USAF F-22A block 10 no. 00-4013 from the 43rd FS takes off after a four-month stand down at Tyndall AFB on September 21st, 2011. [USAF photo by Lisa Norman]
Since the four-month safety stand-down order was issued on the F-22 Raptor, the first of Tyndall's F-22s launched over the skies of the Emerald Coast to kick off the return to official flying operations.