F-35 Lightning II Demonstration Team

The primary mission of the 388th Fighter Wing is to maintain combat readiness to deploy, employ, and sustain F-35A Lightning II aircraft worldwide in support of the national defense. The 388 FW is assigned to Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, and below that, Fifteenth Air Force, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. ACC’s mission is to provide the world’s best combat air forces, delivering rapid, decisive air power, anytime, anywhere.

There are approximately 1,900 airmen and civilian professionals assigned to the 388 FW. The wing employs 78 F-35A Lightning IIs, the Air Force’s most advanced multi-role fighter aircraft.

The 388th Operations Group is comprised of three fighter squadrons and the Operations Support Squadron. The 4th FS, the “Fightin’ Fuujins,” the 34th FS, the “Rude Rams,” and the 421st FS, the “Black Widows”. The 388th OSS is responsible for operational planning, pilot training and flight scheduling, intelligence, weapons and tactics development, mobility, life support activities, and personnel management for the 388th OG. The 388th Maintenance Group is currently composed of two squadrons. The 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron provides on-aircraft maintenance for the F-35. The 388th Maintenance Squadron provides back-shop maintenance for the F-35.