Weight Restriction Sidelined Female F-35 Pilot For Year

Credit: F-35: USAF
HILL AFB, Utah—After waiting one year for an upgraded F-35 ejection seat, female pilot Capt. Kaitlin Clugston began flying the fifth-generation fighter jet in May. Clugston, a flight commander for the 388th Operations Support Squadron, previously flew the F-16 and had more than 900 hr. in the...

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