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Jan 24, 2008 - As children, we are told, "You have to walk before you can run." The 90th Fighter Squadron is doing a similar task by completing steps to declare initial operational capability, with the overall goal of declaring full operational capability. [Read more...]

Reserve Airmen train Guardsmen on Raptor

Jan 17, 2008 - Most would agree that training is the key to success. For the first time in the 477th Fighter Group's history at Elmendorf, Reservists are training members of the Air National Guard as part of Total Force Integration. [Read more...]

F-22 Demo Team receive award

Jan 07, 2008 - Air Show Buzz named F-22 pilot Maj. Paul "Max" Moga and the F-22 Demonstration Team their Person of the Year for 2007 after the team's first whirlwind year wowing air show crowds across the country. [Read more...]

F-22 endures 3 week cold weather test at Eielson

Nov 29, 2007 - An F-22 Raptor spent three weeks in November testing the aircraft's braking system on ice in time for the first snow at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, home to several F-22s since August. [Read more...]

Lose the "Cold War" jet label

Nov 14, 2007 - Anyone stating that the F-22 is a "cold war" aircraft and is not needed for the defense of the United States is doing so at the risk of their own credibility. [Read more...]

Two-thirds of F-22 Raptor fleet suffering from corrosion

Oct 25, 2007 - Even though it was known years ago that the composition of some mechanical access panels made the F-22 susceptible to corrosion and changes were made to fix the problem, the design flaw reappeared. [Read more...]

F-22 maintenance 'schoolhouse' opens at Sheppard

Oct 24, 2007 - Boeing, the U.S.A.F. 82nd Training Wing and industry partners opened a state-of-the-art F-22 maintenance training facility at Sheppard AFB, Texas, on Oct. 19. [Read more...]

AFRES stands up first F-22 Raptor unit

Oct 03, 2007 - In a day centered on the unit's fabled heritage, with ties to the Tuskegee Airmen, the Air Force Reserve officially activated the first F-22 Raptor unit, the 477th Fighter Group on Tuesday. [Read more...]

Holloman switch to F-22s proceeds

Sep 06, 2007 - Maj. John "Snag" Mihaly, one of the F-117A Nighthawk pilots stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, gave a presentation on the coming F-22A Raptor during the monthly meeting of the Republican Women of Otero County Wednesday. [Read more...]

Stealth knowledge passed to the F-22 community

Aug 14, 2007 - A meeting of the minds is taking place at Langley Air Force Base, Aug. 13-17 as the stealth community assembles for a high-powered information exchange. [Read more...]

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