A Fleet of 25 F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighters Will Soon Train for War in the Pacific
By
Eli Fuhrman
Published
14 hours ago
Pacific Iron 2021
A number of United States Air Force stealth F-22 Raptors are slated to take part in an upcoming military exercise in the Western Pacific that is designed to test and improve the Air Force’s ability to operate in a contested environment.
Pacific Iron 2021
That exercise is Pacific Iron 2021, and while the Air Force has not revealed when the exercise will be taking place – saying only that Pacific Iron 2021 is scheduled for some time in July – it will involve a large number of Air Force personnel and equipment. According to United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), roughly 800 Airmen and more than 35 aircraft from Pacific Air Forces and Air Combat Command will take part in Pacific Iron 2021. Aircraft scheduled to take part in the exercise include 10 F-15E Strike Eagles from the 389th Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho; 25 F-22 Raptors from the 525th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and the 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii; and two C-130J Hercules from the 374th Airlift Wing from Yokota Air Base, Japan.
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