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Title: China Is Mad: The U.S. Air Force Just Deployed F-22 Raptors to the Pacific
Post by: rangerrebew on March 10, 2023, 06:03:14 pm

China Is Mad: The U.S. Air Force Just Deployed F-22 Raptors to the Pacific
Story by Stavros Atlamazoglou • Wednesday




F-22 Sent to Deter China? As tensions with China in the Indo-Pacific continue to increase steadily, the U.S. Air Force deployed for the first time F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to a key island.
 
F-22 Raptors from the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron are in Tinian, a small island just to the north of Guam in the Pacific.

F-22 Raptors in the Pacific
The stealth fighter jets deployed for the first time to Tinian as part of testing to determine the feasibility of basing fighter jets there in the event of a conflict with China.
 
“For them to come support this exercise shows how agile we truly are,” Air Force Colonel Kevin “Jinx” Jamieson, the commanding officer of the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing, told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
 
“Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are a strategic location that requires agility to defend if we find ourselves in a contested and degraded environment,” the Air Force officer added.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-is-mad-the-u-s-air-force-just-deployed-f-22-raptors-to-the-pacific/ar-AA18nzxa?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=91dd77e122e24f7fb317a27710778864&ei=74

Title: Re: China Is Mad: The U.S. Air Force Just Deployed F-22 Raptors to the Pacific
Post by: Timber Rattler on March 10, 2023, 06:22:26 pm

I like the fact that they're in Tinian, for historical purposes.

(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/usa/aircrafts/b-29/B-29_Superfortress_Bombers_On_Tinian.jpg)

Title: Re: China Is Mad: The U.S. Air Force Just Deployed F-22 Raptors to the Pacific
Post by: Smokin Joe on March 10, 2023, 11:05:39 pm

Quote from: Timber Rattler on March 10, 2023, 06:22:26 pm

I like the fact that they're in Tinian, for historical purposes.

(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/usa/aircrafts/b-29/B-29_Superfortress_Bombers_On_Tinian.jpg)

That thought crossed my mind as well.

Title: Re: China Is Mad: The U.S. Air Force Just Deployed F-22 Raptors to the Pacific
Post by: GtHawk on March 10, 2023, 11:41:21 pm

Quote from: Timber Rattler on March 10, 2023, 06:22:26 pm

I like the fact that they're in Tinian, for historical purposes.

(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/usa/aircrafts/b-29/B-29_Superfortress_Bombers_On_Tinian.jpg)

Also by not stationing on Guam, they allieved Hank Johnson's concern over Guam flipping over.

Title: Re: China Is Mad: The U.S. Air Force Just Deployed F-22 Raptors to the Pacific
Post by: Timber Rattler on March 11, 2023, 01:10:35 am

Quote from: GtHawk on March 10, 2023, 11:41:21 pm

Also by not stationing on Guam, they allieved Hank Johnson's concern over Guam flipping over.

Gawd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V5RMZsLXuA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V5RMZsLXuA)

Title: Re: China Is Mad: The U.S. Air Force Just Deployed F-22 Raptors to the Pacific
Post by: rangerrebew on March 11, 2023, 06:38:49 pm

Quote from: GtHawk on March 10, 2023, 11:41:21 pm

Also by not stationing on Guam, they allieved Hank Johnson's concern over Guam flipping over.

He's one of the sharper commiecrats, too! :mauslaff: