{"id":17050,"date":"2018-11-08T00:57:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T00:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/08\/f-35-squadron-ramps-up-ops-tempo-tests-for-combat-deployments\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:28:13","slug":"f-35-squadron-ramps-up-ops-tempo-tests-for-combat-deployments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/11\/08\/f-35-squadron-ramps-up-ops-tempo-tests-for-combat-deployments\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35 squadron ramps up ops tempo, tests for combat deployments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/09\/20\/new-reserve-command-chief-wants-to-give-airmen-predictability-better-pay\/\" target=_blank>388th Fighter Wing<\/a> at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, pumped out 150 sorties in the past two weeks, in addition to the unit\u2019s normal flying operations, to test their ability to operate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/12\/21\/wisconsin-alabama-air-guard-bases-chosen-for-f-35a\/\" target=_blank>F-35A Lightning II <\/a>in a deployed environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wing\u2019s 4th Fighter Squadron and 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit focused on combat operations and tactical scenarios involving aircraft battle damage, downed-pilot recovery and fighting in an environment with limited or no communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/03\/02\/hill-afb-contractor-charged-with-sending-f-16-parts-to-indonesia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hill Air Force Base<\/a> will eventually be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019, according to a 388th Fighter Wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/1682040\/388th-fighter-wing-completes-combat-exercise\/\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a>. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing will fly and maintain the jets in partnership with the Air Force Reserve\u2019s 419th Fighter Wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the latest training operations, pilots flew more sorties with more equipment than normal \u201chome-station\u201d operations, including their side-arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe tempo gives our airmen a taste of deployed operations,\u201d said Lt. Col. 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Wait, what?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airmen ran their training operations out of a secure, deployable facility that houses mission planning, debrief, intelligence, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2015\/04\/15\/problems-plaguing-f-35-s-next-gen-maintenance-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Autonomic Logistics Information System<\/a>, or ALIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ALIS is the F-35\u2032s next-generation software system designed to detail maintenance issues on the jet. Maintainers plug the ALIS into the jet in order to diagnose performance issues and streamline the process of identifying replacement parts. The system has been advertised as a game-changer in aviation maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was a big planning and execution effort for the 4th [Fighter Squadron] and 4th [Aircraft Maintenance Unit],\u201d said 1st Lt. 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