July 30, 2020
F-35 crews conquer new territory in CENTCOM AOR
AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates —
The 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron did something in early July which had never been done before by an F-35A Lightning II unit - go into alert status.The squadron performed alert status exercises to provide the necessary data points to mission planners with the U.S. Air Force Central Command Air Operations Center.“This hasn’t been done before