News Archive

April 2002


19 April 2002 F-22 Raptor industry team donates 1/10th-scale aircraft model to U.S. Air Force Academy
The F-22 Raptor industry team formally donated and officially dedicated a 1/10th-scale model of the air dominance fighter jet to the United States Air Force Academy on April 18....
17 April 2002 Misawa pilot rescued by fisherman after parachuting into Sea of Japan
Misawa pilot Maj. Chad Miller (USAF) safely ejected from his F-16C aircraft over the Sea of Japan during routine training Monday. He floated upon the Sea of Japan in his lifeboat for less than an hour when Japanese fisherman Kunitaka Yamazaki pulled him aboard his fishing vessel....
15 April 2002 F-22 industry team delivers Raptor 4009 to USAF Logistics Test & Evaluation Team
The F-22 Raptor industry team today delivered to the U.S. Air Force Raptor 4009, the last flight test aircraft to be produced under the program's Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase contract. ...