Photos F-22 Raptor & F-35 Lightning

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An F-35B Lightning II from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 gets refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron in support of Exercise Noble Fusion over the Pacific Ocean Feb. 4, 2022. (A1C Moses Taylor)

 

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27 March 2012. A Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor with the 199th Fighter Squadron (199 FS), refuels over the Hawaiian Islands

 

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Three new F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing fly over Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, March 29, 2022.

 

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F-22 Raptor assigned to the 3rd Wing flies over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, in support of Polar Force 22-4, March 30, 2022.

 

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F-22 Raptors sit on the flightline at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 3, 2022, during Ho'oikaika, an exercise that challenged total force airmen to mobilize and generate stealth airpower from three locations in the state. Photo By: Air National Guard 2nd Lt. James Ro

 

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F-22 Raptor assigned to the 3rd Wing takes off during Polar Force 22-4 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 30, 2022.

 

[Chazman]

F-22 Raptor with the new RAM tiles being used for testing next generation aircraft stealth technology.
credits: joshualapumphotography

 

[Newtonk]

Ok, I had to look this up and found...

Something about stealth and laser protection...

 

[Chazman]

Ok, I had to look this up and found...
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Something about stealth and laser protection...

There is also an F-117 with similar RAM tiles being tested.

 

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F-35Bs inside the hanger of USS Tripoli (LHA 7)

 

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F-35As fly over the Gateway Arch at St. Louis

 

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F-35B from (VMFA) 211 launches from the flight deck of USS Tripoli (LHA 7)

 

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U.S. Air Force Major Kristin Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot and commander, flies at the Wings over South Texas air show held on Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, April 2nd, 2022.

 

[Newtonk]

Just plane cool...

Geddit? Plane cool... Jeez you're a hard bunch.

 

[thewiseone]

 

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USAF Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor. RIAT 2016

 

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F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, over the Indo-Pacific theater, April 20, 2022

 

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F-35As fly over the North Sea

 

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VMFA-211 Flies Combat Sorties in Support of Operation Inherent Resolve