33 FIGHTER WING JSF INTEGRATED TRAINING CENTER Fire From The Clouds 1 33rd Fighter Wing • Built Upon a Unique Joint Experience • Training Joint and Coalition Pilots to Shape a 21st 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 Day in the Life 3 96th Test Wing TEAM EGLIN And 30 Others… Integrity – Service - ExcellenceIntegrity – Service - Excellence 4 4 Air Force Test Center 96th 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 JSF Civil 7 SFG Aviation (A) 96 TW AFSOC Integrity – Service - Excellence 5 Entering the 33d Fighter Wing Fire From The Clouds New Construction Fire From The Clouds Integrated Training Center Campus USAF HANGAR DoN HANGAR Existing New Growth 1309 NOMAD WAY Track & USMC CFT \\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ////////// ////////////// ATC \\\\\\\\\\ ////////// Student DINING Conditioning DORM 8 facility HALL JSF Family Of Aircraft One Program -- Three Variants Meeting Service and International Needs F-35C F-35A Larger Wing and Carrier Variant Horizontal Tail Area Conventional (CV) Take-Off and Probe and Drogue Landing Refueling (Basket) (CTOL) In-Flight Refueling Door (Boom) Strengthened Landing Gear Internal and Tailhook 25mm 4-Barrel Gattling Gun Centerline Wingfold and Gun Pod F-35B Ailerons Added with 25mm Gun Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) 3-Bearing Probe and Drogue Swivel Nozzle Refueling (Basket) Lift Fan Roll Posts 9 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. 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People - Esprit De Corps Fire From The Clouds 10 Navy Heritage – VFA-101 Fire From The Clouds 11 Navy Heritage Fire From The Clouds 12 Marine Heritage – VMFAT-501 Fire From The Clouds 13 Marine Corps Heritage Fire From The Clouds 14 Air Force Heritage – 58 AMU Fire From The Clouds 15 Partner Nations Fire From The Clouds UK “Tail Flash” July 23, 2012 Fire From The Clouds 17 Academic Training Center Fire From The Clouds ATC – Life Size Trainers Fire From The Clouds ATC – Life Size Trainers Fire From The Clouds Hands On Training – Flight Line Fire From The Clouds Student Campus - Dorms Fire From The Clouds Student Campus - Dining Fire From The Clouds 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” – 16-20 Jul 2012 First UK F-35B received – 23 Jul 2012 UK Small Group Tryouts, blended – July-Aug Operational Utility Evaluation - TBD 24 Marine Flying Ops – MXS Ops Fire From The Clouds Navy Continues to Standup Unit Fire From The Clouds Air Force Flying Ops Fire From The Clouds Flight Line and Hangars Fire From The Clouds Host Base Fire From The Clouds Fire From The Clouds 33 FW Senior Leaders LEGEND USAF 33FW/CC USN ColAndrewToth USMC LM 33FW/CCC 33FW/CV CMSgtRobertNewman ColArtTomassetti 33OG/CC 33MXG/CC ATCDir 33FW/DS LMSiteLead CaptMikeSaunders ColMarkFluker ColGregJones ColDonFinley Mr.MikeCabiness 33OG/CD 33MXG/CD 33ATCDep LtColRandalEfferson CaptLanceMassey ColAJManuel 31 Flying 32 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 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, 7th 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 www.F35.com 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 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…. 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….