Summer 2017: "1st USAF F-35A European deployment likely"....

[Stratofreighter]

http://breakingdefense.com/2016/12/f-35 ... caf-james/

on December 20, 2016 at 12:34 PM

WASHINGTON: The Air Force’s F-35A will probably make its first operational deployment abroad “in the not too distant future… perhaps next summer,” heading to Europe to help NATO allies deter Russian aggression, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said yesterday.

In her endorsement of the F-35 and NATO, and her wariness of Vladimir Putin, Obama’s outgoing air boss politely took issue with President-Elect Donald Trump‘s very public stands on all those issues.

http://aviationweek.com/combat-aircraft ... deployment

Fifteen years after the Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin the initial contract to build the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter,
the U.S. Air Force’s first operational F-35A squadron is preparing for its first overseas deployment.

The “Rude Rams” 34th Fighter Sqdn. here at Hill AFB, Utah, is gearing up to participate in a so-called theater security package (TSP) next year, squadron commander Lt. Col. George Watkins tells Aviation Week. The Air Force has not yet settled on a location, ...

[Le Addeur noir]

If Trump doesn't stop this, what USAFE fighter base that is receiving F-35s in the future is this deployment likely to go to?. RAF L......

[raameagle]

Frisian Flag?

[Eagledriver 32]

[Piet Luijken]

Only Spangdahlem has received modernisations for 5th Gen aircraft at this moment, so...

AIR FORCE
 5th Generation Warfighting Capability ($19.8 million)
Description: Improves infrastructure to support 5th Generation fighter rotational ops at Spangdahlem AB, Germany. Spangdahlem's geographic
location and available ramp space make it an ideal location as a 5th Generation fighter rotational hub. Building 5th Gen capability at Spangdahlem
supports future interoperability training as well as demonstrate the capacity to generate 5th Gen operations if required.
Funding Details: This initiative funds infrastructure improvements (MILCON, Air Force) to expand Air Force ability to deploy and maintain 5th
generation fighters at operating bases in Europe. It funds the following projects at Spangdahlem AB: Upgrade Hardened Aircraft Shelter
($2.7 million), Upgrade Infrastructure/Communications/Utilities ($1.6 million), construct a Low Observable/Composite Repair Facility
($12.0 million), and construct a High Capacity Trim Pad and Hush House ($1.0 million). Operation and Maintenance, Air Force funds an
additional $2.5 million for Facility Sustainment and Repair for this effort.

Frisian Flag is in Spring, not in Summer, so...

[SquAdmin]

Only Spangdahlem has received modernisations for 5th Gen aircraft at this moment, so...

Didn't stop F-22's from deploying to LN.

[Adraf]

Only Spangdahlem has received modernisations for 5th Gen aircraft at this moment, so...

Not yet