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8th FS flagship arrives
Dec 22, 2009 - The 8th Fighter Squadron received their first of 20 F-22 Raptors on the afternoon of December 21. [Read more...]
27th FS Raptors complete historic exercise in southwest Asia
Dec 16, 2009 - After completing another first for the F-22A Raptor, 27th Fighter Squadron pilots and aircraft returned from 40-day deployment to South-West Asia December 16. [Read more...]
EMS Wins Network Upgrade Contract
Sep 17, 2009 - EMS Technologies, Inc. announced today that its Defense & Space (D&S) Division has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to start development of an electronically-steered, switched-beam antenna for the F-22 Multi-function Advanced Data Link (MADL) system upgrade. [Read more...]
USAF release F-22 accident report
Jul 31, 2009 - Air Force Materiel Command officials released an accident investigation report that determined that human factors associated with high gravitational forces caused the March 25 crash of an F-22 test aircraft 35 miles outside of Edwards AFB. [Read more...]
Holloman F-22s train at Red Flag - Alaska
Jul 30, 2009 - Holloman Air Force Base deployed six F-22A Raptors to their second Red Flag on July 18 for a two week exercise at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. [Read more...]
525 EFS Raptors train with Kadena F-15s
Jul 22, 2009 - Two F-22 Raptors from the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron returned to Anderson AFB on July 15 from Japan following training with F-15 Eagles at Kadena Air Base, Japan. [Read more...]
F-22 funding cut out of Senate bill
Jul 22, 2009 - The Senate voted 58-40 to strip $1.75 billion in funding for seven new F-22 fighter jets next year, the latest victory for the Obama administration’s fight to curb military spending. [Read more...]
Tinker refurbishes F-22 air turbines
Jul 21, 2009 - As part of a new cooperative agreement, air turbines and more than 30 other components from the F-22 Raptor now undergo maintenance at Tinker AFB. [Read more...]
Air Force Association Responds to WP F-22 Article
Jul 14, 2009 - Below is the Air Force Association response to a recent Washington Post article that was highly critical of the F-22 program. [Read more...]
Attacking the F-22 with Yellow Journalism
Jul 13, 2009 - Is it fair to criticize high dollar weapons systems? Yes, if you can tell the story correctly. In the case of the F-22, some news sources have to resort to yellow journalism in order to sell headlines. [Read more...]
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