F/A-22 Raptor 4001, the first of the Air Force's next-generation of air superiorty fighter jets, flew its 100th mission at Edwards, with Boeing test pilot Chuck Killberg at the controls. The F/A-22 is undergoing the most extensive and sophisticated testing of any combat aircraft ever developed, giving the Air Force and its industry partners adequate time to properly design, build and test the Raptor before being put into production. [U.S. Air Force photo]
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News: F/A-22 on track to go operational [2005-02-02]
The F/A-22 Raptor, the Air Force's next-generation air superiority fighter, performed well in recently completed operational testing and is on track to go operational in December, the director of the program's combined test force said.
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News: First F/A-22 Raptor delivered for the U.S. Air Force's Air Warfare Center [2003-01-07]
The F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter team has delivered its first aircraft - Raptor 4012 - to the U.S. Air Force's Air Warfare Center (AWFC) with the recent signing of formal acceptance documents by government officials.
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F-22 # 4001
Unveiled to the public at the Lockheed Martin plant at Marietta, Georgia on April 9, 1997.
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