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Wednesday, December 04, 2013

It’s official: Hill Air Force Base receiving new F-35 fighter jets


The Pentagon on Tuesday announced Utah will be the home for the Air Force’s first operational F-35A Lightning IIs, the controversial fighter jet.

The announcement was not unexpected. The U.S. Air Force said in 2010 Hill Air Force Base was a preferred site for the F-35s.

Hill will receive 72 of the jets, which will begin arriving in 2015. They will replace the 48 F-16 jets currently flown by the 388th and the 419th fighter wings.

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