33 FIGHTER WING JSF INTEGRATED TRAINING CENTER. Fire From The Clouds

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1 33 FIGHTER WING JSF INTEGRATED TRAINING CENTER 1

2 33 rd Fighter Wing Built Upon a Unique Joint Experience Training Joint and Coalition Pilots to Shape a 21 st Century Approach to Air Warfare Jointness is Built IN Coalition Friendly Comes with the Territory Integrated Means Just That: Joint and Coalition Training and and Laying a Foundation for Joint and Coalition Operations 2

3 Day in the Life 3

4 96 th Test Wing TEAM EGLIN Integrity Service - Excellence Integrity Service - Excellence And 30 Others 4 4

5 Air Force Test Center 96 th Test Wing TEST AND TRAINING RANGE Largest Element in DoD s MRTFB Structure 724 Sq Miles - Land Range 123K Sq Miles - Water Range 134K Sq Miles - Airspace 7 SFG (A) JSF Civil Aviation 96 TW AFSOC Integrity Service - Excellence 5

6 Entering the 33d Fighter Wing

7 New Construction

8 Integrated Training Center Campus USAF HANGAR NOMAD WAY 1309 DoN HANGAR Existing New Growth Track & USMC CFT \\\\\\\\\\ ////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ////////////// ATC Student Conditioning facility \\\\\\\\\\ ////////// DORM DINING HALL 8

9 F-35A Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) JSF Family Of Aircraft One Program -- Three Variants Meeting Service and International Needs F-35C Carrier Variant (CV) Probe and Drogue Refueling (Basket) Larger Wing and Horizontal Tail Area In-Flight Refueling Door (Boom) Internal 25mm 4-Barrel Gattling Gun F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) Probe and Drogue Refueling (Basket) Lift Fan Strengthened Landing Gear and Tailhook Wingfold and Ailerons Added 3-Bearing Swivel Nozzle Centerline Gun Pod with 25mm Gun Roll Posts DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 9

10 People - Esprit De Corps 10

11 Navy Heritage VFA

12 Navy Heritage 12

13 Marine Heritage VMFAT

14 Marine Corps Heritage 14

15 Air Force Heritage 58 AMU 15

16 Partner Nations

17 UK Tail Flash July 23,

18 Academic Training Center

19 ATC Life Size Trainers

20 ATC Life Size Trainers

21 Hands On Training Flight Line

22 Student Campus - Dorms

23 Student Campus - Dining

24 33 FW Milestones Eglin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter stood up under AETC 01 Oct 2009 First F-35A received - 14 Jul 2011 F-35A rollout ceremony 26 Aug 2011 First F-35Bs received - 11 Jan 2012 F-35B rollout ceremony 28 Feb 2012 Flight Operations (F-35A) began - 6 Mar 2012 First F-35B engine run - 14 Mar 2012 Academic Training Center students Apr 2012 First F-35B flight - 22 May 2012 First non-test pilot AF F-35A pilot qualified 31 May 2012 First non-test pilot Marine Corps non-eglin pilot qualified in F-35A 100th Sortie (F-35A and F-35B) completed - 11 Jul 2012 First Air National Guard pilot flight 16 Jul 2012 Unit Compliance Inspection for AF excellent Jul 2012 First UK F-35B received 23 Jul 2012 UK Small Group Tryouts, blended July-Aug Operational Utility Evaluation - TBD 24

25 Marine Flying Ops MXS Ops

26 Navy Continues to Standup Unit

27 Air Force Flying Ops

28 Flight Line and Hangars

29 Host Base

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31 33 FW Senior Leaders 33 FW/CC Col Andrew Toth LEGEND USAF USN USMC LM 33 FW/CCC CMSgt Robert Newman 33 FW/CV Col Art Tomassetti 33 OG/CC Capt Mike Saunders 33 MXG/CC Col Mark Fluker ATC Dir Col Greg Jones 33 FW/DS Col Don Finley LM Site Lead Mr. Mike Cabiness 33 OG/CD Lt Col Randal Efferson 33 MXG/CD Capt Lance Massey 33 ATC Dep Col AJ Manuel 31

32 Flying 32

33 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE F-35 AND THE INTEGRATED TRAINING CENTER This slideshow provides a view from the F-35 Integrated Training Center of a day in the life of this center. The Joint Strike Fighter is born joint and the training and support approach is rooted in combing service culture with a new approach to joint training. The slideshow has been provided by the 33rd Fighter Wing and provides a perspective of life inside the ITC difficult for outsiders to easily see. Below the slideshow are slide notes for some but not all of the slides to provide further explanation of what the reader is seeing. /32 A Day in the LIfe of the Integrated Training Command at Eglin from Second Line of Defense Slide Notes

34 Slide 4 Once at work, a 33d Fighter Wing realizes they are part of a much bigger picture re comprising Team Eglin like the Navy EOD, 7 th Special Forces and more. Slide 5 The ITC shares the DoD s largest military installation. You can see the ITC piece of the pie below. Over time that will grow as the command gets more aircraft and students. Slide 6 Once entering the wing on the west side of the base you ll notice the F-15 on display that has been on the leading edge for 30 years. Now, for the first time this year, you also see the F-35 on display. This one is located in front of the wing headquarters. Also of note is the complete build up that has gone on over the last two and a half years.. Slide 7 This fuel cell maintenance hangar was used in the 1960s for B-52s prior to the 33d FW. This is now being replaced by three F-35 aircraft bays. Slide 8 Visualized is the academic training center building, which to give you perspective, is about 5 ½ football fields large. Above are the new AF, Navy and Marine Corps hangars, etc. And all this build-up is to take care of the three new members of our 33d FW family.the F-35 A, B, and soon F-35C variants of the joint strike fighter The different colors represent the different states of construciton.green refurbished/re utilized buildings. White new construction. Yellow expansion as ITC grows, Nomad way divides the complex into two parts Top of chart is flying side of business. Bottom of chart is academic campus. 5 blocks. Walking distance. The goal is to keep students local in a college campus environment. Dorms hold about 280 in two person rooms. The dining facility can feed 600 per meal. Slide 9 If you are interested in the specs on these aircraft, you can go to But the fifth generation marvels seen here would not be possible if it were not for the people. And at the 33d Fighter Wing, our creative, motivated and forward-leaning team is on the move and come together like one big family. Three variants forming a common family of aircraft. Commonality between 70-85%. Higlights of variants F-35AConventional F-16 like. Internal Gun, 9g capable, boom refueling, 2K lb class weapons bays F-35B STOVL with lift fan, 3 bearing swivel nozzle and roll posts, 7g, external gun, 1K lb class weapons bays, probe/drogue refueling F-35C Carrier Larger wing and horizontal tail to enable slower landing speed at ship, 7.5g, ext gun, 2K lb class weapons bay, probe/drogue refueling

35 Slide 10 While we are busy launching jets (upper left), we are also staying light (lower left is in memory of a fighter pilot and every March is March mustache madness across the AF). And we exercise a lot to stay fit for the fight. Except when it is raining, and then the transport cart is a nice option. Now with our Navy and Marine Corps members being without a ship and a port, they have managed to still transform their part of Eglin Air Force Base. Slide 11 Here is the tail off a decommissioned Navy fighter jet that has been refurbished and put on display in front of the Navy s VFA-101 F-35 C squadron. Slide 12 Inside their building to include a bell off a ship. And it is the same for the Marine Corps. Slide 13 Here is their Marine aircraft tail and heritage wall. And the Marines also come with pomp and formations. Slide 14 Here are the members of the VMFAT-501 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron. For the Air Force, there wing already looks Air Force, but of note is the Heritage of a memorial that was made possible from community members who together with Airmen and family donated funds for this memorial. Slide 15 The is in memory of our 12 Nomads from the 33d Fighter Wing who were killed in Saudi Arabia in 1995 plus seven others from the Air Force. And now for the first time, it is not just US service members. Today s 33d Fighter Wing is also about our International Partners.. Slide 16 In addition to the US, the partner nations include the: UK, Canada, etc The UK will have two pilots embedded in the Marine Corps F-35B unit. They received their jet July 23 at Eglin AFB. Slide 17 Here is one of the UK representatives showing off their F-35B Lightning II with the round emblem indicating this is a UK jet. So with the team expanding, we will be gearing up for more students. Slide 18 This is where the pipeline students will get their indoctrination briefings for the Academic Training Center, the big schoolhouse. They ll progress through foundational computer-based instruction and then move on to life size trainers and virtual reality F-35 experiences.

36 Slide 19 Maintenance students can train inside without taking real jets off the flight line from being launched Slide 20 This is an ejection seat trainer for both maintainers and pilots. Then after the school house they move to the flight line for hands on maintenance training and flying. Slide 21 Here are maintainers under the sunshades on the flightline. And all the while going through school, they are provided a campus feel. Slide 22 With dormitories, wooded lots, exercise facilities, a running track and more. Slide 23 And a dining facility all within walking distance So recently, to prepare for the pipeline students expected to arrive in 2014, we have been accomplishing events to continue to prepare Slide 24 Here is a list of accomplishments. The take-away is that the full time cadre staff are training the trainer as well as conducting maintenance training for students from places like Luke AFB, Arizona and YUMA Marine Air Station Arizona to help them stand up their units. Slide 25 At the Marine Corps squadron at the 33d Fight Wing, our full-time cadre are training up instructor pilots. Here is the UK maintenance lead imbedded in the Marine Corps squadron. Slide 26 Meanwhile, the Navy team is also developing their training plans. Her pictured is their entire VFA-101 squadron. Slide 27 And the Air Force 58 Fighter Squadron plus the aircraft maintainers led the way with the AF being the first service to receive jets and get the go-ahead train-up pilots. Slide 28 The action takes place on the flightline. Slide 31 Here are the immediate team members and the takeaway is we have Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Lockheed Martin contractors giving their all to launch America s newest 5 th generation fighter Slide 32 Here s the view we get over the lovely Emerald Coast.