Italian military gets F-35 training update

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Representatives from the Italian air force and navy visited the 33rd Fighter Wing recently to check the progress of the first F-35 integrated training center and learn more about this new coalition venture. "A lot of work has been done. A lot of work has to be done," said Rear Adm. Paolo Treu, director of Naval Aviation Department and commander of the Italian Fleet Air Arm. Italy is one of the partner nations that will be training Joint Strike Fighter pilots and maintainers at the 33rd FW. (Source: Eglin Public Affairs Office, 4/23/2010)