The other work included repairing the plane’s stealthy coatings and flight controls.
The U.S. Air Force has just wrapped up an overhaul of its fleet of F-22 Raptor fighters. The massive upgrade, conducted at Hill Air Force base in Utah, included structural repairs to extend the service lives of the fighter jets, and fixes to each fighter’s anti-radar stealth coating. The planes also received inspections and refurbishment of the flight control system.
The work involved taking all of the jets through “six unique maintenance machines for structural repair, modification, coatings restoration, and aircraft damage repair,” according to the Air Force, as well as performing “structural modifications to increase total flying hour serviceability on each aircraft by 8,000 hours.”
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Air Force finishes structural upgrades to 247 F-22s
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Hill Air Force Base announced the completion of a project upgrading 247 F-22 Raptor aircraft by the 574th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Photo by Alex Lloyd/U.S. Air Force
Jan. 27 (UPI) The Air Force, along with with partners Lockheed Martin and Boeing, completed work on the last of 247 planes in the F-22 Structural Repair Program, officials at Hill Air Force Base in Utah announced on Wednesday.
Structural modifications, made by the 574th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron of the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, to the F-22 Raptor added flying serviceability of the fighter plane by an estimated 8,000 hours, according to the Air Force.
By Senior Airman Marcus M. Bullock 633rd Air Base Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS,Va.,
Through hard work and rigorous training, members of the 633rd Air Base Wing, 1st Fighter Wing, 192nd Wing, and Missouri Air National Guard completed a week-long Agile Combat Employment exercise Jan. 11-15 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
With the ever-changing landscape of combat, the Air force must adapt to meet the demand for current and future military operations.
During this exercise, the 27th Fighter Squadron planned and led various training activities to help Airmen hone their skills on various tasks required of them for the new shift in combat employment.
521 AMOW: 2020, a year in review January 22, 2021
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Pennington, 305th Maintenance Squadron aero repair technician, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, conducts repairs on a C-17 Globemaster III at Ramstein Air Base, July 7, 2020. Pennington and his team were sent to Ramstein to conduct major repairs on the aircraft after it suffered damage from a lightning strike during a flight to a deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer)
As the first light of dawn broke on Jan. 1, 2020, no one could have predicted the course of the year. Despite the challenges and pressures, the Airmen of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing exemplified our motto “Depend on us!”