F-35 maintainers keep Lightning fueled, in air
Senior Airman Travis Barry, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals in an F-35A Lightning II for a hot pit refueling session on the Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., flightline while two other F-35s soar in the base’s flight pattern. 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.)