weeks sharpening skills needed to survive......
Courtesy Story | Nellis Air Force Base | 07.20.2015
The F-35A Lightning II achieved another major milestone during the recent capstone large-force employment event, known as the (U.S. Air Force) Weapons School Integration (WSINT) Phase....
Story by Jerry Bryza | 72nd Air Base Wing | 07.09.2015
The head of the Air Force’s F-35 Lightning II integration team cited the Air Force Sustainment Center’s overall joint-strike fighter support during a visit to the center headquarters here today....
Story by Cpl. Sarah Cherry | Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort | 03.06.2015
pastel sunset painted the sky in pinks, oranges and blues as Maj. Paul Holst, an instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, flies into Beaufort skies to conduct an F-35B Lightning II night flight for the first time in Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and VMFAT- 501 history, March 2....
Story by Samuel King Jr. | 96th Test Wing | 09.30.2014
When the wheels of his F-35A Lightning II touched down here around 1 p.m., Sept. 26, Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria became the first Department of Defense general officer to complete qualification training in the joint strike fighter....
Story by 1st Lt. Hope Cronin | 96th Test Wing | 05.29.2014
The 33rd Fighter Wing etched another mark on the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter program May 28 by logging its 5,000th combined sortie in the F-35....
Story by Sgt. Javier Amador | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 03.01.2014
For most of the soldiers working at the gate at Forward Operating Base Lightning, Afghanistan on Thu 27, it seemed to be just another routine day. Routine for everyone except Spc. Dany Gromov, a rifleman with 1st Platoon, Dog Company of the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, who sees each day as being one step closer to turning his dream......
