Lt. Col. Charles Hainline, an F-4 Phantom pilot from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., and Lt. Col. Michael Shower, an F-22A Raptor pilot from Langley Air Force Base, Va., fly in formation over Tucson, Ariz., during the Air Combat Command Heritage Conference at Davis-Monthan Air...

A World War II-era P-47 Thunderbolt, an F-22A Raptor from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and a TF-51 Mustang fly in formation over Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, March 5, 2006, during the Air Combat Command Heritage Conference at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Tom Gregory flew the...

A World War II-era P-47 Thunderbolt and an F-22A Raptor from Langley Air Force Base, Va., fly in formation over Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, March 5, 2006, during the Air Combat Command Heritage Conference at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Tom Gregory flew the Thunderbolt and Lt....

Lt. Col. Wade Tolliver delivers the second permanent F/A-22 Raptor at Langley AFB on June 8th, 2005 Shortly after, Maj. Charles Corcoran delivered the base's third Raptor. Colonel Tolliver is the 27th Fighter Squadron director of operations, and Major Corcoran is a pilot with...

Senior Airman Michael Breed and Staff Sgt. Scott Robert walk through rain and strong winds with an AIM-120 missile. The missile was removed from an F-22A Raptor during the pre-generation portion of the Phase 1 operational readiness exercise at Langley on Jan. 31st, 2006. [U.S...

An F-22A Raptor sits on the flightline during a Phase 1 exercise at Langley AFB on Jan. 31 2006. The operational readiness evaluation evaluates the 1st Fighter Wing's ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. [USAF photo by...

An F-22A Raptor from Langley Air Force Base, Va., refuels with a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell AFB, Kan., during the Raptor's first operational mission Jan. 21. The mission was flown in support of Operation Noble Eagle. The KC-135 was flown by the 18th Air Refueling...

This F-22A Raptor #03-4058 from the 27th FS at Langley AFB fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a Combat Archer mission February 14. 2006. This missile is one of the first fired from an F-22A Raptor....

The first of 18 F-22s arrived at Hill AFB Friday April 7th 2006 to receive minor modifications. The F-22 Raptor is scheduled to depart Hill on May 11th, 2006. [Photo by Bill Orndorff]