F-35A Demonstration Team

The F-35A Demonstration Team is a United States Air Force flight demonstration team under the 388th Fighter Wing currently stationed at Hill Air Force Base in Davis County, Utah. The team flies the USAF's F-35A fighter jet at airshows performing air maneuvers that demonstrate the supermaneuverability of the F-35A. Examples of these demonstrations include the minimum radius turn to high alpha loop, weapons bay door pass, pedal turn, slow speed to power climb and tactical pitch.[1]

F-35A Demonstration Team
The F-35A Demo Team performs a weapons bay doors pass
Active2018–present
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleAerobatic display team
Size1 officer
11 enlisted support personnel
Part ofAir Combat Command
Garrison/HQHill Air Force Base
Davis County, Utah
EquipmentF-35A Lightning II
Websitehttps://www.388fw.acc.af.mil/F-35A-Demo-Team/
Commanders
Current
commander		Major Kristin "BEO" Wolfe

The demonstration team was founded in late 2018 and was originally stationed at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona,[2] It moved to Hill Air Force Base in 2019.[3]

The current demo pilot and the commander of the demo team is Major Kristin "BEO" Wolfe. She is also the first female demo pilot of the U.S. Air Force.[4]

References
  1. "F-35 Demo Team pilot practices new maneuvers". Luke Air Force Base. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. "How The F-35 Demo Team Is Changing Minds About the Joint Strike Fighter Program". The Aviationist. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. "Air Force F-35A demo team to move from Glendale base to Utah". AZ Central. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. "Meet the Air Force's first woman F-35 Demo Team pilot: Capt. Kristin 'Beo' Wolfe". Business Insider. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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