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Lockheed Martin rolls-out final F-22 Raptor
Dec 15, 2011 - The final F-22 Raptor to be built for the U.S. Air Force, tail number 4195, rolled off the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics assembly line during a ceremony December 13 at the company's Marietta plant. [Read more...]
The last F-22 rolls off the production line
Dec 15, 2011 - The 187th and final operational F-22 Raptor came off the production line at Lockheed’s, Marietta, Georgia facility on December 13th bringing procurement to a close. [Read more...]
Reserve F-22 pilot receives first Raptor 1,000 hour patch
Nov 09, 2011 - Out of all of the F-22 Raptor pilots in the Air Force there is only who has been presented with the 1,000 flying hour patch. [Read more...]
AFRC pilot reaches 1,000 F-22 flight hours
Nov 04, 2011 - Lt. Col. David Piffarerio, 302nd Fighter Squadron commander, flew his 1,000 flight hour in the F-22 Raptor on November 4th, making him the first Air Force pilot to do so. [Read more...]
Air Force returns 170 grounded F-22s to service
Sep 22, 2011 - The U.S. Air Force ended the stand-down of all 170 jets after 12 incidents of pilots' experiencing hypoxia. With a mystery still swirling around why some pilots became light-headed while flying F-22 Raptors, the jets returned to the skies Wednesday nearly five months after the nation's fleet was grounded. [Read more...]
Tyndall's F-22 fleet soars
Sep 21, 2011 - Since the four-month safety stand-down order was issued on the F-22 Raptor, the first of Tyndall's F-22s launched over the skies of the Emerald Coast to kick off the return to official flying operations. [Read more...]
F-22 pilots losing qualification as Raptors remain grounded
Aug 05, 2011 - Air Force F-22 pilots are losing their training edge as the Raptor fleet enters its fourth month of a grounding, the Air Force Times reported. [Read more...]
8th FS 'Black Sheep' inactivated
May 20, 2011 - Almost two years after its reactivation, the 8th Fighter Squadron held its inactivation ceremony May 13 on the 8th FS trim pad. [Read more...]
Dicemen deploy to Red Flag
May 09, 2011 - Airmen of the 90th Fighter Squadron, known as the Dicemen, participated in a realistic combat-training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. known as Red Flag. [Read more...]
Air Force grounds F-22 Raptors
May 06, 2011 - The U.S. Air Force has grounded its fleet of F-22 Raptors, citing concerns over the aircraft’s oxygen system. [Read more...]
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