F-22s During Taxi and Take-Offs at Langley AFB
09/10/2016
09/10/2016: HAMPTON, VA, UNITED STATES F-22 Raptors taking off from Langley AFB. 08.30.2016 Video by Airman 1st Class Nicolas Myers:633rd Air Base Wing
F-22 Graduates
09/07/2016
09/07/2016: Students from Tyndall's F-22 Basic Course, the course required to pilot the F-22, finishes with a record number of graduates. It is the largest F-22 basic class to date. The video includes comments from Capt. Troy Pierce, A-Flight commander, 43rd Fighter Squadron, Capt. Michael Koslow, student, 43rd Fighter Squadron, and Col.…
F-22 and Neptune Falcon
05/05/2016
05/05/2016: 525th Fighter Squadron from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, sent F-22 Raptors to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in support of Neptune Falcon, a joint air interoperability exercise that demonstrates sustainability and surge operations in a restrictive environment. Credit: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Public Affairs:4/17/16
F-22 Deploys to the Baltics
05/02/2016
05/02/2016: On April 27th, 2016, F-22s deployed to the Baltics. According to an April 29, 2016 article in RFE/RL: The U.S. Air Force landed two of its most advanced jets in Lithuania for the first time on April 27 in a show of support for a region worried by Russian…
F-22 Aerial Refuel During Red Flag 16-1
03/05/2016
03/05/2015: F-22 Raptors assigned to the 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, refueling during a training sortie for Exercise Red Flag 16-1 near Nellis Air Force Base. A KC-135 Stratotanker crew from the 344th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, conducts the refueling mission as part of…
F-22 Refueling Over Arabian Sea
01/31/2016
01/31/2016: KC-135 crew members refuel F-22 Raptors over the Arabian Sea. Credit:U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs:1/27/15
F-22 Engagement in Europe
09/21/2015
09/21/2015: F-16 Fighting Falcons participate in training over Europe with F-22 Raptors and a KC-135 Stratotanker. The F-22s were deployed from Tyndall AFB, Florida and the F-16s are from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. The F-22s conducted familiarization training within the European theater as well as training with other U.S. Air Forces in…
Inaugural F-22 European Training Deployment
09/21/2015
09/21/2015: 3rd Air Force, 17th Expeditionary Air Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Timothy Ray, hosted a media event at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, September 3rd, 2015, to announce the F-22 Raptor's first ever European training deployment. The purpose of the event was to highlight the importance of forward based infrastructure and…