F-35 course dry run set for July

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - The first pilots and maintainers for the F-35 will start a training regimen this fall calling for airmen, naval officers, sailors and Marines to learn the ins and outs of the Joint Strike Fighter on laptops and full-motion simulators. Instructors will do a dry run of the course in July. Right now, the wing has about 200 instructors from the Air Force, Navy and Marines, but should hit full strength of 2,000 by 2014. By then, the wing will have at least 59 F-35s for training. The first one is scheduled to arrive in November. (Source: Air Force Times, 06/20/10)