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Eglin’s F-35s evacuate for hurricane exercise

March 27, 2014 | Staff Reporters

Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas — Hurricanes. It’s no secret tropical storms can cause devastating damage across the landscape and lives of those it touches, which is why Sheppard and Eglin teamed up for a hurricane evacuation exercise March 11 and 12.

Senior Airman Ryan T. Albritton, 82nd Security Forces Squadron, Stands just behind the cordon perimeter protecting the F-35 lightning II while Sheppard Airmen take the opportunity to see it up close March 11, 2014 at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., as part of a hurricane evacuation exercise that would allow aircraft from Eglin to migrate to Sheppard if threatened by a hurricane. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike Meares)

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