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FIRST FA22 FIGHTERS DELIVERED TO LANGLEY

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Pictures from an email post. Subject: FIRST FA22 FIGHTERS DELIVERED TO LANGLEY Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:45:18 -0500 These are great in-flight photos of the F/A-22 as the first Aircraft Delivery was being made to Langley AFB in Va. Langley is to be first Operational for the F/A-22. It is a very Beautiful AFB, located in a picturesque location, as you can see in these photos, near Norfolk and Hampton, Va. The Aircraft flying along with the F/A-22 in the last of these photos is F-15,which will be replaced by the F/A-22 which is several times better than the F-15. In Actual In-flight (simulated) Combat Operations against the F-15, two F/A-22's were able to operate without detection while it went Head to Head against (8) F-15's. The F/A-22's scored Missile Hits (Kills) against all the F-15 Aircraft and the F/A-22's were never Detected by either the F-15's or Ground Based Radar. Maj. Gen. Rick Lewis said: "The Raptor Operated Against All Adversaries wit

Close enough

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PUSHING THE ENVELOPE, BIG TIME! If the wings could be folded, he could have gone in for a cup of coffee. Talk about a close encounter. Pilot flies Up to back door of a C-130 for Photo Op. He radios, 'how much closer do you want me?' Thanks WZ