Aviation Specials — F-22 Raptor (2017)

FIGHTER INTEGRATION Comparisons will undoubtedly be drawn between the introduction to service of the F-22 and the F-35. On the m ...

This F-22 of the 27th FS shows signs of maintenance work in progress on the low observable coating. and bomber aircraft against ...

Above top to bottom: The ‘Atlantic Trident’ exercise in April 2017 saw French Rafales and Royal Air Force Euro ghter Typhoons w ...

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T HE AIR COMBAT Command F-22 Raptor aerial demonstration is one of the most popular airshow acts on the circuit. The fact that a ...

route to the Raptor lead-in course on the F-16 at Luke AFB, Arizona. That course no longer exists, but was previously used to he ...

Maj Dickinson waves to the crowds as he taxies back to parking after a display. Jamie Hunter overall tally to around 1,060  yin ...

The take-o run sees the Raptor pull up hard into the vertical. Rich Cooper USAF/A1C Dustin Mullen USAF/TSgt Javier Cruz USAF/Sr ...

vertical we call out those gate altitudes on the radio. He gets a valid response from me and he can continue with the manoeuvre. ...

manoeuvring, then you’re seeing what plays such a large role in the within visual range [WVR]  ght. We don’t think we’re going ...

Right top to bottom: The USAF has  own the F-22 alongside the F-35A at some displays to showcase the two  fth-generation  ght ...

The 433rd Weapons Squadron flies both the F-22 and the F-15C. The Raptors are shared with the Nellis-resident 422nd Test and Eva ...

O UR COURSE IS designed to train our pilots to be experts at the tactical level,’ explains Lt Col Brad Huebinger, commander of t ...

become colloquially known as ‘Patch Wearers’ in light of their coveted shoulder patch that stands them out as tactical system ex ...

updated on the heartbeat of the CAF [Combat Air Forces],’ Huebinger continues. ‘We try to keep each squadron refreshed with a ne ...

to get through the BFM phases,’ explains Lt Col Huebinger. ‘We are ensuring that we make the Weapons Officers in the CAF the bes ...

Above left to right: The WPS shares jets with the 422nd TES, with its jets seen here under the obligatory sun shelters at Nellis ...

Right: 433rd WPS F-22A and F-15C fly together over the Grand Canyon. USAF/ MSgt Kevin J. Gruenwald Left: The F-22 comes into its ...

‘Those missions are the closest we can replicate to actually peer-level war,’ says Huebinger. ‘On the adversary side, they invol ...

Of course, the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), stretching out to the north of Nellis, is a key enabler for the Weapons Sc ...