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Japan, U.S. to hold first joint Raptor drills
Apr 24, 2007 - The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Air Force will hold this week their first joint exercise involving F-22A stealth fighters temporarily deployed at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. [Read more...]
Landing-gear pin causes F-22A damage
Mar 22, 2006 - 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. [Read more...]
F-22A Raptor took long road to initial operational capability
Dec 27, 2005 - With the F-22A's initial operational capability declaration Dec. 15 came the capstone of a process that began 76 months earlier, in August 1997, when a C-5 Galaxy landed at Edwards AFB and taxied down the expansive "Contractor's Row" with several crates and boxes in its cargo bay for what is now known as the F-22A Combined Test Force. [Read more...]
Crash leads to investigation, Raptor safety stand down
Dec 22, 2004 - Commanders of units flying the F/A-22 Raptor called for a safety stand down of the fleet following a crash Dec. 20 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. [Read more...]
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