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Tests to integrate Small Diameter Bomb on F-22, F-16 started
Dec 18, 2006 - Engineers at the McDonnell Douglas subsidiary of the Boeing Co. in St. Louis are starting tests to integrate the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb on the U.S. Air Force F-22A fighter bomber, as well as on the F-16 block 30, 40, and 50. [Read more...]
F-22 struts its stuff
Aug 07, 2006 - In recent exercises over Alaska, the F-22 has been put to the test. The results have been staggering. F-22s notched an impressive 108 to 0 "kill ratio" - often when outnumbered by as much as 8 to 1 by simulated Su-27/30 aircraft. [Read more...]
Tyndall spearheads F-22 fighter tactics integration
Aug 05, 2006 - The 325th Air Control Squadron and 43rd Fighter Squadron at Tyndall Air Force base, Florida, are making significant advances integrating F-22 Raptor fighter tactics with command and control operations, enhancing the capabilities of both. [Read more...]
F-22 scores direct hit in high altitude, supersonic JDAM test
Jun 13, 2006 - A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor air dominance fighter, flying at a speed of Mach 1.5 and an altitude of 50,000 feet, released a GPS-aided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) from a range of 24 nautical miles, destroying a small ground target in the F-22's fastest and highest JDAM delivery yet. [Read more...]
Birds of prey: Raptors return to Hill AFB
May 25, 2006 - Nearly 250 personnel from the 1st Fighter Wing from Langley Air Force Base, Va., deployed to Hill AFB for nearly six weeks while Langley's runway is closed for repairs. [Read more...]
F-22 CTF tests AIM-120D noise and vibration
Apr 21, 2006 - The F-22 Combined Test Force here achieved another first when a Raptor flew with an AIM-120D missile in its weapons bay to test the effect of noise and vibration on the missile on April 14. [Read more...]
F-22 Combined Test Force gets AF Collier Trophy nomination
Jan 28, 2006 - The Air Force Chief of Staff nominated the F-22 Combined Test Force here for the National Aeronautic Association's 2005 Robert J. Collier Trophy. [Read more...]
F-22A Raptor finishes FOT&E
Jan 19, 2006 - Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) for the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor was officially completed with the U.S. Air Force announcement late last week rating the world's only 5th Generation stealth fighter in operation "Mission Capable," one of the highest ratings achievable. [Read more...]
F-22A Raptor took long road to initial operational capability
Dec 27, 2005 - With the F-22A's initial operational capability declaration Dec. 15 came the capstone of a process that began 76 months earlier, in August 1997, when a C-5 Galaxy landed at Edwards AFB and taxied down the expansive "Contractor's Row" with several crates and boxes in its cargo bay for what is now known as the F-22A Combined Test Force. [Read more...]
F-22A Raptor goes operational
Dec 15, 2005 - The F-22A Raptor - Air Force's most advanced weapon system - is ready for combat, Air Force officials announced at Langley AFB today. In reaching initial operational capability, the Raptor is certified ready for operational use. [Read more...]
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