USAF inactivates 17th Air Force (Air Forces Africa), US Africa Command’s air component since October 2008, during a ceremony at Ramstein AB, Germany. At the same time, US Air Forces in Europe assumes the air component role, becoming US Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa.
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.