Marine Corps seeks to utilize Lightning Technician Program

U.S. Marine Corps service members learn procedures for changing tires and inspecting brakes on the F-35A Lightning II aircraft May 9, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. They are four of twelve Marines sent to Luke AFB from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma to learn about the Lightning Technician Program in order to implement the program at their base. The Lightning Technician Program blends F-35 maintenance career fields to maximize manpower utilization while shrinking units’ deployment footprint to fit the Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment concept. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Caleb F. Butler)

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Marine Corps seeks to utilize Lightning Technician Program

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cooper McQuade, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214 airframe mechanic, signals an F-35A Lightning II pilot to brake prior to launch May 9, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. McQuade is one of twelve Marines sent to Luke from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma to learn about Luke AFB’s Lightning Technician Program in order to implement the program at their base. The Lightning Technician Program blends F-35 maintenance career fields to maximize manpower utilization while shrinking units’ deployment footprint to fit the Air Force's Agile Combat Employment concept. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Caleb F. Butler)

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Marine Corps seeks to utilize Lightning Technician Program

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jared Stevison, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214 avionics technician, applies low observable paste to the wing of an F-35A Lightning II aircraft May 9, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Stevison is one of twelve Marines sent to Luke from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma to learn about our Lightning Technician Program in order to implement the program at their base. Luke AFB’s LTP, which blends F-35 maintenance career fields, maximizes manpower utilization and increases mission effectiveness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Caleb F. Butler)

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Marine Corps seeks to utilize Lightning Technician Program

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alex Saling, 308th Aircraft Maintenance Unit dedicated crew chief (left), instructs U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jared Stevison, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214 avionics technician (right), on procedures for application of low observable primer May 9, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Stevison is one of twelve Marines sent to Luke from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma to learn about Luke AFB’s Lightning Technician Program in order to implement the program at their base. Luke AFB’s LTP, which blends F-35 maintenance career fields, maximizes manpower utilization and increases mission effectiveness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Caleb F. Butler)

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Marine Corps seeks to utilize Lightning Technician Program

Published May 19, 2022
By Senior Airman Caleb F. Butler
56 FW/PA

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE—U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cooper McQuade, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214 airframe mechanic, signals an F-35A Lightning II pilot to brake prior to launch May 9, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. McQuade is one of twelve Marines sent to Luke from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma to learn about Luke AFB’s Lightning Technician Program in order to implement the program at their base. The Lightning Technician Program blends F-35 maintenance career fields to maximize manpower utilization while shrinking units’ deployment footprint to fit the Air Force's Agile Combat Employment concept. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Caleb F. Butler)