The 88th Fighter Training Squadron from Sheppard Air Force Base were in Luke Air Force Base earlier last month to provide Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) to F-35 and F-16 squadrons assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing.
T-38C Talons from the 80th Flying Training Wing’s Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program fly with an 56th Fighter Wing F-35 Lightning II from Luke AFB, Ariz., during a training exercise in Southern Arizona in early November. The 88th FTS took on adversary roles to provide support to F-35s and F-16 Fighting Falcons from Luke AFB during the two-week exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Christian Culbertson)
The training took place from Nov. 1-17 and 170 sorties were flown.