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Alaskan F-22s reach major upgrade milestone
Two F-22 Raptors fly over the Pacific Ocean after a refueling mission on March 9th, 2009. The Dicemen are deployed from Elmendorf AFB to the 90th EFS Andersen AFB. Fourteen of the $140 million dollar aircraft, and more than 250 Airmen have been here since January for a three month deployment as the Pacific's Theater Security Package. [USAF photo by MSgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald]
Apr 20, 2012 - Alaskan F-22s met a major milestone during a recent training sortie when new upgrades to the fighter allowed for a Joint Direct Attack Munition to be dropped on self generated coordinates. [Read more...]
F-22 Raptor team receives AFMC award
The third F/A-22 Raptor arrives at Nellis on May 29, 2003. In the next few months three more Raptors will arrive here from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. [U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brian Ferguson]
Jun 10, 2009 - The F-22 Raptor Increment 3.1 Modification Team with the 412th Test Wing recently received the opportunity to represent the Air Force Materiel Command in the Air Force for the Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award. [Read more...]
F-22 Raptor performs first supersonic SDB drop
An Edwards F-22 Raptor drops a GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb for the first time on July 11th, 2008 as part of a safe separation test to integrate the bomb to the aircraft. The SDB is a 250-pound class precision guided munition capable of destroying high-priority stationary targets from Air Force fighters and bombers from stand-off distances. [Lockheed Martin photo by Kevin Robertson]
Jul 17, 2008 - On July 11, the 411th Flight Test Squadron passed a milestone as an F-22 Raptor travelling at supersonic speed dropped a GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb for the first time. [Read more...]
Raptor drops first small diameter bomb
F-22A Block 10 Raptor no. 91-4008 drops a small diameter bomb from its weapons bay during a test mission September 5th, 2007. The test marks the first airborne separation of a small diameter bomb from the internal weapons bay of an F-22. [Photo by Darin Russell]
Sep 26, 2007 - The F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force conducted the first airborne separation of a small diameter bomb from the internal weapons bay of an F-22 on September 5th. [Read more...]
F-22 Raptors begin operational in Alaska
Employees at Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor production facility here attach a tail fin to the body of Raptor 4087. The aircraft, the first to bear the "AK" tail flash, is destined for Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. It is the first of 36 Raptors that will be assigned to Pacific Air Forces. [LMTAS photo]
Aug 08, 2007 - Ceremonies held at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska today marked the formal beginning of operations for the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor in the Pacific region. [Read more...]
F-22 Raptor validates quantum leap in capability
Four F-22As taxi at Langley AFB after the first wave of the 27th EFS returned home on May 11th, 2007, from the Raptor's first overseas deployment to Kadena AB, Japan. [USAF photo by SSgt. Samuel Rogers]
Jun 25, 2007 - Lockheed Martin said its F-22 Raptor continues to compile an overwhelming record of performance and reliability since entering operational service with the U.S. Air Force 18 months ago. [Read more...]
Tyndall F-22s deploy to Nellis
F-22A no. 02-4032 of the 43rd FS parked at Luke AFB, Arizona on March 25th, 2007. [Photo by Jonathan Somerville]
Jun 15, 2007 - On June 3rd, six F-22s deployed from Tyndall AFB, Fla. to Nellis AFB, Nev. for two weeks to provide support to the United States Air Force weapons school during the mission employment phase. [Read more...]
Northrop Grumman successfully completes F-22 radar flight-test certification
Mar 26, 2007 - Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed radar flight-test certification for the fourth-generation variant of the active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F-22 Raptor. [Read more...]
F-22 Raptor named Collier Trophy winner
An F-22A Raptor refuels inflight from a KC-135R Stratotanker over Alaska during exercise Northern Edge 2006 on June 9, 2006. The Raptor is from the 27th FS, Langley AFB, Va. The Stratotanker is from the 168th ARW, Alaska ANG. [DoD photo by SSgt. Joshua Strang]
Feb 10, 2007 - The F-22 Raptor team is the recipient of the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) 2006 Robert J. Collier Trophy, considered America's most prestigious award for aeronautical and space development. [Read more...]
Robins AFB selected for software maintenance on F-22 Raptors
USAF F-22A no. 03-4044 assigned to the 27th FS and seen here on June 24th, 2006 at Hill AFB, Utah. [Photo by Duane Kaiser]
Dec 22, 2006 - The Air Logistics Center's at Robins Air Force base will be the repair station for most of the software on the software-intensive F-22 Raptor, which contains about 2 million lines of code. [Read more...]
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