More bases named to host F-35, K-46 and MQ-9 operations

Thanks for sharing the news Maj Marty Hogan that the USAF service
1. chose Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, for the first Air Force Reserve-led F-35 base. Three other bases were named as possible alternates if a problem arises during the environmental impact process: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona; Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida; and Whiteman AFB, Missouri. That environmental analysis must be completed before service officials formally announce a final decision. The Texas base should begin receiving its first F-35As in the mid-2020s.
2. Three active-duty installations — Hill AFB, Utah; Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom; and Eielson AFB, Alaska — and one Air National Guard base — Burlington Air Guard Station, Vermont — have been identified for F-35A basing.
3. In December, the Air Force had announced the list of finalists for two more Guard bases that will host F-35 operations: Dannelly Field AGS, Alabama; Gowen Field AGS, Idaho; Jacksonville AGS, Florida; Selfridge ANGB, Michigan; and Truax AGS, Wisconsin.
4. a new MQ-9 Reaper group, including mission control elements, will be located at Shaw AFB, South Carolina.
5. Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, New Jersey, and Travis AFB, California, have been selected as the preferred locations for the next two active duty KC-46A Pegasus bases. Twenty-four KC-46A aircraft will replace the legacy aircraft at each of those bases.
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That's great, ought to make for a lot of happy Airmen, and ladies.

NAS JRB Fort Worth (formerly Carswell AFB - where most of the movie "Strategic Air Command" was shot) is an excellent location for the F-35. Most especially because the base is on one-side of the runway and the factory (United States Air Force Plant 4) is on the other! Great news for the CIty of Fort Worth! Thanks for posting Maj Marty Hogan !