Staff Sgt. Chris Hunter, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, refuels an F-35A Lightning II piloted by Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria, Air Force Warfare Center commander, at a hot pit session during the general’s final qualifying flight Sept. 26, 2014, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Silveria became the first general officer in the Department of Defense to qualify in the fifth generation fighter. Samuel King Jr.

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