F-22 Raptor News

From 2005


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...]

Air Force may freeze F-22 upgrades to buy more raptors Dec 14, 2005 - According to published reports, the US Air Force may freeze development of upgrades to the F-22 Raptor to afford more of the new fighter jets. [Read more...]	Pratt & Whitney delivers 200th F119 engine to U.S. Air Force Dec 14, 2005 - Pratt & Whitney has delivered the 200th F119 engine, the world's most advanced engine currently in production. To date, 56 F/A-22 Raptors have been delivered to the United States Air Force, each powered by two Pratt & Whitney F119 engines. [Read more...]
Airforce to drop the 'A' in "F/A-22" Dec 13, 2005 - The U.S. Air Force plans to change the designation of the F/A-22 Raptor to "F-22A" in the near future according to an article on DefenseNews.com. [Read more...]	Raptor takes next step in supersonic JDAM capability Dec 10, 2005 - The F/A-22 Raptor, traveling faster than the speed of sound, dropped a 1,000-pound guided Joint Directed Attack Munition over the Edwards range Dec. 1. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin awarded $2.9 Billion F/A-22 Raptor Lot 5 production contract Nov 15, 2005 - Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $2.9 billion fixed-price contract by the U.S. Air Force for continued production of F/A-22 aircraft through November 2007. [Read more...]	F-22A Raptors join "War Day" Nov 07, 2005 - F-22A Raptors based at Tyndall AFB took part in an exercise with other aircraft for the first time. The exercise known as "War Day" simulated the defense of a high value target by F-15 Eagles and, for the first time, F-22A Raptors against a numerically superior enemy force made up of Air National Guard F-16 Vipers and a QF-4 Phantom drone. [Read more...]
F/A-22: air dominance for decades Nov 01, 2005 - By now, most people know the F/A-22 Raptor is a lean, mean fighting machine. But what about the people who fly it and fix it? What's it like to know your work, your aircraft, your mission, is to provide American air dominance for decades to come? [Read more...]	1st EMS troops build Joint Direct Attack Munitions for first deployment of Langley F/A-22s Oct 28, 2005 - When 1,000 pounds of steel and concrete fell a mile and smashed through the back of a truck, it ushered in a new era for the 1st Fighter Wing -- the return of air-to-ground combat. That mission ended in 1975 for the wing. [Read more...]

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