Michael Bailey, a 568th Electronics Maintenance Squadron electronics technician at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., removes a faulty circuit card assembly from a Remote Input/Output unit, which is part of the F-35’s communication system. Team members from the 402nd Electronics Maintenance Group contributed vital support in the Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft’s declaration of initial operational capability on July 31, 2015. The Air Force reached IOC with the F-35A variant in 2016, with the Navy’s F-35 IOC set for 2018-2019. (U.S. Air Force file photo/Tommie Horton)