{"id":12432,"date":"2023-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=12432"},"modified":"2023-05-26T06:49:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T06:49:25","slug":"kingsley-field-to-host-f-35a-formal-training-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=12432","title":{"rendered":"Kingsley Field to host F-35A Formal Training Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"article-detail-dateline\">ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) &#8212; \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Department of the Air Force plans to convert the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104501\/f-15-eagle\/\" target=\"_blank\">F-15C Eagle<\/a><\/strong> Formal Training Unit at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.173fw.ang.af.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kingsley Field<\/a><\/strong> in Klamath Falls, Oregon, into a third <a href=\"http:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/478441\/f-35a-lightning-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>F-35A Lightning II<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0FTU, providing additional training capacity to the fifth-generation aircraft.<br \/><!--image-->\n    <\/p>\n<p><!--media-inline--><\/p>\n<p>The decision comes after the release of the Fiscal Year 2024 Presidential Budget request, which outlines the divestiture of the aging F-15C fleet.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seymourjohnson.af.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seymour Johnson Air Force Base<\/a><\/strong>, North Carolina, is expected to start hosting basic F-15 aircrew training in early 2026, after which, the aircrew will undergo training for their specific F-15 model at their first unit.<\/p>\n<p>Kingsley Field will receive 20 F-35As to replace its 27 F-15Cs once the environmental impact analysis is completed, which is expected in 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-split ntext breakout \">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<section class=\"ast-brandedhr\">\n<div class=\"ast-brandedhr-line\">\n<p>                <title>U.S. Air Force Logo<\/title><\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) &#8212; \u00a0 The Department of the Air Force plans to convert the F-15C Eagle Formal Training Unit at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, into a third F-35A Lightning II\u00a0FTU, providing additional training capacity to the fifth-generation aircraft. The decision comes after the release of the Fiscal Year 2024 Presidential Budget request, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12432"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12435,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12432\/revisions\/12435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}