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Raptors converge on F-22 CTF as it prepares to move Sep 14, 2016 - Just after the turn of the century, it wasn’t unusual to see seven F-22A Raptors parked around the 411th Flight Test Squadron compound during the fighter’s early developmental test and evaluation days. [Read more...]	First combat Raptor, Maloney's Pony, rides into Edwards Jan 13, 2016 - The 411th Flight Test Squadron got a first-hand look at a legend in June and November of 2015 when F-22 tail number #09-4174 "Maloney's Pony" landed at Edwards AFB. [Read more...]

F-22 pilot reaches 1,000 flight hours Jan 28, 2015 - Four-year-old Steve Rainey sat on the hood of his father's car at a local airshow watching the small airplanes and helicopters at the airport. When the Thunderbirds in their F-100s sped by, Rainey fell off the car, looked up at the sky and thought, "I've got to do that." [Read more...]	Lockheed Martin delivers final F-22 Raptor May 02, 2012 - Lockheed Martin delivered today the 195th and last F-22 Raptor (10-4195) to U.S. Air Force in a ceremony at the Lockheed Martin's Marietta Aeronautics site. [Read more...]
Raptor test pilot jets past 1,000 flight hours Apr 24, 2012 - What distinction does James "JB" Brown have that no other F-22 Raptor test pilot has? More than 1,000 flight hours in the Raptor, that’s what. [Read more...]	AFRC pilot reaches 1,000 F-22 flight hours Nov 04, 2011 - Lt. Col. David Piffarerio, 302nd Fighter Squadron commander, flew his 1,000 flight hour in the F-22 Raptor on November 4th, making him the first Air Force pilot to do so. [Read more...]
F-22 Raptor flown on synthetic biofuel Mar 19, 2011 - An F-22 Raptor successfully flew at supercruise, March 18 on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and biofuel derived from Camelina, a weed-like plant not used for food. [Read more...]	Lockheed Martin receives $726.6 Million contract modification for F-22 Raptor sustainment Feb 17, 2011 - Lockheed Martin Corp has received a $726.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for sustainment of the F-22 Raptor fleet. [Read more...]
YF-22 comes home to stay Jun 17, 2010 - A prototype YF-22 Raptor fighter plane that was built in Palmdale, Calif., flight tested here, and put on temporary display at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, returned to Edwards AFB where it will stay for Air Force Flight Test Center Museum visitors to see. [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...]

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