10/31/2011 - Petty Officer 1st Class Jake Bauer, a Strike Fighter Squadron 101 maintainer, makes adjustments to an F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter engine at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 27. Airmen, Marines and Sailors are executing step-by-step processes to validate engine maintenance procedures for the F-135 to ensure they are sound before being taught to future F-35 maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

10/31/2011 - Staff Sgt.s Jason Anderson and Michael Sanders, maintainers with the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, try to remove a piece of equipment from the front of the an F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter engine at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 27. Airmen, Marines and Sailors are executing step-by-step processes to validate engine maintenance procedures for the F-135 to ensure they are sound before being taught to future F-35 maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

10/31/2011 - Sgt. Orazio Cara, a Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 maintainer, helps Airmen move an F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter engine immobilizer into place at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 27. Airmen, Marines and Sailors are executing step-by-step processes to validate engine maintenance procedures for the F-135 to ensure they are sound before being taught to future F-35 maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

10/31/2011 - Sgt. Orazio Cara, a Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 maintainer, makes adjustments to an F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter engine at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 27. Airmen, Marines and Sailors are executing step-by-step processes to validate engine maintenance procedures for the F-135 to ensure they are sound before being taught to future F-35 maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

10/31/2011 - Staff Sgt. Jason Anderson, a 58th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintainer, guides an F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter engine immobilizer into place at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 27. Airmen, Marines and Sailors are executing step-by-step processes to validate engine maintenance procedures for the F-135 to ensure they are sound before being taught to future F-35 maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)