Crew chief Senior Airman Alexander launches an F/A-22 Raptor for a Combat Hammer mission at Hill AFB. The maintainer deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va., with the 27th Aircraft Maintenance Unit to support the 27th Fighter Squadron during its first-ever deployment. The deployment has a twofold goal: complete a deployment and to generate a combat-effective sortie rate away while deployed. [U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker]
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News: Landing-gear pin causes F-22A damage [2006-03-22]
A maintainer's failure to control the nose landing gear pin streamer during removal from an F-22A allowed the pin to be ingested into the right engine Oct. 20, 2005 prior to a mission at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, according to an aircraft accident investigation report released today.
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