65th Aggressor Squadron reactivating as F-35A unit

The U.S. Air Force has decided to reactivate the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base and the unit will fly the F-35A.

F-35 Lighting II fighter jets, assigned to the 6th Weapons Squadron, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., fly over the Nevada Test and Training Range July 10, 2017. The United States Air Force Weapons School teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide the world’s most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the combat air forces and mobility air forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Daryn Murphy/Released)

The squadron will have 11 aircraft and nine are non-combat capable F-35A aircraft from Eglin. Those nine aircraft will only depart Eglin after newly produced aircraft arrive to replace them.

“This move will allow us to repurpose early production F-35s to help train Airmen for the high end fight,” said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson.

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