Lightning returns
501 - Staff Sgt. Mark Freeman, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs a post-flight check on the tire of an F-35A Lightning II before refueling it at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 variants use the refueling areas in conjunction with the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s fuels flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)