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Deployments and Exercises -  F-22A Raptor
(All Images US Air Force)

Planned F-22A Raptor Units (January 2008)

Squadron

Wing

Location

Previous Type / Previous Unit Role

27th FS 1st FW Langley AFB, Virginia F-15C/D / Air Superiority
94th FS 1st FW Langley AFB, Virginia F-15C/D / Air Superiority
149th FS Virginia ANG 192nd FW Langley AFB, Virginia F-16C/D / Strike
90th FS 3rd WG Elmendorf AFB, Alaska F-15E / Strike
525th FS 3rd WG Elmendorf AFB, Alaska F-15C/D / Air Superiority
302nd FS AFRC 447th FG Elmendorf AFB, Alaska F-16C/D / Strike
8th FS 49th FW Holloman AFB, New Mexico F-117A / Strike
9th FS 49th FW Holloman AFB, New Mexico F-117A / Strike
531st FS 3rd WG Hickam AFB, Hawaii F-100D / Strike
199th FS Hawaii ANG 154th WG Hickam AFB, Hawaii F-15C/D / Air Superiority

Combat Hammer 2005 - Hill AFB Utah






The 27th FW deployed from Langley AFB in October, 2005, to fly the Combat Hammer bombing exercise from Hill AFB in Utah. This deployment saw the first use of the F-22A as a bomber. In a recent interview, Gen Moseley, Chief of Staff, USAF,  observed: "If you want to maintain air dominance in a theater, or if you want to be able to dissuade and deter , you cannot do that with 1960s technology. What we found with the F-22 is the airplane is one of the finest bombers we've ever had.  You can drop a supersonic GPS-guided weapon from high altitude and high speed. A l,000-pound-class weapon, you can deliver it at a range of 25 or 30 miles. The smaller weapon, of which the airplane will carry eight, you can deliver that up to about 65 miles. So when you talk about the surface-to-air missile systems that we have to deal with, you can stand off against these missile systems and kill them. Being able to get into the airspace and kill these systems and to kill the fighters is important in the business of air superiority and air dominance, and that's what the F-22 does."  The F-22As deployed to Combat Hammer 2005 dropped 22 JDAMs with no misses, and delivered the best bombing accuracy of any type in the exercise (US Air Force).


Maj. John Teichert, USAF,  of the  411th Flight Test Squadron performs the first supersonic release of the 1,000 lb GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition over the Mojave test range, on the 14th July, 2005 (US Air Force).

Northern Edge 2006 - Elmendorf AFB Alaska

















In June, 2006, twelve F-22As of the 27th FW deployed from Langley AFB to Elmendorf AFB for the Northern Edge 2006 exercise. During this exercise the F-22As scored 144:0 in air combat engagements against opposing fighters.

Okinawa - February 2007 - Kadena AFB, Japan



An F-22A of the 27th FS, 1st FW, deploys via Hickam AFB to Kadena, in Okinawa.







F-22As of the 27th FS, 1st FW, at Kadena AFB, Okinawa.

Red Flag - February 2007 - Nellis AFB, Nevada







94th Fighter Squadron, 1st FW deployed to Red Flag at Nellis in February, 2007.


Cold Weather Trials - November 2007 - Eielson AFB, Alaska














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