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Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson receives a briefing about the F-35A Lightning II during a base visit, Jan. 23, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill AFB is slated to be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are the service’s first combat-capable F-35 units and will be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons, totaling of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson receives a briefing about the F-35A Lightning II during a base visit, Jan. 23, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill AFB is slated to be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are the service’s first combat-capable F-35 units and will be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons, totaling of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson receives a briefing about the F-35A Lightning II during a base visit, Jan. 23, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill AFB is slated to be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are the service’s first combat-capable F-35 units and will be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons, totaling of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

Lieutenant Col. Megan Murtishaw, 388th Maintenance Squadron commander, briefs Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson about the F-35A Lightning II during a base visit, Jan. 23, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill AFB is slated to be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are the service’s first combat-capable F-35 units and will be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons, totaling of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson receives a briefing about the F-35A Lightning II during a base visit, Jan. 23, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill AFB is slated to be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are the service’s first combat-capable F-35 units and will be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons, totaling of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

Airmen from active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing during a base visit with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, Jan. 23, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill AFB will be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are the service’s first combat-capable F-35 units and slated to be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons, totaling of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson receives a briefing about the F-35A Lightning II during a base visit, Jan. 23, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill AFB is slated to be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are the service’s first combat-capable F-35 units and will be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons, totaling of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

Colonel Mike Miles, 388th Maintenance Group commander, briefs Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson during a base visit, Jan. 23, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill AFB is slated to be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are the service’s first combat-capable F-35 units and will be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons, totaling of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson receives a briefing about the F-35A Lightning II during a base visit, Jan. 23, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill AFB is slated to be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are the service’s first combat-capable F-35 units and will be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons, totaling of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

Airmen from the 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron brief Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson about the F-35A Lightning II during a base visit, Jan. 23, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill AFB is slated to be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are the service’s first combat-capable F-35 units and will be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons, totaling of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson receives a briefing about the F-35A Lightning II during a base visit, Jan. 23, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Hill AFB is slated to be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons with a total of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. The active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are the service’s first combat-capable F-35 units and will be home to three F-35 fighter squadrons, totaling of 78 aircraft by the end of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)