F-22 Database and photo thread

1st FW and Missouri ANG recently completed Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise at the Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia last month. Objective was to hone skills related to various tasks required for the new shift in combat employment. Langley's F-22s and Missouri's C-130s practiced deploying to a simulated austere combat environment, refueled and rearmed the F-22s and quickly turned them around so they could launch and support another mission.

Personnel had to unload and set up staging area to prepare to receive the F-22s.

Missile fins that would be assembled onto the missiles by armorers prior to being loaded onto the F-22s.

325th FW IPs conducted WSEP with Sidewinders last December.





Students conducting night ops, January 2021. Objective was to familiarize them in operating in low light environment.

Hey there, little guys...


Nice photo by Richard Parkhouse of FF 163

Photo by Richard Parkhouse

Photo credit to Jaryd Stock for this AK one.

Photo by Jaryd Stock

Updated 2021 F-22 Demo Team schedule.


What if the F-22 traded in it's two-tone light grey paint for the darker grey paint? Apparently, this person has an idea. (Credit to Lanzerince for producing the images).





Credit to DSEkReep for this virtual image.

TY 024 about to take in fuel over the Gulf of Mexico during a training flight last week.


To the moon?


TY 081.


Bra and panty shot.


FF 180.

Time for the pre-season Heritage Flight Training Conference at Davis Monthan AFB.

Gen. Mark Kelly, Commander, Air Combat Command visiting the teams during the conference.

Weeeeeeeeeeeee...


Bonus image, from last year's conference.

Weeeeeeeeeeeee...

What is this new and very risky tactical formation

What is this new and very risky tactical formation

The "Weeeeeeeee..."

Heritage Conference just ended. F-22 Demo Team and VDT being refueled by 465th AFS tankers as they're going home.

Original video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnOFVYGJOJY

Best demo yet... by a country mile IMO.

Just when you think you've seen it all, the Raptor delivers more. Those snap turns and rolls its making are just eye watering, even with them ending them early. They are really taking the gloves off this year, great to see it. Of course, youtube is the only way I'm going to see it. The only airshow around me this year cancelled, due to COVID.

The F-22's demo is with its turns and high alpha definitely look more aggressively. Makes me think that after all this time they have been holding back or something.
When ever I compare it to stuff seen at MAKS, the F-22 always looks like it is in more control while the Flankers and Felon look more ballistic.

Some Hawaiian F-22s deployed to Iwakuni MCAS to support DFE concept of operations (March 2021).

Earlier in February at their home base at Hickam, Airmen executed ACE operations by ground refueling from a C-17 to an F-22.

Hawaiian F-22s continue their operations around the Indo-Pacific region based out of Iwakuni.

Hawaiian F-22s completed their deployment from MCAS Iwakuni recently and have returned back to Hawaii.

Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 refueling F-22s at Iwakuni during joint refueling operations. 199th FS personnel over watched the operation. Anybody that eats crayons needs to be. However, it was reported the Marines were really excited working on a real 5th Gen fighter.