Posted on Jan 21, 2017
More bases named to host F-35, K-46 and MQ-9 operations
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Thanks for letting us know SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL that the USAF:
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.
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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