Candidates bases for first Reserve-led F-35A location

The U.S. Air Force has named Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona; Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida; Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas; and Whiteman AFB, Missouri as candidate bases for the first Reserve-led F-35A Lightning II location.

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A decision will be taken in the fall and deployment of the fighter will start by the summer of 2023.