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An F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a 909th ARS KC-135 Stratotanker over Iwo Jima on February 18, 2007 while en route to Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan. [USAF photo by SrA Jeremy McGuffin]
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An F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a 909th ARS KC-135 Stratotanker over the Pacific Ocean on February 18th, 2007 while en route to Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan. Boom operator of the KC-135 is TSgt. Clifton Bond with the 18th Operations Support Squadron at Kadena. [USAF photo by SrA. Jeremy McGuffin]
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On June 23rd, 1994, a crew assigned to Rome Laboratory's Newport, New York test site prepares to hoist a modified YF-22 airframe to a pedestal for antenna measurement tests. [USAF photo by Larry A. Rocco]
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A static display of the YF-22 "Raptor" sits on the flightline at Nellis AFB in preparation of the 50th Anniversary of the USAF on April 9, 1997. The future fighter of the Air Force was on display at the air show. This is actually the YF-22 prototype number two which has a true serial of 87-0701 but has been given a fake serial of 86-0022. [USAF photo by SrA Brett K. Snow]
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A right front view of a prototype YF-22 no. 87-0700 Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) aircraft on November 29th, 1990. [USAF photo by Ken Hackman]
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An air-to-air overhead view of the YF-22 no. 87-0701 (NF22X) the second prototype during a test flight on January 1st, 1992. The aircraft represents the latest developments in stealth or low observable technology. [USAF photo]
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USAF Technical Sergeant Jeffrey Simpson, Crewchief, assists USAF Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey "Cobra" Harrigian, Commander of the 43rd FS at Tyndall AFB, Florida, in exiting the USAF F/A-22 no. 01-4018 on September 26th, 2003. This is the first F/A-22 Raptor delivered to the Air Force. It will become part of the 43rd FS which will be responsible for training pilots to fly the new air superiority fighter. [USAF photo by Steve Wallace]
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USAF Lieutenant Colonel Dave Rose, 422nd TES, Nellis AFB, Nevada, pilots the Air Force's new F/A-22 Raptor no. 00-4012 for a fly-by at the First Flight Centennial Celebration at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina on December 6th, 2003. [USAF by TSgt. Ben Blocker]
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USAF Major Max Maroska, with the 43rd FS, delivers the newest F/A-22 Raptor no. 02-4028 to Tyndall AFB, Florida on August 5th, 2004. This is the squadrons seventh new Raptor. He was met on the ramp by a group of pilots, maintainers and visitors eager to see the newest addition to the squadron. [USAF photo by Steve Wallace]
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F-22A #01-4023 from the 43rd FS at Tyndall AFB, Fla, sits in a hangar at Cannon AFB, N.M. The aircraft was one of two Raptors that made a short stop overnight at this air base after completing a training mission in the local area on Feb. 24, 2007. [USAF photo by A1C Randi Flaugh]
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Raptor 4004 left the final assembly line. [Lockheed Martin photo by John Rossino]
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Raptor 4004 left the coating facillity. [Lockheed Martin photo]
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Raptor 4002 during engine tests. [USAF photo]
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Raptor 4003. [USAF photo]
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Raptor 4008 takes off on Juny 7, 2002.
