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This is a list of United States Air Force fighter squadrons. It covers units considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) such as fighter squadrons and serves as a break out of the comprehensive List of United States Air Force squadrons. Units in this list are assigned to nearly every Major Command in the United States Air Force.
F-22 from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, cruising over the Florida Panhandle An F-22 landing at Holloman AFB, New Mexico An F-22, based at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, over mountain terrain F-22 with drop tanks in transit to Kadena Air Base, Japan, from Langley AFB, Virginia. The United States Air Force is the only operator of the F-22. As of ...
Air Force Wing Date First Activated Base Aircraft Tail Code 4th Fighter Squadron: Fighting Fuujins [361] Air Combat Command: Fifteenth Air Force: 388 FW: 15 January 1941 [362] Hill AFB, Utah: F-35A [363] HL: 8th Fighter Squadron: Black Sheep [364] Air Education and Training Command: Nineteenth Air Force: 49 WG: 15 January 1941 [365] Holloman ...
An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 411th Flight Test Squadron flies over Edwards Air Force Base, California, in 2018. The squadron successfully tested the F-22 flying on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and biofuel derived from camelina, a weed-like plant not used for food, in March 2011. The overall test objective was to ...
The 199th is planned to have 20 aircraft, the initial aircraft being transferred from the 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida; the remaining 18 aircraft will come from the 1st Fighter Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The F-22 is designed to counter advanced surface-to-air missile systems and next-generation fighters ...
The F-22 Raptor is the top US fighter, known for stealth, speed and agility. A USAF pilot describes how the jet handles for airshow demos vs. combat.
258 F-16C - Air National Guard. 50 F-16C - Reserve. 708 F-16C operational (WAF 2025). [2] Trainer aircraft listed separately. F-22 Raptor: United States stealth air superiority F-22A 185 185 F-22A total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 165 F-22A - Active. 20 - Air National Guard. 178 F-22A operational (WAF 2025). [2] F-35 ...
Jester said an F-22 Raptor was the star of the last airshow, held in 2021, and was supposed to return this July. But the Air Force tasked it to another location, she said.