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A load crew from the 525th Aircraft Maintenance Unit won their first load crew competition on April 18, 2008 since their reactivation at Elemendorf AFB.

Team Langley continued its legacy of firsts by earning an "excellent" rating in the first Phase II Operational Readiness Inspection since integrating with the 192nd FW and declaring the F-22 fighter squadrons here fully operational.

Boeing Co. sued Alcoa Inc. for forging titanium parts that contained a manufacturing defect in its supports that are used in some of the U.S. Air Force's new F-22 Raptor fighter jets, The Seattle Times reported.

The Lockheed Martin/U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter will be crossing the Atlantic for the first time in July, heading for the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford in the UK.

The Air Force's newest and most technologically advanced fighter, the F-22 Raptor, is under attack.

The Airmen who maintain the Low Observable aspects of the F-22 took part in an Air Force Smart Operations of the 21st Century event Dec. 3 through 7, 2007, making the Raptor LO process of Langley maintainers more time efficient.

Oregon Air National Guard are mounting a vigorous campaign to bring the F-22 to the state to help patrol the West Coast according to The Oregonian.

Pratt & Whitney, a sibsidary of United Technologies, was awarded a $521.2 million contract from the US Air Force to maintain F119 engines for the F-22 Raptor.

Elmendorf's 3rd Wing and Air Force Reserve Command's 477th Fighter Group combined for its first F-22A Raptor deployment to Tyndall AFB, for Combat Archer.

Opportunities to train on the F-22 Raptor are highly competitive, and pilots picked to fly the world's premier fighter have been chosen from the ranks after logging years on other airframes -- until now.

As children, we are told, "You have to walk before you can run." The 90th Fighter Squadron is doing a similar task by completing steps to declare initial operational capability, with the overall goal of declaring full operational capability.

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force officials unveiled the new F-22 Raptor exhibit Jan. 18 available to be viewed by all visitors to the public museum.

Most would agree that training is the key to success. For the first time in the 477th Fighter Group's history at Elmendorf, Reservists are training members of the Air National Guard as part of Total Force Integration.

Maj. Micah Fesler, 433rd Weapons Squadron pilot and Virginia Air National Guardsman, delivered the 57th Wing's first F-22A Raptor on January 9th.

The first Air Force pilots selected to fly the F-22 Raptor without previous fighter experience entered the 63rd FS for the Raptor Lead-in course January 14th.