Largest Deployment of F-22s Under Way

[unhappycamper]

Largest Deployment of F-22s Under Way
January 23, 2009
Air Force Print News

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii - Twenty-four F-22 Raptors and hundreds of Airmen deployed to the Pacific region for a three-month deployment in support of the Pacific global deterrence mission.

Twelve F-22s deployed from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, arrived Jan. 18 to Andersen AFB, Guam, and the week prior 12 F-22s from Langley AFB, Va., began arriving at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

The F-22s and Airmen are part of ongoing rotations of forces to ensure security and stability throughout the region. Members of both squadrons will conduct air combat training with Air Force and other U.S. military assets in the region.

F-22s are the Air Force's newest and most advanced fighter, combining stealth, maneuverability, supercruise capability and superior avionics to provide the U.S. with unmatched air dominance.



Article about this $355,000,000 wonder at: http://www.military.com/news/article/air-force-news/largest-deployment-of-f22s-under-way.html?col=1186032369229



uhc comment: 24 F-22s cost $8,520,000,000.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. wow, let's just hope they don't fly

over the equator or date line and get their little computers messed up

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. I believe that was the F-15

which while on auto pilot, would flip upside down when crossing the equator. A slight programming error.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. f22's had a problem early on

they had to have an f4 fly with them to keep bearings

I am sure that is fixed now somehow