When Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor screamed off the runway for its first flight on September 7, 1997, it didn’t just break the sound barrier — it broke every assumption about what a fighter jet could ...
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- An F-22 Raptor from the 7th Fighter Squadron flies over the Tularosa Basin Sept. 28 2011 during an air to air combat mission Sept. 28, 2011. Two Raptors took flight ...