Holloman F-22's

shuck · by **shuck** » 14 Apr 2009, 10:58

Had 05-4088 & 05-4106 both served with the 3rd WG at Elmendorf AFB before making the move to Holloman AFB.

Thanks

skyhigh · by **skyhigh** » 17 Apr 2009, 12:53

http://www.holloman.af.mil/news/story_m ... =123101213
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Fighter_Squadron

gemini01 · by **gemini01** » 27 Apr 2009, 08:24

Can anyone confirm the 8th FS will indeed be the second HO Raptor squadron? I had initially heard 7/8th were the two, But have saw 7/9th referenced other places, sporatically.

PhillyGuy · by **PhillyGuy** » 27 Apr 2009, 12:42

Jesus does that Raptor look sexy as hell in that profile. :inlove:

skyhigh · by **skyhigh** » 27 Apr 2009, 13:52

The 8th and 9th FS of the 49th FW were inactivated last year, only the 7th FS "Screamin' Demons" remains, now equipped with the Raptor.

shuck · by **shuck** » 27 Apr 2009, 14:04

gemini01 wrote:Can anyone confirm the 8th FS will indeed be the second HO Raptor squadron? I had initially heard 7/8th were the two, But have saw 7/9th referenced other places, sporatically.

It will be the 7th FS & 8th FS unless things have changed. HTH

skyhigh · by **skyhigh** » 28 Apr 2009, 13:58

Nope. Only the Screamin' Demons would be the sole Raptor squadron @ Holloman.

BDF · by **BDF** » 28 Apr 2009, 14:07

Then why are the 8th FS listed as F-22 operators on the official F-22 Team Website?

http://www.f22-raptor.com/media/raptor_ops.html

Note the other future operators are 199th listed as well. There are to be seven combat squadrons for 126 combat coded jets: 7th, 8th, 27th, 90th, 94th, 199th and 525th.

BDF

skyhigh · by **skyhigh** » 28 Apr 2009, 14:31

How about the 531st FS, soon to be resurrected from 1962?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/531st_Fighter_Squadron

BDF · by **BDF** » 29 Apr 2009, 17:46

The 531st is an associate active duty squadron to the 199th who "owns" the jets. The 301st, 302nd, and 192nd are associate reserve/guard squadrons to active duty squadrons. The 199th is the only guard unit to have the F-22.

BDF

rapier01 · by **rapier01** » 29 Apr 2009, 19:00

Had 05-4088 & 05-4106 both served with the 3rd WG at Elmendorf AFB before making the move to Holloman AFB.

They were painted up in 90th FS markings when delivered from the factory- however, they never made it to Elmendorf- as they moved directly from Langley to Holloman.

skyhigh · by **skyhigh** » 30 Apr 2009, 14:55

F-22 Raptors of 49th FW, 7th FS.

juve57 · by **juve57** » 04 May 2009, 21:21

Hi,

seen on ELMENDORF AFB's website, RAPTOR 05-4095 in HO markings !

how many F-22 now for 49th FW ?
thanks

Asif · by **Asif** » 04 May 2009, 23:56

juve57 wrote:Hi,

seen on ELMENDORF AFB's website, RAPTOR 05-4095 in HO markings !

how many F-22 now for 49th FW ?
thanks

The photo in question

USAF F-22A block 30 no. 05-4095 from Holloman AFB touches down during participation of Red Flag Alaska 09 on April 30th, 2009 at Elmendorf AFB. [USAF photo by SrA. Laura Turner]

skyhigh · by **skyhigh** » 05 May 2009, 09:45

You mean the first Holloman F-22s had AK tailcodes?

AK = Eielson & Elmendorf AFBs.