The US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing (FW) has started training the
first Air National Guard (ANG) pilot on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint
Strike Fighter at Eglin AFB, Florida.
Maj Jay Spohn, chief of standards and evaluation at the 33rd FW's operations group and a member of the Florida Air National Guard, flew his first transition flight in the F-35A-model jet on 16 July. After five more flights, he will be qualified as an F-35 instructor pilot.
"I felt much more comfortable on my very first flight in the F-35 than I did two and half years ago on my first flight in the [Boeing] F-15C or 10 years ago on my first flight in the [Fairchild Republic] A-10," Spohn says. "I attribute that directly to the quality of training I received here at Eglin."
Spohn adds that the F-35 is a joy to fly. "The aircraft flies just like the simulator, which is a good thing," he says.
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Maj Jay Spohn, chief of standards and evaluation at the 33rd FW's operations group and a member of the Florida Air National Guard, flew his first transition flight in the F-35A-model jet on 16 July. After five more flights, he will be qualified as an F-35 instructor pilot.
"I felt much more comfortable on my very first flight in the F-35 than I did two and half years ago on my first flight in the [Boeing] F-15C or 10 years ago on my first flight in the [Fairchild Republic] A-10," Spohn says. "I attribute that directly to the quality of training I received here at Eglin."
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Lt Col Eric Smith/US Air Force
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