Operational USAF's F-35A fighter jet fires air-to-air missile for the first time

The US Air Force 33rd Fighter Wing loaded and shot the first air-to-air missiles from an operational F-35A during a weapons system evaluation at Tyndall Air Force Base, Jan. 31, 2017, just two weeks after loading and releasing the first live air-to-ground weapons in Air Education and Training Command. Read more

src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tHsTDWwL98qYSRAZl-QhLNHM2kxPx8mNLoM2YaY9TZD1i1o8PeDxGrXuiwSw58sn9rLvFMxo2PYg=s0-d" width="400"> An F-35A assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing takes off January 31, 2017, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
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