US Air Force, LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE: The Raptors are leaving the nest for their first deployment. Nearly 170 airmen left here Oct. 15 on a two-week deployment to Hill Air Force Base, Utah. This may sound like a run-of-the-mill temporary duty assignment. But for the Langley airmen, it is far from a typical out-of-town operation.
It is the maiden deployment for the new F/A-22 aircraft.
Airmen from the 27th Fighter Squadron and other base units went to Hill with two significant goals on their to-do list: complete the first Raptor deployment and generate a combat-effective sortie rate away from home.
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