/ Published August 23, 2017
An F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, fires an AIM 120 missile at the Utah Test and Training Range, Aug. 17, 2017. The F-35 flew Combat Archer, an evaluation exercise which tests and validates the performance of crews, pilots, and their technology while deploying precision-guided munitions. (Photo courtesy Scott Wolff)
Staff Sgt. Ken Gongora, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prepares to lift an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) during a Combat Archer weapons load at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Aug. 8, 2017. The missile was fired by an F-35A Lightning II aircraft at the Utah Test and Training Range during the evaluation exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)
F-15 Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, take off from Hill AFB, Aug. 8. The F-15s flew during Combat Hammer, an evaluation exercise which tests and validates the performance of crews, pilots, and their technology while deploying precision-guided munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)
An Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon from Kelly Field, Texas, flies in air space above Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Aug. 17, 2017. The F-16 flew during Combat Archer, an evaluation exercise which tests and validates the performance of crews, pilots, and their technology while deploying precision-guided munitions. (Photo courtesy Scott Wolff)
Maj. John Peskar, an F-15 pilot assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, passes by the air traffic control tower at Hill AFB, Aug. 9, 2017, after completing a training sortie. The F-15s flew during Combat Hammer, an evaluation exercise which tests and validates the performance of crews, pilots, and their technology while deploying precision-guided munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Holcomb)
Capt. Timothy Six, 388th Operations Support Squadron, prepares for flight Aug. 7 at Hill Air Force Base. F-35s were participating in the Weapons System Evaluation Program, or WSEP, for the first time as the jets continue toward Full Warfighting Capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)
Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight test laser guidance units to be used with GBU-12 bombs, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Aug. 3, 2017. The 500-pound bombs were dropped at the Utah Test and Training Range during the Weapons System Evaluation Program Aug. 7-18. WSEP tests and validates the performance of crews, pilots, and their technology while deploying precision-guided munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)