The F/A-22s of the 27th Fighter Squadron are back home at Langley AFB, Va., after a two-week exercise flying out of Hill AFB, Utah. It was the first deployment for operational Raptors. One of the unit’s last phases of training was flown against simulated SAM sites at the Nellis Air Force Base range in Nevada, where pilots drilled on the new stealth fighter’s advanced offensive stealth abilities. The obstacle-style training format was new to many of the Raptor pilots, and some who had trained in that kind of environment before expressed amazement at the fighter’s capabilities. “In any other aircraft, if I were going to try and do what I did today, I’d be dead,” said Maj. Chuck Corcoran, the 27th FS assistant director of operations.
Hypersonic ARRW Readied for Booster Flight
March 8, 2021
An AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic missile is being readied for its first booster flight at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the Air Force announced March 5. The missile that flies within the next month will not be an all-up round. Instead, the test will run the missile through…