Staff Sgt. Marcos Cruz La Santa, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics systems technician, pulls chocks from beneath an F-35A Lightning II July 18, 2017, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Cruz is one of the first Airmen to become a noncommissioned officer after going through the F-35 training pipeline at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. To this point, the leaders who are responsible for maintenance on the F-35A were selected and funneled into the program from legacy aircraft. These new NCOs have been raised in the fifth-generation Air Force and will form the backbone of the Air Force as it gravit
Staff Sgt. Marcos Cruz La Santa, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics systems technician, pulls chocks from beneath an F-35A Lightning II July 18, 2017, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Cruz is one of the first Airmen to become a noncommissioned officer after going through the F-35 training pipeline at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. To this point, the leaders who are responsible for maintenance on the F-35A were selected and funneled into the program from legacy aircraft. These new NCOs have been raised in the fifth-generation Air Force and will form the backbone of the Air Force as it gravitates towards the new generation of aircraft. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Thompson)
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