33rd Fighter Wing honored with top modeling and simulation award
Senior Airman David Deloera from Nellis Air Force Base, Utah, practices on an aircraft systems maintenance trainer at the 33rd Fighter Wing’s F-35 Lightning II Academic Training Center on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Sept. 9, 2012. The pilot and maintainer qualifications are accomplished through simulations to ensure efficient mission readiness. As the first of its kind in the Department of Defense, the wing is responsible for F-35 Lightning II pilot and maintainer training for the DOD and, in the future, at least eight coalition partners. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)