First General to be qualified to fly F-35

Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria, U. S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, is the first general qualified to fly the F-35.

First general officer completes F-35 qualification training
U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.

Silveria’s training took seven weeks together with approximately five hours of F-35 flying.

The U.S. Air Force says he was chosen as the “center he leads is responsible for current and future F-35A operational testing, tactics development and eventual advanced training exercises and weapons school.”

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