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The First F/A-22 Raptor Arrives at Langley AFB

The First F/A-22 Raptor Arrives at Langley AFB. These are photos of the F/A-22 Raptor as the first aircraft delivery was made to Langley AFB, Virginia.  Langley is the first operational base for the F/A-22.

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The First F/A-22 Raptor Arrives at Langley AFB

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  1. The FirstF/A-22 RaptorArrives atLangley AFB

  2. These are photos of the F/A-22 Raptor as the first aircraft delivery was made to Langley AFB, Virginia.  Langley is the first operational base for the F/A-22. The Aircraft flying alongside the F/A-22 in several of these photos is theF-15D, which the F/A-22 will replace. USAF testing has verified predictions that the F/A-22 would be several times better than the F-15. In actual airborne simulated combat operations against the F-15, one F/A-22 was able to operate without detection while it went head to head against four F-15s and two F/A-22s against eight F-15s. The F/A-22s scored missile kills against each F-15 and the F/A-22s were never detected by the F-15s or ground-based radar. Maj Gen Rick Lewis said, “The Raptor operated against all adversaries with virtual impunity; ground-based systems couldn’t engage, and no adversary aircraft survived.”

  3. Departing Marietta

  4. Opening Missile Doors

  5. Lower Missile Doors Open

  6. Inverted

  7. Blinding Shot

  8. Over Virginia

  9. Over the Norfolk Shipyards

  10. Arriving Over Langley

  11. In the Pattern

  12. Slicing Through the Air

  13. Ready to Touch Down

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