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The F-35 now has multi-ship Infrared Search and Track capability

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In a press release by Edwards Air Force Base, which covers the achievements made by the F-35 Integrated Test Force in 2019, it was disclosed that the test team had tested the multi-ship Infrared Search and Track capability.

JOTT, F-35 Five Ship behind tanker, 1 F-35C, 2 F-35B, & 2 F-35A, Edwards AFB, Ca., 20 September 2019

Photo: Darin Russell, Lockheed Martin

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Hill AFB conducted combat power exercise

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About 50 F-35As.

The active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings conducted an F-35A Combat Power Exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Jan. 6, 2020. The exercise, which was planned for months, demonstrated their ability to employ a large force of F-35As — testing readiness in the areas of personnel accountability, aircraft generation, ground operations, flight operations, and combat capability against air and ground targets. A little more than four years after receiving their first combat-coded F35A Lightning II aircraft, Hill’s fighter wings have achieved full warfighting capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

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