F-35As fly in weapons evaluation
Airman 1st Class Luigi Amoriello, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and Maj. James Schmidt, 388th Operations Group, exchange salutes during launch operations at Hill Air Force Base, Aug. 7. The Airmen and F-35A Lightning II aircraft were participating in Combat Hammer, part of the Weapons System Evaluation Program. For Amoriello, from Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, the launch was his first solo effort. (Paul Holcomb/U.S. Air Force)