Pacific Air Forces has kicked off the third Red Flag-Alaska of the year. The exercise being flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases in Alaska will run through July 27.
It'll take up to 18 months for Lockheed Martin to deliver the 100 or so F-35s that went directly from production line to storage, awaiting the completion of Tech Refresh 3 testing. Customers haven't complained about the order in which the backlog is being delivered.