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The production engines were fitted on the EMD/production F-22, and were first flown on the aircraft's maiden flight on 7 September 1997. [8] [9] A total of 507 engines were produced. [10] The F119 Heavy Maintenance Center (HMC) for depot overhaul is located at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, with the first overall completed in 2013. [11]
Maintenance hours per flight hour was also improved from 30 early on to 10.5 by 2009, lower than the requirement of 12; man-hours per flight hour was 43 in 2014. When introduced, the F-22 had a Mean Time Between Maintenance (MTBM) of 1.7 hours, short of the required 3.0; this rose to 3.2 hours in 2012.
This led to the Request for Information for the Advanced Tactical Fighter project in May 1981, which resulted in the F-22. [38] Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II. The USMC is leveraging the USAF's experience with "fifth-generation air warfare" in the F-22, as they develop their own tactics for the F-35. [39] According to Lockheed Martin in ...
726 F-16C total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 418 F-16C - Active. 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 ...
The 325th Fighter Wing's primary mission is to project unrivaled combat airpower for America. The wing is currently transitioning to the F-35A Lightning II.When the transition is complete, the 325th Fighter Wing will become the Air Force’s newest operational fighter wing with three F-35A squadrons tasked to maintain combat readiness in support of national defense.
The 27th is equipped with the F-22 Raptor. [1] The 27th Fighter Squadron is the oldest active fighter squadron in the United States Air Force, with over 100 years of service to the nation. It was organized as the 21st (later 27th) Aero Squadron on 8 May 1917 at Kelly Field, Texas.
412th Maintenance Group (412 MXG) [4] Through a maintenance group of over 2,000 people and an operations group of 3,000, the 412th Test Wing maintains and flies an average of 90 aircraft with upwards of 30 different aircraft designs and performs over 7,400 missions (over 1,900 test missions) on an annual basis.
Provides sortie generation, munitions and on- and off-equipment maintenance for 132 assigned A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-35A Lightning II and F-22A Raptor aircraft to support the test, tactics and training missions. United States Air Force Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Operations School