F-35A Demonstration Team

The F-35A Lightning II 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 Lightning II Demonstration Team
The F-35A Demo Team performs a weapons bay doors pass
Active	2018–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Aerobatic display team
Size	1 officer 11 enlisted support personnel
Part of	Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ	Hill Air Force Base Davis County, Utah
Equipment	F-35A Lightning II
Website	https://www.388fw.acc.af.mil/F-35A-Demo-Team/
Commanders
Current Commander	Major Melanie "Mach" Kluesner

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 demonstration pilot and commander of the team is Major Melanie "Mach" Kluesner. ^[4] Kluesner took over for the former demonstration pilot and team commander, Major Kristin "Beo" Wolfe in March of 2024.^[5]