Staff Sgt. Mark Freeman, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, refuels an Air Force F-35A Lightning II while an international-partner joint strike fighter takes off in the distance at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All of the F-35 variants use the “hot pit” refueling areas in conjunction with the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s fuels flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Staff Sgt. Mark Freeman, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, touches the 58th Fighter Squadron logo on the side of an F-35A Lightning II during hot pit refueling 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.)
An F-35 Lightning II rolls down the 33rd Fighter Wing flightline toward the runway for another sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)