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US Air Force In April, an F-22 Raptor took off for the first time in more than a year after its landing gear collapsed on the flight line. Virginia Air National Guardsmen oversaw most of the rebuild, which included a new landing gear, flight control surface for the right wing, and a new wing tip. More than a year after its landing gear collapsed on the flight line at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, an F-22 Raptor took to the skies for the first time last month...

More Than a Year After its Landing Gear Collapsed, an F-22 Is Back in the Air Virginia Air National Guard airmen assigned to the 192nd Maintenance Group prepare to launch F-22 Raptor tail #85 April 9, 2021, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The team of maintainers rebuilt the fighter jet after a mishap upon landing in January 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard/Tech. Sgt. Lucretia Cunningham) 10 May 2021 More than a year after its landing gear collapsed on the flight line at Joint Base Langley...