Maj. Thomas Hayes, a pilot with the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, a tenant unit Edwards Air Force Base, walks onto the flight line at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Mountain Home, Idaho on Thursday, February 18, 2016. Six operational test and evaluation F-35s and more than 85 Airmen of the 31st TES, traveled to Mountain Home to conduct the first simulated deployment test of the F-35A, specifically to execute three key initial operational capability mission sets: suppression of enemy air defenses, close air support and air interdiction. ( Air Force photo by Eddins Jr.) 160218-F-L

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Maj. Thomas Hayes, a pilot with the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, a tenant unit Edwards Air Force Base, walks onto the flight line at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Mountain Home, Idaho on Thursday, February 18, 2016. Six operational test and evaluation F-35s and more than 85 Airmen of the 31st TES, traveled to Mountain Home to conduct the first simulated deployment test of the F-35A, specifically to execute three key initial operational capability mission sets: suppression of enemy air defenses, close air support and air interdiction. ( Air Force photo by Eddins Jr.) 160218-F-LW859-028 by AirmanMagazine

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