Spartan Lightning: perfecting F-35 interoperability at RAB
Royal Norwegian Air Force Specialist Mats, 132 Air Wing F-35 maintenance squadron crew chief, center, demonstrates F-35A Lightning II tire changing procedures with Royal Netherlands Air Force 1st Lt. Quinten, 322 Squadron maintenance officer, during exercise Spartan Lightning at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 8, 2025. Throughout the exercise, maintainers from U.S., Norwegian and Dutch air forces coordinated their efforts and experienced one another’s tactics, techniques and procedures for aircraft maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tabatha Chapman)