04/09/2013: F-22’s flown by the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron and the active duty Air Force’s 19th Fighter Squadron take off during an early morning 14-ship sortie rotation.
The squadrons launched and recovered a record number of sorties which is the most executed by these squadrons on a single day since the conversion to the F-22s.
The sortie ‘surge’ took place as the units were being readied to declare Full Operational Capability, April 7.
Credit:154th Wing Public Affairs:4/6/13