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A Marine F/A-18 Hornet takes off for a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Lightning flightline

A 33rd Fighter Wing pilot brings in an F-35A Lightning II for refueling after a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Lightning flightline

A 33rd Fighter Wing F-35A Lightning II taxis back after a sortie as another F-35 lifts off from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Lightning flightline

A 33rd Fighter Wing maintainer performs post flight checks on an F-35A Lightning II after a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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1st UK STOVL flight at Eglin

Heat pulses off the flightline as Royal Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols, taxies a Marine F-35B Lightning II toward the runway for the first short take-off and vertical landing sortie by a United Kingdom pilot at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 25. The U.S. Marines began flying STOVL sorties at Eglin in October 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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1st UK STOVL flight at Eglin

Royal Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols, hovers over the landing pad in a Marine F-35B Lightning II during the first short take-off and vertical landing sortie by a United Kingdom pilot at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 25. The U.S. Marines began flying STOVL sorties at Eglin in October 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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1st UK STOVL flight at Eglin

Royal Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols, lifts off in a Marine F-35B Lightning II for the first short take-off and vertical landing sortie by a United Kingdom pilot at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 25. The U.S. Marines began flying STOVL sorties at Eglin in October 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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1st UK STOVL flight at Eglin

Royal Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols, taxies his Marine F-35B Lightning II in after completing the first short take-off and vertical landing sortie by a United Kingdom pilot at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 25. The U.S. Marines began flying STOVL sorties at Eglin in October 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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1st UK STOVL flight at Eglin

Royal Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols, moves his Marine F-35B Lightning II in for refueling after the first short take-off and vertical landing sortie by a United Kingdom pilot at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 25. The U.S. Marines began flying STOVL sorties at Eglin in October 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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1st UK STOVL flight at Eglin

Royal Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Hugh Nichols, hovers over the runway in a Marine F-35B Lightning II during the first short take-off and vertical landing sortie by a United Kingdom pilot at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 25. The U.S. Marines began flying STOVL sorties at Eglin in October 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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1st UK STOVL flight at Eglin

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UK Lightning

A United Kingdom Royal Navy F-35B Lightning II returns to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., after a sortie Dec. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Maintaining lightning

A Lockheed Martin maintainer pulls the chocks from a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II prior to a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The RNLAF completed their first joint strike fighter flying sortie Dec. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Maintaining lightning

Lockheed Martin maintainers complete preflight checks on the Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II prior to a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The RNLAF completed their first joint strike fighter flying sortie Dec. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Maintaining lightning

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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

The Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II lifts off from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., for its first flight Dec. 18. Maj. Laurens Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the joint strike fighter and the flight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

Maj. Laurens Vijge, a Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot, salutes his Lockheed Martin crew chief as he taxis out for the first flight in the F-35A Lightning II. Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the joint strike fighter and the flight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

Sgt. 1st Class Terry Van Rooij, a maintainer with the Royal Netherlands Air Force, takes a picture of the Dutch F-35A Lightning II prior to its first flight Dec. 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Maj. Laurens Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the joint strike fighter and the flight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

Members of the Royal Netherlands Air Force watch as their F-35A Lightning II prepares to taxi out for its first flight Dec. 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Maj. Laurens Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the joint strike fighter and the flight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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Dutch F-35 flight flies for first time

Maj. Laurens Vijge, a Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot, makes adjustments while in the seat of an F-35A Lightning II prior to his first flight in the aircraft Dec. 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Vijge became the first RNLAF pilot to fly the joint strike fighter and the flight marks the first sortie for the RNLAF here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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