F-22As support ‘Raptor Redeploy’ F-22As operated by the 1st Fighter Wing’s 27th Fighter Squadron began a short-term deployment to RAF Lakenheath in support of US European Command on October 5. The fighters were joined by Raptors from the wing’s 94th Fighter Squadron, which was returning to Joint Base Langley- Eustis from a deployment to the US Central Command (CENTCOM) area of operations. Referred to as ‘Raptor Redeploy 19-1’, the event saw the fighters conducting dissimilar air combat training (DACT) with F-15s from the 48th Fighter Wing, which is stationed at Lakenheath.
Spirits complete Hawaii deployment
Air Force Global Strike Command’s bombers conduct regular rotations throughout the Indo-Pacific but three B-2As, assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing’s 393rd Bomb Squadron, completed the bomber’s first deployment to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii as part of a US Strategic Command Bomber Task Force deployment on September 27.
The deployment, which began on August 15, saw the bombers conducting hundreds of local and long-duration sorties intended to demonstrated the bomber’s fiexible global strike capability and the US government’s commitment to supporting global and regional security. Sorties inc…
